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My dad 3D printed a lever to replace his light switch.
56389 upvotes • comment • feb 17, 2020
TIL a poor 19th century Chinese man failed the civil service exam, fell ill, reread a Christian pamphlet he had earlier ignored, & hallucinated that he was Jesus' brother. He led a cult/rebellion that conquered much of southern China, crowning himself as king. This civil war killed over 10 million.
56384 upvotes • comment • jun 03, 2020
The first parents to let their kids cook in front of Gordon Ramsey, before any of us knew that he is actually really nice and patient with young chefs, must have really hated their kid
56381 upvotes • comment • mar 20, 2020
Just a family reuniting at an airport
56380 upvotes • comment • jan 03, 2020
My husband's first credit purchase, 1971. On a Macy*s card, $300 limit. Still used every day.
56379 upvotes • comment • feb 12, 2020
What fetish will you keep a secret from the people you know IRL?
56379 upvotes • comment • feb 28, 2020
If we had to dump our own household trash in our backyard for one week, we would seriously reconsider our own impact of environmental waste.
56378 upvotes • comment • mar 02, 2020
Wake. Up. And. Make. Me. Lunch!
56378 upvotes • comment • may 08, 2020
So glad there has never been a destructive group consisting of only white people. Whew!
56378 upvotes • comment • jul 25, 2020
Bamboozled!
56377 upvotes • comment • jan 11, 2020
Do it, I dare ya.
56375 upvotes • comment • nov 20, 2020
If that happens, I chug 1 gallon of maple syrup
56374 upvotes • comment • nov 06, 2020
Trump is calling protesters terrorists. That puts him in the company of the world's autocrats
56371 upvotes • comment • jul 26, 2020
Learning how to celebrate Christmas
56371 upvotes • comment • dec 20, 2020
Video appears to show Oklahoma jail staff ignoring pleas from dying inmate
56370 upvotes • comment • feb 10, 2020
Announcing your engagement wearing a bracelet saying cumslut
56367 upvotes • comment • mar 15, 2020
Fire Agate, found at Deer Creek Arizona USA
56365 upvotes • comment • oct 29, 2020
Disappointed I am
56364 upvotes • comment • aug 19, 2020
Quote from Ellen in a book my daughter is reading
56361 upvotes • comment • aug 15, 2020
No Covid puts Baby in a corner. My 2020 Halloween costume with my dog.
56358 upvotes • comment • oct 30, 2020
Happy New Year From New Zealand!
56355 upvotes • comment • dec 31, 2020
Street justice served after man attacks innocent women
56354 upvotes • comment • jun 03, 2020
Picture taken on the surface of an asteroid
56351 upvotes • comment • dec 20, 2020
This billboard I saw in Phoenix
56351 upvotes • comment • jul 30, 2020
Trump and Pence drop plans to address outdoor rally crowds amid reports of low attendance
56350 upvotes • comment • jun 20, 2020
The only drinkable water at our cabin this week.
56347 upvotes • comment • oct 16, 2020
Just found a lug nut in my fruit bar
56346 upvotes • comment • jun 24, 2020
TIL People who use heroin describe sensations of warmth and safety while they are high. When sleeping on the streets on a cold night, a hit of heroin can make it possible to relax and get some rest
56345 upvotes • comment • oct 04, 2020
[OC] Toys "R" Us Stores across the US from 1957 to 2020
56343 upvotes • comment • jun 29, 2020
Twitter Insanity About Same-Sex Marriage [REPOST with all personal info fully removed]
56341 upvotes • comment • aug 06, 2020
Is it normal to read a few pages of a book and then suddenly realize that you have no idea what's going on in the plot because you have been reading the words but not internalizing their meaning? I always end up reading the same thing over and over.
56339 upvotes • comment • dec 26, 2020
To this day still my most difficult courses
56339 upvotes • comment • apr 30, 2020
One who help is a traitor.
56338 upvotes • comment • feb 27, 2020
Oxygen deprivation in the brain explains the white hood.....
56335 upvotes • comment • jun 29, 2020
Legendary driving technique
56335 upvotes • comment • oct 06, 2020
"You hit me! I was watching my screen and it didn't show any cars! I was signalling so I had right of way!" -Actual quote from her
56334 upvotes • comment • mar 03, 2020
Shoutout to the queens who helped my mom recover from COVID-19
56328 upvotes • comment • jul 31, 2020
Georgia judge throws out Trump’s lawsuit over voter fraud in a blow to his electoral hopes
56324 upvotes • comment • nov 05, 2020
Ryan Reynolds asks young people in Canada to please not kill his mother by spreading the coronavirus
56321 upvotes • comment • aug 15, 2020
My Daughter's recently started smiling... This is how I get to start my day.
56315 upvotes • comment • sep 15, 2020
Supreme Court rules Georgia can’t put the law behind a paywall
56312 upvotes • comment • apr 28, 2020
always late[OC]
56311 upvotes • comment • sep 16, 2020
Received PS5 yesterday. Instead of playing games like a normal person, spent most of the day mask-taping and airbrushing it... Love the result though!
56310 upvotes • comment • nov 20, 2020
We need this to happen. For the Republic.
56309 upvotes • comment • may 19, 2020
TIL after losing her position in her university's anatomy department in 1938, Rita Levi-Montalcini set up a laboratory in her bedroom and studied the growth of nerve fibers in chicken embryos. This work led to her discovery of nerve growth factor, for which she was awarded a Nobel Prize in 1986.
56308 upvotes • comment • dec 09, 2020
Don’t underestimate your dad. :)
56308 upvotes • comment • mar 24, 2020
Trick or treat!
56306 upvotes • comment • oct 17, 2020
Texas Democrats Call for Biden Visit and Say Time is Now to Turn Texas Blue
56306 upvotes • comment • oct 13, 2020
Homelander is "America First" irl
56306 upvotes • comment • sep 10, 2020
This helicopter's camouflage
56305 upvotes • comment • sep 14, 2020
What totally obvious scam do people still fall for?
56301 upvotes • comment • apr 25, 2020
New Zealand's Jacinda Ardern appoints country's first Indigenous female foreign minister
56301 upvotes • comment • nov 02, 2020
French President Emmanuel Macron has announced that people must stay indoors from 21:00 to 06:00 in Paris and eight other cities to control the rapid spread of coronavirus in the country.
56300 upvotes • comment • oct 14, 2020
Passed out in the window
56297 upvotes • comment • jan 25, 2020
Young French girl showing off her cat, 1959.
56295 upvotes • comment • nov 03, 2020
Putting On 10 Masks & Running 1 Km In 100°F Heat, After Smoking, To Prove Masks Can't Suffocate You
56293 upvotes • comment • aug 01, 2020
Racist woman gets hosed
56285 upvotes • comment • jun 27, 2020
Damn that’s ballsy
56285 upvotes • comment • oct 30, 2020
High on News
56283 upvotes • comment • dec 20, 2020
Supreme Court rejects GOP request to halt mail-in ballot count in Pennsylvania
56282 upvotes • comment • nov 07, 2020
Mutated COVID-19 strain confirmed in Japan as nationwide case tally hits record high.
56281 upvotes • comment • dec 25, 2020
This would be awesome
56281 upvotes • comment • aug 18, 2020
Get to the threadmill
56277 upvotes • comment • mar 25, 2020
A month ago I started working on my husband’s birthday present - a custom painted keyboard filled with his favourite video games. The final one is just drying but it is DONE!
56273 upvotes • comment • may 28, 2020
Russian YouTuber famous for exploring abandoned sites arrested and charged with obtaining state secrets last week. Andrei Pyzh uploaded hundreds of videos showing his visits to industrial sites and abandoned bunkers on his YouTube channel, which has about 800,000 subscribers.
56273 upvotes • comment • aug 13, 2020
I will never see this again, fucking perfect!
56270 upvotes • comment • nov 06, 2020
A beautiful friendship
56267 upvotes • comment • feb 10, 2020
"but" people are the problem
56267 upvotes • comment • may 28, 2020
Do ri me
56260 upvotes • comment • oct 25, 2020
Ah yes, communism.
56259 upvotes • comment • jun 11, 2020
Entire computer and security system relies on that plug, we can’t unplug it to fix this
56258 upvotes • comment • jun 20, 2020
AP sources: White House aware of Russian bounties in 2019
56258 upvotes • comment • jun 30, 2020
United opinion
56256 upvotes • comment • oct 27, 2020
sounds like a real fun delivery
56256 upvotes • comment • aug 06, 2020
Eye for an eye
56255 upvotes • comment • jun 08, 2020
AOC will Introduce Bill that Requires Federal Agents to Identify Themselves
56255 upvotes • comment • jul 26, 2020
If there was one movie you could completely delete from reality, what would it be?
56255 upvotes • comment • aug 18, 2020
Dreaming of endless milk bowls
56254 upvotes • comment • jul 07, 2020
I spent too long on this
56253 upvotes • comment • jul 29, 2020
Internet Explorer is dead as Microsoft kills off 25-year-old browser.The browser will no longer be supported by the company from 17 August, 2021.
56250 upvotes • comment • aug 18, 2020
The making of a ring
56250 upvotes • comment • aug 10, 2020
Belarus president refuses to cancel anything - and says vodka and saunas will ward off coronavirus
56247 upvotes • comment • mar 29, 2020
TIL, "Genghis Khan" Was just a title meaning "ruler of all", his given name was Temüjin Borjigin.
56245 upvotes • comment • mar 28, 2020
THE HOUSTON ASTROS HAVE BEEN ELIMINATED FROM 2020 WORLD SERIES CONTENTION
56244 upvotes • comment • oct 18, 2020
TIL that the Welsh Government funds a program which plants 2 trees for every child born or adopted in Wales - one in Wales, and one in a heavily-deforested region of Uganda. In October 2019, the tree planting scheme planted its 10 millionth tree
56244 upvotes • comment • sep 25, 2020
What movie death scene is seared into your memory?
56244 upvotes • comment • may 29, 2020
This is one of my biggest concerns while driving on a highway...
56236 upvotes • comment • may 03, 2020
These people in sync
56235 upvotes • comment • sep 05, 2020
Making my own tabletop version of Among us!
56232 upvotes • comment • sep 26, 2020
Queen Elizabeth II, who is on the throne for 68 years and 309 days at this moment, has outlasted the longest-reigning occupant of the Roman imperial throne, Constantine VIII (30 III 962 - 11 XI 1028), whose tenure went on for 66 years and 226 days.
56231 upvotes • comment • dec 13, 2020
WCGW Putting A Dog On A Diet
56228 upvotes • comment • sep 26, 2020
What's the most high risk, low reward thing you've ever done?
56227 upvotes • comment • may 23, 2020
This year has been the shortest decade ever.
56227 upvotes • comment • dec 31, 2020
We're simple beings
56227 upvotes • comment • oct 22, 2020
Dr. Ravindra Kolhe and his team at the Medical College is Georgia. They created a Coronavirus test with a 2 hour turnaround time and had it up and running last Sunday, 3/15.
56227 upvotes • comment • mar 21, 2020
Stay focused
56224 upvotes • comment • sep 10, 2020
We gotta keep it alive
56221 upvotes • comment • may 05, 2020
And this ladies and gentlemen is a cat dryer
56219 upvotes • comment • mar 09, 2020
Today I learned scientists have been able to track the history of the AIDS virus. Through research they believe 'patient zero' lived Cameroon in Africa, and contracted the disease around 1908, after hunting a chimp and being infected with SIV (Simian Immunodeficiency Virus)
56217 upvotes • comment • apr 28, 2020
TIFU by insulting the one-legged girl I'm intrested in.
56215 upvotes • comment • may 04, 2020