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  1. TIL the first word that Helen Keller learned was water. Her tutor took Helen’s hand, poured water over it, and then spelled out W-A-T-E-R in Helen’s palm. Helen made the association between the writing in her palm and the water. After this breakthrough, Helen learned 30 more words that day.

    75619 upvotes • comment • aug 22, 2020

  2. Three Texas soldiers arrested in child prostitution sting near Fort Hood

    75598 upvotes • comment • aug 12, 2020

  3. Go Grandpa

    75566 upvotes • comment • aug 14, 2020

  4. Couple who yelled 'white power' at Black man and his girlfriend arrested for hate crimes

    75554 upvotes • comment • aug 01, 2020

  5. This is what happens when you don't let me go through

    75528 upvotes • comment • aug 16, 2020

  6. San Francisco Giants and Los Angeles Dodgers refuse to play tonight's game in protest against the Jacob Blake shooting, becoming the 9th professional sports game in the U.S. to do so today

    75462 upvotes • comment • aug 27, 2020

  7. Netflix be following them everywhere

    75390 upvotes • comment • aug 23, 2020

  8. Found An Ancient Relic While Cleaning At My Parents

    75346 upvotes • comment • aug 21, 2020

  9. This Private Jet Uses External Cameras To Project What's Happening Outside

    75317 upvotes • comment • aug 15, 2020

  10. TIL in 2015, a British woman began receiving threatening emails from a stalker that included pictures of her in public she had no idea were being taken. When she contacted authorities, they told her the emails were coming from inside her house. It turned out to be her husband.

    75307 upvotes • comment • aug 30, 2020

  11. Wait no, don't touch it

    75299 upvotes • comment • aug 10, 2020

  12. "Billionaire"

    75289 upvotes • comment • aug 22, 2020

  13. Iowa Derecho 100+ MPH winds

    75265 upvotes • comment • aug 18, 2020

  14. Postal Workers of Reddit: What do you need right now? How can we brighten your day when we see you on our routes?

    75236 upvotes • comment • aug 17, 2020

  15. Anti-vaccine group sues Facebook, claims fact-checking is “censorship”

    75219 upvotes • comment • aug 24, 2020

  16. Meanwhile in Belarus.

    75215 upvotes • comment • aug 14, 2020

  17. Joe Biden selects Kamala Harris as his running mate

    75193 upvotes • comment • aug 11, 2020

  18. A lot less people would buy a lottery ticket if the rule was "pick a number between 1 and 300 million. If you guess right, you win."

    75189 upvotes • comment • aug 29, 2020

  19. A great idea, but people will not appreciate it.

    75146 upvotes • comment • aug 08, 2020

  20. TIL that even though he died in 1994, Kim Il-sung remains president of North Korea. The constitution was revised in 1998, declaring him 'Eternal President of the Republic', making North Korea the only necrocracy in the world - a government that still operates under the rules of a dead former leader.

    75144 upvotes • comment • aug 03, 2020

  21. Whats a harmless prank to play on your friends?

    75105 upvotes • comment • aug 21, 2020

  22. His proof??

    75092 upvotes • comment • aug 28, 2020

  23. 'Trump warns presidential election result may not be known for 'years,' as allegations grow he's undermining the USPS to rig the election

    75072 upvotes • comment • aug 16, 2020

  24. Me posing with my art because Reddit has absolutely no problem with women doing that.

    75038 upvotes • comment • aug 12, 2020

  25. Some people drink more before age 21 than after age 21

    75027 upvotes • comment • aug 31, 2020

  26. But why would you do that????

    75016 upvotes • comment • aug 19, 2020

  27. I would like to thank Melania for wearing solid green tonight.

    75012 upvotes • comment • aug 28, 2020

  28. Thano's restaurant

    75001 upvotes • comment • aug 17, 2020

  29. I think cows are underrated. Just look at that lil face!

    74954 upvotes • comment • aug 21, 2020

  30. Crystal dagger uncovered in Spain, dating to around 3.000 BC

    74873 upvotes • comment • aug 19, 2020

  31. Our garbage pickup is 7am and we often forget to put it out. This solid individual helped us out yesterday morning.

    74867 upvotes • comment • aug 21, 2020

  32. Netflix gifted the low budget movie mimickers from Africa with movie making equipments.

    74863 upvotes • comment • aug 13, 2020

  33. How dare you ?

    74812 upvotes • comment • aug 30, 2020

  34. Cat saves toddler from falling down stairs

    74810 upvotes • comment • aug 25, 2020

  35. "What's your name sir? My name's Deez ... "

    74806 upvotes • comment • aug 03, 2020

  36. Through the roof, i tells ya

    74744 upvotes • comment • aug 19, 2020

  37. TILIn 1984, a regular at a pizzeria asked his waitress for help choosing his lottery numbers. He won, came back, and tipped her $3 million.

    74734 upvotes • comment • aug 28, 2020

  38. Anybody else went through this?

    74677 upvotes • comment • aug 17, 2020

  39. This Iranian girl protests the mandatory dress code for women by taking off her hijab

    74661 upvotes • comment • aug 23, 2020

  40. Trashy company

    74659 upvotes • comment • aug 05, 2020

  41. Passed by a math book example today.

    74571 upvotes • comment • aug 24, 2020

  42. An unknown illness emerges in China. 59 infected. Reporting from January 2020

    74567 upvotes • comment • aug 26, 2020

  43. Wasn’t expecting to see you here

    74543 upvotes • comment • aug 31, 2020

  44. Karen's Potato Salad - RIP Chadwick Boseman

    74430 upvotes • comment • aug 29, 2020

  45. what invention is so good that it actually can’t be improved upon?

    74412 upvotes • comment • aug 20, 2020

  46. Burning my suicide note because from now on I will work Things out

    74377 upvotes • comment • aug 02, 2020

  47. This is the eye after keratoprosthesis- a surgical procedure where a diseased cornea is replaced with an artificial cornea

    74326 upvotes • comment • aug 24, 2020

  48. F it

    74307 upvotes • comment • aug 05, 2020

  49. This is Lola. She likes cheese.

    74295 upvotes • comment • aug 01, 2020

  50. It’s the simple things in life

    74268 upvotes • comment • aug 24, 2020

  51. Xylophobia

    74266 upvotes • comment • aug 17, 2020

  52. One facinating side of jim carrey

    74258 upvotes • comment • aug 24, 2020

  53. This plaque at the dog park commemorating a park record

    74237 upvotes • comment • aug 01, 2020

  54. How this guy deals with kids playing on his driveway.

    74189 upvotes • comment • aug 27, 2020

  55. Ah yes, the last game

    74186 upvotes • comment • aug 21, 2020

  56. You activated my trap card

    74121 upvotes • comment • aug 26, 2020

  57. Protestors gather outside USPS Postmaster General's home amid voter suppression allegations

    74113 upvotes • comment • aug 15, 2020

  58. Ranting while in an online class

    74091 upvotes • comment • aug 19, 2020

  59. If magic was real it would just be a branch of science

    74072 upvotes • comment • aug 28, 2020

  60. Connecticut issues an executive order. Essential employees who contracted covid19 are presumed to have contacted it at work and qualify for Workers Comp benefits

    73998 upvotes • comment • aug 19, 2020

  61. Andy Samberg was Eric Andre's echokinetor and watch him die inside.

    73996 upvotes • comment • aug 07, 2020

  62. Joe Arridy giving his toy train to another inmate before he is taken to the gas chamber. The "Happiest prisoner on death row", an innocent man with an IQ of 46, he used to spend his time playing with that train.

    73982 upvotes • comment • aug 19, 2020

  63. If you could singlehandedly choose ANYONE (alive, dead, or fictional character) to be the next President of the United States, who would you choose and why?

    73959 upvotes • comment • aug 11, 2020

  64. Millennials are killing the adulthood industry

    73911 upvotes • comment • aug 24, 2020

  65. Brazilian fundamentalists block a 10 year old girl who was raped from getting an abortion. They chant "murderers".

    73907 upvotes • comment • aug 17, 2020

  66. Help

    73870 upvotes • comment • aug 28, 2020

  67. Little leaf cutter bee waking up in her tiny leaf bed 🐝

    73801 upvotes • comment • aug 06, 2020

  68. Anatomy teacher with his drawing lecture on a chalkboard.

    73751 upvotes • comment • aug 23, 2020

  69. What’s an industry secret in the field you work in?

    73744 upvotes • comment • aug 30, 2020

  70. He’s got a point

    73669 upvotes • comment • aug 05, 2020

  71. Monkey's Paw does not mess around

    73604 upvotes • comment • aug 04, 2020

  72. Masks are required on our instruments while we practice for marching band.

    73574 upvotes • comment • aug 20, 2020

  73. In “Tron: Legacy” (2010) Quorra, a computer program, mentions to Sam that she rarely beats Kevin Flynn at their strategy board game. This game is actually “Go”, a game that is notoriously difficult for computer programs to play well

    73549 upvotes • comment • aug 20, 2020

  74. Man shoots and kills person who kidnapped and molested his som

    73512 upvotes • comment • aug 09, 2020

  75. Poll: 82 percent of voters support a national face mask mandate

    73500 upvotes • comment • aug 03, 2020

  76. TIL The original word for bear has been lost. Our ancient ancestors were so afraid of it that they thought just saying the animal's name would summon it. They called it "bear", meaning "the brown one", to avoid saying its actual name. The original word was never recorded, so it remains a mystery.

    73478 upvotes • comment • aug 23, 2020

  77. This Tattoo "cover up"

    73478 upvotes • comment • aug 26, 2020

  78. A revolution starts with one.

    73401 upvotes • comment • aug 25, 2020

  79. LPT: when someone asks you what you want to do, if you don't care then say "doesn't matter to me I'm just here to hang out with you" instead of "I don't care"

    73371 upvotes • comment • aug 16, 2020

  80. Lady angrily accuses street performer of racism because she is confused about the instrument he's playing

    73359 upvotes • comment • aug 16, 2020

  81. Yees that's a lotta balloons

    73349 upvotes • comment • aug 06, 2020

  82. Kobe Bryant's daughter selling Girl Scout Cookies to Obama

    73329 upvotes • comment • aug 06, 2020

  83. Units of measurement

    73294 upvotes • comment • aug 22, 2020

  84. Sure the gas station is perfect place to throw away your sex doll

    73180 upvotes • comment • aug 05, 2020

  85. Scream it louder

    73178 upvotes • comment • aug 26, 2020

  86. What are you STILL salty about?

    73071 upvotes • comment • aug 17, 2020

  87. His April fools prank is just on another dimension of level

    73064 upvotes • comment • aug 18, 2020

  88. A Running Top

    73039 upvotes • comment • aug 31, 2020

  89. What even is the point?

    73037 upvotes • comment • aug 26, 2020

  90. I asked my mum to make me a face mask. I guess even after 40 years I’m still her little boy!

    73007 upvotes • comment • aug 11, 2020

  91. The difference three months of hardcore chemotherapy makes!

    72984 upvotes • comment • aug 08, 2020

  92. BREAKING: 'Black Panther' actor Chadwick Boseman dies at 43 after 4-year fight with colon cancer, representative tells AP.

    72946 upvotes • comment • aug 29, 2020

  93. The very rare Asperitas Clouds look like ocean waves in the sky

    72907 upvotes • comment • aug 13, 2020

  94. This 11-Year-Old boy from Nigeria received a scholarship from New York’s ABT Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis School of Dance after they saw his barefoot ballet performance online

    72900 upvotes • comment • aug 12, 2020

  95. I’m goated

    72854 upvotes • comment • aug 13, 2020

  96. I'm an aspiring Bodypainter and this week I attempted Pennywise from IT! I hope you like it!

    72833 upvotes • comment • aug 01, 2020

  97. Perfect

    72797 upvotes • comment • aug 22, 2020

  98. I know we don’t always see eye to eye but

    72751 upvotes • comment • aug 20, 2020

  99. That's terrible...

    72749 upvotes • comment • aug 14, 2020

  100. That’s right, walk away.

    72713 upvotes • comment • aug 19, 2020