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They took the furniture out of Starbucks so people won’t gather here
102903 upvotes • comment • mar 16, 2020
'Heartbreaking,' Say Global Experts, Alarmed at Signs US Has 'Given Up' Fight to Stop Covid-19: "I can't imagine what it must be like having to go to work knowing it"s unsafe," said one expert in New Zealand. "It's hard to see how this ends."
102902 upvotes • comment • jun 20, 2020
Victorian England (1901)
102886 upvotes • comment • dec 27, 2020
It is what it is.
102861 upvotes • comment • jul 23, 2020
Since the Shedd Aquarium is empty, the trainers took the penguins for a tour.
102834 upvotes • comment • mar 15, 2020
After more than 3 months of no meetings of 10 or more people, professional rugby has finally started back up again in New Zealand. 43,000 spectators, no need for physical distancing if there’s no cases in the whole country! Kia kaha - stay strong
102826 upvotes • comment • jun 14, 2020
We practiced walking today... well, she did. That ship has sailed for me.
102813 upvotes • comment • jan 17, 2020
I was feeling lonely so I started a series on loneliness in my small town photo#2
102782 upvotes • comment • dec 15, 2020
Cat blocks and prevents a baby from crawling to a fatal fall down some stairs
102772 upvotes • comment • mar 18, 2020
My daughter has been asking for a dog for years. Finally surprised her with a 10 week old puppy. Her reaction says it all.
102747 upvotes • comment • jun 25, 2020
Father lunges at Larry Nassar in court for sexually assaulting his daughters
102746 upvotes • comment • jun 28, 2020
This guy raised the level in dating. Wherever you are kudos bro.
102742 upvotes • comment • mar 29, 2020
TIL why Five Guys gives extra fries at the bottom of the bag. They do it so the guests think they are getting a good deal. However, the extra fries are already factored into the menu price. Founder Jerry Murrell also says it is better for customers to feel that their serving of fries was too large.
102706 upvotes • comment • nov 29, 2020
I needed to see why my AC wasn't kicking on. I guess I'll wait.
102700 upvotes • comment • may 17, 2020
Finally finished collecting a least one piece of paper money from every country.
102673 upvotes • comment • mar 29, 2020
“Gamer Girl” (OC)
102651 upvotes • comment • nov 04, 2020
In the US, states typically pay for prison while counties determine sentencing. A natural experiment whereby the cost burden of juvenile incarceration was placed on counties led to a stark drop in incarceration. This suggests that mass incarceration in the US is in part due to misaligned incentives.
102632 upvotes • comment • nov 26, 2020
Officer accused of pushing teen during protest has 71 use of force cases on file
102613 upvotes • comment • jun 03, 2020
A Texas farmer found this astronaut helmet in his field after the Columbia disaster in 2003
102604 upvotes • comment • jul 29, 2020
Pint of wine, feeling fine
102594 upvotes • comment • oct 18, 2020
POTUS gets booed, crowd chants "vote him out!" while visiting Ruth Bader Ginsburg’s casket
102592 upvotes • comment • sep 24, 2020
Biker seess a little girl having a seizure while stuck in a traffic jam, rushes both her and her father to a hospital on his motorcycle
102577 upvotes • comment • aug 08, 2020
Bernie Sanders drops out of the presidential race
102568 upvotes • comment • apr 08, 2020
Relationship goals
102550 upvotes • comment • feb 10, 2020
Protesters in Iran are demanding that Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei steps down, after the country's military admitted to accidentally downing a Ukrainian passenger jet, killing all 176 people on board
102537 upvotes • comment • jan 11, 2020
SPD Riding a bike into a protester then arresting him
102535 upvotes • comment • jun 14, 2020
So casually brushing the teeth of one of the most dangerous animals on the planet
102522 upvotes • comment • may 11, 2020
Nurses have quit en masse from Russia’s top coronavirus hospital in Moscow over poor working conditions and low wages. They reportedly quit because they were denied clean protective gear, food and adequate accommodations, and were not paid bonuses promised by President Vladimir Putin.
102512 upvotes • comment • apr 27, 2020
Those kids definitely grew up to become the people that aren’t socially distancing themselves
102509 upvotes • comment • mar 20, 2020
Incredibly unique costume
102459 upvotes • comment • nov 01, 2020
This is how Japan attacked Pearl Harbor according to flat earthers.
102449 upvotes • comment • oct 15, 2020
Update: My (32F) husband (36M) became a robot and I don’t know how to help him.
102447 upvotes • comment • jul 07, 2020
Life on Svalbard
102407 upvotes • comment • dec 04, 2020
It's our island now!
102404 upvotes • comment • oct 31, 2020
Licensed Dad Joke
102371 upvotes • comment • jul 08, 2020
A tram in the Netherlands failed to stop in time and broke through the emergency barrier. It's being held up by the statue of a whale's tail.
102345 upvotes • comment • nov 02, 2020
A local high school teacher at a meeting discussing the use of masks in school in Utah County.
102339 upvotes • comment • jul 17, 2020
This is what you look like when your don’t have your headlights on.
102337 upvotes • comment • mar 03, 2020
Someone help me budget this
102315 upvotes • comment • jan 27, 2020
Four year old beekeeper distracted by a roly-poly.
102306 upvotes • comment • may 25, 2020
Kim Jong Un Allegedly in a 'vegetative state' after heart surgery - Japanese Media
102291 upvotes • comment • apr 25, 2020
I asked a kid if I could take his photo in NYC. He came up with this.
102287 upvotes • comment • nov 10, 2020
The range of a M132 Armored Flamethrower
102243 upvotes • comment • nov 30, 2020
Oh Ted....
102238 upvotes • comment • dec 13, 2020
absolutely astonishing
102233 upvotes • comment • sep 27, 2020
Shorts are now deemed "inappropriate" for retail counter workers at USPS. Skorts are still OK.
102224 upvotes • comment • aug 18, 2020
Kansas City Beatdown
102218 upvotes • comment • jul 09, 2020
TIL the founder of Hyundai was born to an impoverished family of peasants in what is now North Korea. In 1998, he sent 1001 cows to his hometown in North Korea as a repayment 1000 times over for a cow that he stole in the early 1930s to afford his train ticket to Seoul and escape from poverty.
102213 upvotes • comment • oct 25, 2020
Monk climbs a steep hill with no ropes
102213 upvotes • comment • jul 22, 2020
Don't whack me mom I'm a wizard
102211 upvotes • comment • nov 23, 2020
Barack Obama and his mother-in-law watch as it becomes clear he has won the presidency in 2008
102207 upvotes • comment • mar 08, 2020
Black man pulled over and issued a warning for doing 65 in a 70.
102198 upvotes • comment • jun 11, 2020
Comedy genius.
102188 upvotes • comment • dec 19, 2020
120m tall statue in Japan looks otherworldly
102162 upvotes • comment • jun 30, 2020
You can’t call it that
102137 upvotes • comment • nov 09, 2020
Apparently there’s something wrong with using a stock photo
102133 upvotes • comment • aug 16, 2020
That’s a hell of a selfie.
102098 upvotes • comment • jun 18, 2020
TIL that the Founding Fathers, more often than not depicted as older man, were rather young. In July 4th, 1776, Aaron Burr was 20, Alexander Hamilton, 21; James Madison, 25; John Jay, 29; and Thomas Jefferson, 33.
102086 upvotes • comment • jul 20, 2020
Now THAT’S how you quarantine
102083 upvotes • comment • apr 14, 2020
Todd Howard is behind this.
102080 upvotes • comment • jun 16, 2020
The ratio of strawberries to cereal in 2 boxes of special k
102072 upvotes • comment • may 23, 2020
Lawrence Brooks, America’s oldest living WWII veteran, turns 111 today
102070 upvotes • comment • sep 12, 2020
Real Friends Would Understand Why They Haven't Reached Out or Not Hold It Against You
102067 upvotes • comment • dec 26, 2020
Look at the confused face of Kim!
102054 upvotes • comment • jul 04, 2020
My mom and I finished a 40,000 piece jigsaw puzzle!
102042 upvotes • comment • feb 28, 2020
TIL in 1995, France found a man guilty of killing a teen girl, but he was able to avoid sentencing by hiding out in Germany. In 2009, the victim's father hired a team to kidnap the killer out of Germany and dump him in front of a French courthouse. It worked, and he is now serving 15 years.
102042 upvotes • comment • feb 05, 2020
Fauci says "serious threats" have been made against him and his wife and daughters
102040 upvotes • comment • jul 24, 2020
Lockdown got me lonely
102035 upvotes • comment • apr 30, 2020
Justice served
102028 upvotes • comment • aug 29, 2020
Underage girl forced to have sex with Prince Andrew, US court document claims
102026 upvotes • comment • jul 31, 2020
I design unnecessary products, and today I made the Not Hot Blanket for that one hot leg while sleeping.
101988 upvotes • comment • may 26, 2020
Why can't people just enjoy the holidays?
101987 upvotes • comment • dec 25, 2020
The lady wearing Black was being followed by a weirdo , she noticed a Twitch/Youtube streamer and pretended to be his friend , his reaction is quick
101983 upvotes • comment • jul 30, 2020
Florida, two days ago.
101966 upvotes • comment • nov 22, 2020
read it VERY CLOSELY
101966 upvotes • comment • oct 13, 2020
Thanks for nothing Harry
101951 upvotes • comment • sep 25, 2020
The fish known as the most ugly, actually...
101951 upvotes • comment • oct 11, 2020
Mistakes were made...
101938 upvotes • comment • sep 04, 2020
Dr. Anthony Fauci unveils a mask that could save millions of lives
101930 upvotes • comment • mar 25, 2020
What if we use 100% of our brain?
101905 upvotes • comment • aug 06, 2020
Schrödinger's cat
101897 upvotes • comment • aug 11, 2020
EA isn’t even pretending anymore
101890 upvotes • comment • oct 09, 2020
12k a month, way to go!
101872 upvotes • comment • oct 27, 2020
US Senate votes to allow FBI to access your browsing history without a warrant
101870 upvotes • comment • may 15, 2020
Bernie is KILLING it on the senate floor right now! for US!
101854 upvotes • comment • mar 26, 2020
The first women in the epitome of stupid
101839 upvotes • comment • may 28, 2020
This Gorilla mom is dealing with her eldest son's jealousy of the baby, and she is DONE with his shit
101817 upvotes • comment • sep 02, 2020
yeah science is cool
101804 upvotes • comment • aug 09, 2020
TIL Gordon Ramsay set up a business inside a London prison that taught inmates how to bake and sold the goods on the outside. Providing the prison with financial support while giving the inmates work experience they could use to find honest work after their sentence.
101782 upvotes • comment • nov 09, 2020
John F. Kennedy campaigning in the hills of West Virginia, 1960
101780 upvotes • comment • sep 20, 2020
Never too old to enjoy Zelda!
101764 upvotes • comment • may 26, 2020
How do you cope with being treated like you are crazy for following covid safety guidelines, when others around you aren’t doing the same?
101747 upvotes • comment • nov 26, 2020
The First Night
101741 upvotes • comment • oct 29, 2020
George Carlin said “Think of how stupid the average person is, and realize half of them are stupider than that.” What real life example have you seen that validates this view?
101702 upvotes • comment • may 15, 2020
'I can't breathe,' Oklahoma man tells police before dying. 'I don't care,' officer responds.
101695 upvotes • comment • jun 11, 2020
Family time.
101690 upvotes • comment • jul 21, 2020
When you're sorting the tank filters and a big boye wants cuddles.
101675 upvotes • comment • may 29, 2020
Still learning photography, but I was proud of this photo of Chicago
101669 upvotes • comment • sep 26, 2020
United States Surpasses China in Coronavirus Cases; Now Leads the World
101660 upvotes • comment • mar 26, 2020
Always has been
101646 upvotes • comment • jul 13, 2020