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  1. John Wick but with realistic sounding silencers.

    39296 upvotes • comment • dec 31, 2020

  2. Study links regular use of Fox News, Twitter, and Facebook to reduced knowledge about COVID-19 - it provides evidence that Americans’ media consumption habits and trust in government predicts their level of knowledge about COVID-19.

    39291 upvotes • comment • dec 04, 2020

  3. TIL Spaceballs creator Mel Brooks made a deal with George Lucas, that allowed him to spoof Star Wars in exchange for not selling any merchandise related to the film. The action figures Rick Moranis is seen playing with in the movie are the only official Spaceballs merchandise ever made.

    39275 upvotes • comment • dec 01, 2020

  4. TIL that Kathy Sullivan, the first American woman to space walk, became in June 2020 the only person to have visited both space and the deepest place on Earth, the Challenger Deep in the Mariana Trench.

    39244 upvotes • comment • dec 09, 2020

  5. People who like to explore abandoned buildings. What was the biggest "fuck this, I'm out" moment you had while exploring?

    39239 upvotes • comment • dec 25, 2020

  6. Made my friend this plaque for reaching the top 1% of League of Legends players

    39233 upvotes • comment • dec 24, 2020

  7. Officials shut down illegal club in NYC with 160 people inside amid COVID-19 pandemic

    39186 upvotes • comment • dec 21, 2020

  8. me_irl

    39180 upvotes • comment • dec 20, 2020

  9. Since no one in my life seemed to care that I graduated college, I’ll tell a bunch of strangers online

    39178 upvotes • comment • dec 21, 2020

  10. N.Y. prosecutor hires forensic accounting experts as Trump criminal probe escalates

    39165 upvotes • comment • dec 29, 2020

  11. For the finale of this miserable sitcom:

    39161 upvotes • comment • dec 14, 2020

  12. Raid on Florida Covid data expert's home was American over-policing in action

    39156 upvotes • comment • dec 09, 2020

  13. WHAT IS THE CHARGE?

    39132 upvotes • comment • dec 12, 2020

  14. Wait right there...

    39132 upvotes • comment • dec 19, 2020

  15. Ok Reddit seeings it’s Christmas I’m going to post this again. Merry Christmas. Popping next door for a cup of sugar.

    39129 upvotes • comment • dec 25, 2020

  16. We're COVID ICU nurses and respiratory therapists in Florida and ready to say "buh bye Covid!"

    39125 upvotes • comment • dec 18, 2020

  17. Scamming A Scammer with Voice Acting

    39097 upvotes • comment • dec 08, 2020

  18. Grown ass man throwing a tantrum at Costco because he was told to wear a mask. Location: Lantana FL

    39095 upvotes • comment • dec 21, 2020

  19. Are we blind?

    39090 upvotes • comment • dec 20, 2020

  20. Man defies gravity by jumping in a ship that goes over giant waves.

    39089 upvotes • comment • dec 28, 2020

  21. Here's my Frankenstein build. I got fed up with the pc case industry so I designed and 3d printed one. I wanted something I can carry with handles, components easily accessible, full size components, full custom water cooling loop. No RGB at all. I7 8700k, rtx 3900 strix, aquacomputer rad/rez/pump.

    39081 upvotes • comment • dec 23, 2020

  22. Absolutely

    39063 upvotes • comment • dec 15, 2020

  23. "Are you going to pay my rent ? says owner Anton Van Happen of 'Nick The Greek' to public health inspectors issuing him a citation for staying open after being issued a closure order.

    39055 upvotes • comment • dec 15, 2020

  24. My dad showed me this tonight. He got it from a guy he worked at a power plant with who widdled it from a single piece of wood.

    39037 upvotes • comment • dec 03, 2020

  25. To work from home

    39015 upvotes • comment • dec 19, 2020

  26. Cursed Sex

    39009 upvotes • comment • dec 26, 2020

  27. Keeping their Christmas gift safe

    38994 upvotes • comment • dec 09, 2020

  28. Im no photographer but I thought that this image I took of a river in Iceland looked nice.

    38988 upvotes • comment • dec 22, 2020

  29. Amazon

    38987 upvotes • comment • dec 01, 2020

  30. Wholesome Air BnB host

    38985 upvotes • comment • dec 26, 2020

  31. Netflix isn't as good as it used to be

    38962 upvotes • comment • dec 26, 2020

  32. Milky Way stabilized shows the Earth is spinning through space

    38959 upvotes • comment • dec 01, 2020

  33. Buying Cyberpunk 2077 for Ps4

    38952 upvotes • comment • dec 14, 2020

  34. Zoom Shared US User Data With Beijing

    38943 upvotes • comment • dec 26, 2020

  35. Exactly, women later come with "you so insensitive, you have no feelings " bs later in life

    38943 upvotes • comment • dec 27, 2020

  36. Leaf Sheep: the only animal that can photosynthesize

    38939 upvotes • comment • dec 02, 2020

  37. Delivery driver tries to ford a river.

    38925 upvotes • comment • dec 11, 2020

  38. Using only a pocketknife, my 12-year-old brother spent hours carving this wand as a Christmas present for his friend.

    38920 upvotes • comment • dec 26, 2020

  39. Most actors are seriously uneducated and should never be taken as authorities on any current topics.

    38866 upvotes • comment • dec 04, 2020

  40. Blursed_shadow

    38855 upvotes • comment • dec 27, 2020

  41. Every year I wrap the last gift with the scraps from wrapping all the gifts before it.

    38840 upvotes • comment • dec 20, 2020

  42. No

    38830 upvotes • comment • dec 31, 2020

  43. My nephew got a card from his teacher and was stoked!! He read it, then instead of showing anybody, he sat pensively on the couch for a while. Finally a quiet voice asked, “Auntie....how long have I had autism?”

    38823 upvotes • comment • dec 01, 2020

  44. This explains it.

    38815 upvotes • comment • dec 11, 2020

  45. Man Gets Hit In The Face With A Can And Beatdown After Calling A Man The N Word.

    38813 upvotes • comment • dec 24, 2020

  46. Girl voted for Biden. Got kicked out of the house by her parrents when he won.

    38800 upvotes • comment • dec 28, 2020

  47. Trump's promise to "work tirelessly" on Christmas means golfing with buddies and ignoring COVID relief

    38800 upvotes • comment • dec 25, 2020

  48. The Man Behind Pixar’s Deepest Explorations - Pixar always has been known for making profound animated movies, but no one has pushed that imperative further than ‘Soul’ director Pete Docter, who also directed ‘Monsters, Inc.,’ ‘Up,’ and ‘Inside Out.’

    38793 upvotes • comment • dec 29, 2020

  49. I got something in my throat

    38789 upvotes • comment • dec 07, 2020

  50. Would be nice.

    38760 upvotes • comment • dec 22, 2020

  51. Meirl

    38759 upvotes • comment • dec 03, 2020

  52. TIL about "Myst Island" a proposed theme park at Disney World. A limited number of guests would get ferried to an 11-acre island designed like Myst. They'd spend hours there, exploring areas and discovering clues non-linearly. Theoretically, no 2 guests would have the same adventure.

    38753 upvotes • comment • dec 23, 2020

  53. My first post, I worked hard on it!

    38739 upvotes • comment • dec 09, 2020

  54. According to r/cyberpunkgame this tweet was 100% true

    38738 upvotes • comment • dec 17, 2020

  55. Such a tragic story

    38734 upvotes • comment • dec 12, 2020

  56. The wash instructions on my new sweatshirt

    38729 upvotes • comment • dec 21, 2020

  57. Kelly Loeffler’s Conflict of Interest Is Even Worse Than Reported

    38719 upvotes • comment • dec 29, 2020

  58. GIVE US IT

    38703 upvotes • comment • dec 02, 2020

  59. My mum won't so can someone please.

    38697 upvotes • comment • dec 19, 2020

  60. I am the reason this game is terrible

    38692 upvotes • comment • dec 14, 2020

  61. What's better than sex?

    38689 upvotes • comment • dec 28, 2020

  62. Mom, the food is still hot.

    38679 upvotes • comment • dec 04, 2020

  63. If Marijuana is “the devil’s lettuce,” what else does he put on his sandwiches?

    38654 upvotes • comment • dec 16, 2020

  64. That time I left my cat at my parents house and they made a book...

    38639 upvotes • comment • dec 18, 2020

  65. Looks like piracy's back on the menu boys!

    38627 upvotes • comment • dec 19, 2020

  66. The way the chair fit

    38579 upvotes • comment • dec 13, 2020

  67. The Life in 'The Simpsons' Is No Longer Attainable: The most famous dysfunctional family of 1990s television enjoyed, by today’s standards, an almost dreamily secure existence.

    38576 upvotes • comment • dec 29, 2020

  68. 🔥 Wild reindeer under the Northern Lights.

    38567 upvotes • comment • dec 22, 2020

  69. I don't understand people like this

    38520 upvotes • comment • dec 13, 2020

  70. TIL Not long after Julius Caesar was assassinated, a comet shone for seven successive days. This signified Julius Caesar's ascension to Godhood, and propaganda for Caesar's nephew. The comet was described as: "To make that soul a star that burns forever, Above the Forum and the gates of Rome."

    38513 upvotes • comment • dec 19, 2020

  71. Oh god... literally

    38513 upvotes • comment • dec 24, 2020

  72. Night skiing in Norway (by @itseriksen)

    38497 upvotes • comment • dec 03, 2020

  73. The last picture taken of Marilyn Monroe

    38485 upvotes • comment • dec 26, 2020

  74. L.A. Health Department Asks Film Industry to Pause Production

    38468 upvotes • comment • dec 29, 2020

  75. The IRL version of The Tortoise and the Hare story comes true!

    38468 upvotes • comment • dec 03, 2020

  76. Wayne Brady is insanely talented

    38434 upvotes • comment • dec 13, 2020

  77. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez answers the question: What does an America with defunded police look like to you?

    38413 upvotes • comment • dec 05, 2020

  78. TIL that some fish eggs can survive being digested by waterfowl and remain viable after being pooped out. This provides one explanation as to how fish ‘miraculously’ appear in bodies of water where they otherwise never existed.

    38409 upvotes • comment • dec 02, 2020

  79. FBI subpoenas Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton amid whistleblower allegations

    38406 upvotes • comment • dec 11, 2020

  80. So nice what he did to the paint

    38395 upvotes • comment • dec 25, 2020

  81. TIL that audio experts could not tell the difference between $100 Monster speaker cables and cables made from soldering together old coat hangers

    38369 upvotes • comment • dec 06, 2020

  82. Shift Change

    38367 upvotes • comment • dec 27, 2020

  83. 🔥 Whale surfing waves like a pro

    38364 upvotes • comment • dec 22, 2020

  84. Sibling gift exchange

    38343 upvotes • comment • dec 25, 2020

  85. Korean artificial sun sets the new world record of 20-sec-long operation at 100 million degrees

    38337 upvotes • comment • dec 25, 2020

  86. Did we honestly expect anything else?

    38312 upvotes • comment • dec 26, 2020

  87. Anti-masker attempts to assault store employee with cart after being confronted. From Orange County, CA

    38303 upvotes • comment • dec 23, 2020

  88. TIFU by getting a lifetime ban from Walmart.

    38297 upvotes • comment • dec 28, 2020

  89. Georgians Are Starving — And Their Millionaire Senators Refuse to Force a Vote on Aid

    38277 upvotes • comment • dec 29, 2020

  90. Showing my son how to open a present

    38256 upvotes • comment • dec 26, 2020

  91. Old but still one of my favourite faceeating of the year.

    38246 upvotes • comment • dec 31, 2020

  92. Among Us has won Best Multiplayer Game in The Game Awards 2020!

    38246 upvotes • comment • dec 11, 2020

  93. WhY dO PeOpLe PiRaTe ThE sImS?

    38241 upvotes • comment • dec 29, 2020

  94. A minuscule detail that isn’t fully explained to you isn’t a plot hole

    38226 upvotes • comment • dec 07, 2020

  95. Totally worth it

    38219 upvotes • comment • dec 11, 2020

  96. Check mate 😎

    38219 upvotes • comment • dec 30, 2020

  97. Did you turn on the ac? Yes. It's already 4500rpm

    38213 upvotes • comment • dec 10, 2020

  98. Sometimes it doesn't take much

    38213 upvotes • comment • dec 11, 2020

  99. LPT: When buying baby clothes for someone that is expecting a child, get clothes for older age groups (3-6 months, 6-9 months) not newborn. Parents receive a ton of newborn sized clothes already and the baby will probably not get to wear all of them before outgrowing them.

    38211 upvotes • comment • dec 12, 2020

  100. :(

    38197 upvotes • comment • dec 24, 2020