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  1. TIL elephants rarely get cancer because they have extra copies of two cancer-fighting genes: P53, which hunts for cells with miscopied DNA, and LIF6, which obliterates the mutated cells before they can form a tumor.

    25595 upvotes • comment • jul 02, 2020

  2. I made a maze generator in Minecraft

    25594 upvotes • comment • jul 22, 2020

  3. Sith Lawds are my speciality

    25592 upvotes • comment • sep 14, 2020

  4. Doggo is worried when his human is in the pool and wants to hold his hand

    25592 upvotes • comment • aug 05, 2020

  5. Today my (19f) boyfriend (20m) said he was in the mood to kill me.....wtf???!?

    25592 upvotes • comment • jun 17, 2020

  6. *_* wtf

    25590 upvotes • comment • oct 13, 2020

  7. She was like 😳

    25589 upvotes • comment • dec 04, 2020

  8. Lori Loughlin Sentenced to Prison for College Admissions Scandal 2 months.

    25588 upvotes • comment • aug 21, 2020

  9. It just keeps getting worse every second

    25587 upvotes • comment • sep 17, 2020

  10. Today I achieve a long time dream. My artwork has been officially licensed by Lucasfilms!

    25587 upvotes • comment • jul 02, 2020

  11. [I Ate] These crispy mac and cheese balls.

    25586 upvotes • comment • feb 11, 2020

  12. I haven’t seen a better representation of the current state of the U.S. Credit: Travis Long

    25586 upvotes • comment • aug 04, 2020

  13. You know the feeling

    25584 upvotes • comment • apr 15, 2020

  14. TIL that South Korea is #1 in the world in hard liquor consumption, averaging 13.7 shots per week, way ahead of Russia in #2 at 6.3 shots per week.

    25584 upvotes • comment • nov 26, 2020

  15. Police Detective Faces Child Porn Charge After Getting ‘Hero Of Child Protection’ Award

    25583 upvotes • comment • aug 30, 2020

  16. The struggle is real

    25583 upvotes • comment • aug 22, 2020

  17. [Walden] Rudy Gobert addresses his diagnosis: “I would like to publicly apologize to the people that I may have endangered. At the time, I had no idea I was even infected. I was careless and make no excuse. I hope my story serves as a warning and causes everyone to take this seriously.”

    25581 upvotes • comment • mar 12, 2020

  18. All those blades I've ruined...

    25581 upvotes • comment • sep 20, 2020

  19. Fan Asks Stan Lee About possible Avengers film. 14 years before The Avengers.

    25580 upvotes • comment • apr 13, 2020

  20. Trump escorted from briefing after 'armed' person shot outside White House

    25580 upvotes • comment • aug 10, 2020

  21. Seriously it ok to be you kings

    25579 upvotes • comment • sep 07, 2020

  22. Why are Americans so servile to a clown president?

    25579 upvotes • comment • apr 20, 2020

  23. Least she washes her hands

    25578 upvotes • comment • mar 07, 2020

  24. The Most Beautiful Canyon in the World - South Coast, Iceland. [OC] [1200x1500]

    25578 upvotes • comment • feb 25, 2020

  25. Isaiah Wilson gets drafted and his girlfriend refuses to get off of him so his mom can hug her son.

    25577 upvotes • comment • apr 25, 2020

  26. Louisville mayor to be investigated for handling of protesters and Breonna Taylor's case

    25576 upvotes • comment • jul 16, 2020

  27. Divergent is the first movie to look like its porn parody.

    25576 upvotes • comment • feb 05, 2020

  28. Rest well, sweet prince...

    25576 upvotes • comment • may 04, 2020

  29. Can confirm.

    25575 upvotes • comment • jun 04, 2020

  30. Headlamps on a citroen DS7. £1700 each

    25575 upvotes • comment • nov 18, 2020

  31. My agenda is full, i have a lot of crusades to attend to

    25574 upvotes • comment • nov 21, 2020

  32. Dog zipped in suitcase, weighed down with bricks and dumped in a lake. Dog escaped & is safe now

    25574 upvotes • comment • mar 06, 2020

  33. How fast germs spread

    25573 upvotes • comment • aug 22, 2020

  34. Oops

    25572 upvotes • comment • may 11, 2020

  35. TIL that as they became domesticated (in a remarkably short time), dogs evolved specific muscles that allow them to raise their inner eyebrows to manipulate human emotions. Dogs who made the facial movement enabled by these muscles are more likely to be adopted from a shelter than those who don't.

    25572 upvotes • comment • jun 18, 2020

  36. Among Us Torture Dance

    25572 upvotes • comment • sep 28, 2020

  37. Well that's awkward😂

    25571 upvotes • comment • nov 30, 2020

  38. This lady going around spreading rumours about side-effects from the new Covid vaccine.

    25571 upvotes • comment • dec 29, 2020

  39. My adult daughter and I just had the most wonderful conversation. Made me happy, made me smile. Still smiling. Hugs, may you all feel the peaceful love you are!!!

    25571 upvotes • comment • feb 28, 2020

  40. 108 year old bank vault door in Alabama.

    25571 upvotes • comment • jan 23, 2020

  41. Excavator Operator saves Deer stuck in mud hole

    25571 upvotes • comment • jul 19, 2020

  42. I’ll wait for your decision

    25570 upvotes • comment • nov 10, 2020

  43. AITA for telling my "nephew" his ps4 was going to be destroyed to teach him a lesson?

    25569 upvotes • comment • jan 05, 2020

  44. [Image] Let nothing get in your way

    25569 upvotes • comment • aug 04, 2020

  45. Lady Gaga Criticizes Music Pirates with Pirated Photos. Shutterstock Responds

    25568 upvotes • comment • jan 27, 2020

  46. For all of those people who still don't vote. No more excuses.

    25567 upvotes • comment • nov 06, 2020

  47. [Image] Visualising success

    25567 upvotes • comment • apr 14, 2020

  48. I wanted a photo of my light house, but I ended up getting this!

    25567 upvotes • comment • jun 18, 2020

  49. Scientists have developed an easy-to-use breath test that detects COVID-19 within a minute. This technology could be used for fast mass screening in places like airports.

    25566 upvotes • comment • oct 21, 2020

  50. A doctor in Wuhan stopped to let a 87 year old patient to see the sunset during a transfer

    25565 upvotes • comment • mar 05, 2020

  51. Brother(Eclipse) and Sister(Solar).

    25564 upvotes • comment • may 29, 2020

  52. Future President Gerald Ford with teammate Willis Ward at the University of Michigan in 1934. Ford threatened to quit the team when Ward was benched for a game against Georgia Tech, who at the time refused to play against black players. TIL!

    25564 upvotes • comment • apr 18, 2020

  53. 'Mad Men' is a Beautiful Slow Burn - The show's attention to detail and complex characters make for a unique binge-watching experience.

    25564 upvotes • comment • apr 02, 2020

  54. The way this man plays with his crystal ball while commuting

    25563 upvotes • comment • may 27, 2020

  55. Lady Maria of the Astral Clocktower by LittleLuckyCosplay

    25562 upvotes • comment • aug 19, 2020

  56. Seems pretty wholesome to me :)

    25562 upvotes • comment • oct 14, 2020

  57. Norwegian summer paradise

    25561 upvotes • comment • jun 12, 2020

  58. Guy talks to a cop like a cop

    25561 upvotes • comment • mar 30, 2020

  59. Stunt on them queen

    25561 upvotes • comment • may 09, 2020

  60. WCGW going with waxed floors in a firehouse.

    25560 upvotes • comment • jun 08, 2020

  61. Found in the window of my very small, very red, upstate NY town hardware store.

    25560 upvotes • comment • nov 20, 2020

  62. TIL in the 1880s, the Harvard Observatory director was frustrated with his staff, and would say "My Scottish maid could do better!" So, he hired his Scottish maid. Williamina Fleming ran a team for decades, classified tens of thousands of stars, & discovered white dwarfs and the Horsehead Nebula.

    25557 upvotes • comment • jun 15, 2020

  63. Realizing you're about to be guarded by a 7'4" opponent

    25557 upvotes • comment • feb 17, 2020

  64. ELI5: Why do some animals (like spiders or lizards) spend so much time just doing nothing? What is happening and why?

    25555 upvotes • comment • dec 16, 2020

  65. Very wholesome

    25555 upvotes • comment • feb 12, 2020

  66. And he's gone!

    25555 upvotes • comment • jun 01, 2020

  67. TIL 1990's most obese state (Mississippi) had at the time a lower rate of obesity than what the least obese state (Colorado) had by 2010.

    25554 upvotes • comment • jan 27, 2020

  68. Ben & Jerry’s joins boycott of Facebook and Instagram ads in the US

    25554 upvotes • comment • jun 24, 2020

  69. Your gender has been reversed permanently. You'll Become 7 inches shorter transitioning into a girl, and become 7 inch taller transitioning into a guy. What will be the second thing you do after this change?

    25553 upvotes • comment • feb 08, 2020

  70. The US is losing its world superpower status due to its failure to lead on the Covid-19 crisis – and this time, it might not recover.

    25552 upvotes • comment • mar 28, 2020

  71. Monday’s are the worst

    25552 upvotes • comment • oct 28, 2020

  72. Trump tweets support for Bernie Sander’s threat to filibuster the Senate over $2,000 relief checks

    25552 upvotes • comment • dec 29, 2020

  73. If Darth Vader = "invader" and Darth Sidious = "insidious," then I would be Darth _____.

    25551 upvotes • comment • feb 13, 2020

  74. Doggo has a message!

    25551 upvotes • comment • jul 31, 2020

  75. A Soccer Player Sharing Same Condition With a One-Year-Old fan!

    25550 upvotes • comment • feb 09, 2020

  76. There was an attempt

    25549 upvotes • comment • oct 28, 2020

  77. The Negotiator

    25548 upvotes • comment • mar 08, 2020

  78. The person who trimmed these trees should get a huge pay raise

    25547 upvotes • comment • may 07, 2020

  79. PsBattle: this happy corgy walking on a train track

    25547 upvotes • comment • feb 12, 2020

  80. Karen confronts employee over viral video of her with cut face mask

    25547 upvotes • comment • may 22, 2020

  81. Why does everyone on Reddit kinda sound the same?

    25546 upvotes • comment • jun 21, 2020

  82. Ghislaine Maxwell is accused of sex trafficking underage girls, but Trump says: 'I wish her well'

    25544 upvotes • comment • jul 22, 2020

  83. As Fauci warns of 100,000 cases a day, Trump hotel fails coronavirus hygiene sting

    25543 upvotes • comment • jul 01, 2020

  84. What products prey on stupid people?

    25542 upvotes • comment • oct 20, 2020

  85. me_irl

    25542 upvotes • comment • jul 22, 2020

  86. Hospitals say feds are seizing masks and other coronavirus supplies without a word

    25542 upvotes • comment • apr 07, 2020

  87. My girlfriend said she could train the cat. My jaw literally dropped. Say hi to Asher.

    25542 upvotes • comment • jan 30, 2020

  88. I too, was the only person dressed up today for work. Also in a full-body banana costume.

    25541 upvotes • comment • oct 31, 2020

  89. True

    25541 upvotes • comment • nov 09, 2020

  90. This is Daniel Lewis Lee, who is a white supremacist who believed that the state should be able to kill people that he deems wrong. He was killed by the very same state this morning. [xpost]

    25541 upvotes • comment • jul 14, 2020

  91. Wait !!!

    25539 upvotes • comment • oct 14, 2020

  92. Oh dear Monday...

    25538 upvotes • comment • nov 16, 2020

  93. Crysstal meth

    25538 upvotes • comment • jan 10, 2020

  94. Biden Widens Lead to 21 Points After Trump's Coronavirus Diagnosis: Poll

    25538 upvotes • comment • oct 07, 2020

  95. TIL authors C.S. Lewis and Aldous Huxley both died on November 22nd, 1963. Their deaths weren't as prominent in the news because of a more noteworthy death that occurred on that day: the assassination of John F. Kennedy

    25538 upvotes • comment • mar 10, 2020

  96. The beautiful holiday season

    25537 upvotes • comment • dec 26, 2020

  97. The rare 'actual sea dog' and his sealegs.

    25536 upvotes • comment • sep 17, 2020

  98. ‘​Train To Busan’ Follow-Up ‘Peninsula’ Scores US Theatrical Distribution Deal - Peninsula takes place four years after the outbreak of zombies that were chasing protagonists on a train speeding south to Busan.

    25536 upvotes • comment • feb 20, 2020

  99. You should teach Biden a lesson

    25536 upvotes • comment • may 23, 2020

  100. No Country for Old Men and There Will Be Blood seem connected at the hip to me for some reason. Is this common? Do you make the same connection?

    25534 upvotes • comment • nov 15, 2020