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Reddit (Aug 2020)
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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
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Three Texas soldiers arrested in child prostitution sting near Fort Hood
75598 upvotes • comment • aug 12, 2020
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Go Grandpa
75566 upvotes • comment • aug 14, 2020
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Couple who yelled 'white power' at Black man and his girlfriend arrested for hate crimes
75554 upvotes • comment • aug 01, 2020
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This is what happens when you don't let me go through
75528 upvotes • comment • aug 16, 2020
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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
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Netflix be following them everywhere
75390 upvotes • comment • aug 23, 2020
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Found An Ancient Relic While Cleaning At My Parents
75346 upvotes • comment • aug 21, 2020
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This Private Jet Uses External Cameras To Project What's Happening Outside
75317 upvotes • comment • aug 15, 2020
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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
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Wait no, don't touch it
75299 upvotes • comment • aug 10, 2020
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"Billionaire"
75289 upvotes • comment • aug 22, 2020
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Iowa Derecho 100+ MPH winds
75265 upvotes • comment • aug 18, 2020
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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
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Anti-vaccine group sues Facebook, claims fact-checking is “censorship”
75219 upvotes • comment • aug 24, 2020
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Meanwhile in Belarus.
75215 upvotes • comment • aug 14, 2020
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Joe Biden selects Kamala Harris as his running mate
75193 upvotes • comment • aug 11, 2020
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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
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A great idea, but people will not appreciate it.
75146 upvotes • comment • aug 08, 2020
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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
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Whats a harmless prank to play on your friends?
75105 upvotes • comment • aug 21, 2020
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His proof??
75092 upvotes • comment • aug 28, 2020
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'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
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Me posing with my art because Reddit has absolutely no problem with women doing that.
75038 upvotes • comment • aug 12, 2020
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Some people drink more before age 21 than after age 21
75027 upvotes • comment • aug 31, 2020
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But why would you do that????
75016 upvotes • comment • aug 19, 2020
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I would like to thank Melania for wearing solid green tonight.
75012 upvotes • comment • aug 28, 2020
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Thano's restaurant
75001 upvotes • comment • aug 17, 2020
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I think cows are underrated. Just look at that lil face!
74954 upvotes • comment • aug 21, 2020
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Crystal dagger uncovered in Spain, dating to around 3.000 BC
74873 upvotes • comment • aug 19, 2020
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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
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Netflix gifted the low budget movie mimickers from Africa with movie making equipments.
74863 upvotes • comment • aug 13, 2020
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How dare you ?
74812 upvotes • comment • aug 30, 2020
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Cat saves toddler from falling down stairs
74810 upvotes • comment • aug 25, 2020
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"What's your name sir? My name's Deez ... "
74806 upvotes • comment • aug 03, 2020
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Through the roof, i tells ya
74744 upvotes • comment • aug 19, 2020
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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
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Anybody else went through this?
74677 upvotes • comment • aug 17, 2020
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This Iranian girl protests the mandatory dress code for women by taking off her hijab
74661 upvotes • comment • aug 23, 2020
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Trashy company
74659 upvotes • comment • aug 05, 2020
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Passed by a math book example today.
74571 upvotes • comment • aug 24, 2020
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An unknown illness emerges in China. 59 infected. Reporting from January 2020
74567 upvotes • comment • aug 26, 2020
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Wasn’t expecting to see you here
74543 upvotes • comment • aug 31, 2020
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Karen's Potato Salad - RIP Chadwick Boseman
74430 upvotes • comment • aug 29, 2020
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what invention is so good that it actually can’t be improved upon?
74412 upvotes • comment • aug 20, 2020
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Burning my suicide note because from now on I will work Things out
74377 upvotes • comment • aug 02, 2020
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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
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F it
74307 upvotes • comment • aug 05, 2020
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This is Lola. She likes cheese.
74295 upvotes • comment • aug 01, 2020
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It’s the simple things in life
74268 upvotes • comment • aug 24, 2020
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Xylophobia
74266 upvotes • comment • aug 17, 2020
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One facinating side of jim carrey
74258 upvotes • comment • aug 24, 2020
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This plaque at the dog park commemorating a park record
74237 upvotes • comment • aug 01, 2020
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How this guy deals with kids playing on his driveway.
74189 upvotes • comment • aug 27, 2020
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Ah yes, the last game
74186 upvotes • comment • aug 21, 2020
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You activated my trap card
74121 upvotes • comment • aug 26, 2020
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Protestors gather outside USPS Postmaster General's home amid voter suppression allegations
74113 upvotes • comment • aug 15, 2020
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Ranting while in an online class
74091 upvotes • comment • aug 19, 2020
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If magic was real it would just be a branch of science
74072 upvotes • comment • aug 28, 2020
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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
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Andy Samberg was Eric Andre's echokinetor and watch him die inside.
73996 upvotes • comment • aug 07, 2020
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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
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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
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Millennials are killing the adulthood industry
73911 upvotes • comment • aug 24, 2020
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Brazilian fundamentalists block a 10 year old girl who was raped from getting an abortion. They chant "murderers".
73907 upvotes • comment • aug 17, 2020
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Help
73870 upvotes • comment • aug 28, 2020
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Little leaf cutter bee waking up in her tiny leaf bed 🐝
73801 upvotes • comment • aug 06, 2020
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Anatomy teacher with his drawing lecture on a chalkboard.
73751 upvotes • comment • aug 23, 2020
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What’s an industry secret in the field you work in?
73744 upvotes • comment • aug 30, 2020
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He’s got a point
73669 upvotes • comment • aug 05, 2020
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Monkey's Paw does not mess around
73604 upvotes • comment • aug 04, 2020
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Masks are required on our instruments while we practice for marching band.
73574 upvotes • comment • aug 20, 2020
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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
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Man shoots and kills person who kidnapped and molested his som
73512 upvotes • comment • aug 09, 2020
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Poll: 82 percent of voters support a national face mask mandate
73500 upvotes • comment • aug 03, 2020
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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
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This Tattoo "cover up"
73478 upvotes • comment • aug 26, 2020
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A revolution starts with one.
73401 upvotes • comment • aug 25, 2020
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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
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Lady angrily accuses street performer of racism because she is confused about the instrument he's playing
73359 upvotes • comment • aug 16, 2020
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Yees that's a lotta balloons
73349 upvotes • comment • aug 06, 2020
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Kobe Bryant's daughter selling Girl Scout Cookies to Obama
73329 upvotes • comment • aug 06, 2020
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Units of measurement
73294 upvotes • comment • aug 22, 2020
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Sure the gas station is perfect place to throw away your sex doll
73180 upvotes • comment • aug 05, 2020
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Scream it louder
73178 upvotes • comment • aug 26, 2020
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What are you STILL salty about?
73071 upvotes • comment • aug 17, 2020
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His April fools prank is just on another dimension of level
73064 upvotes • comment • aug 18, 2020
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A Running Top
73039 upvotes • comment • aug 31, 2020
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What even is the point?
73037 upvotes • comment • aug 26, 2020
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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
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The difference three months of hardcore chemotherapy makes!
72984 upvotes • comment • aug 08, 2020
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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
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The very rare Asperitas Clouds look like ocean waves in the sky
72907 upvotes • comment • aug 13, 2020
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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
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I’m goated
72854 upvotes • comment • aug 13, 2020
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I'm an aspiring Bodypainter and this week I attempted Pennywise from IT! I hope you like it!
72833 upvotes • comment • aug 01, 2020
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Perfect
72797 upvotes • comment • aug 22, 2020
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I know we don’t always see eye to eye but
72751 upvotes • comment • aug 20, 2020
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That's terrible...
72749 upvotes • comment • aug 14, 2020
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That’s right, walk away.
72713 upvotes • comment • aug 19, 2020