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Reddit (Apr 2021)
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TIL Judith Love Cohen, who helped create the Abort-Guidance System which rescued the Apollo 13 astronauts, went to work on the day she was in labor. She took a printout of a problem she was working on to the hospital. She called her boss and said she finished the problem and gave birth to Jack Black
105057 upvotes • comment • apr 24, 2021
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Drought-hit California orders Nestlé to stop pumping millions of gallons of water
104936 upvotes • comment • apr 27, 2021
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Humans have just flown a rotorcraft on an alien planet for the first time in history.
104792 upvotes • comment • apr 19, 2021
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Albanian guy prevents possible terrorist attack with a drop kick through the window!
104660 upvotes • comment • apr 25, 2021
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Man's wife saves all her Amazon purchase boxes from the past 2 years to place on her porch for her husband to come home and see this April 1.
104324 upvotes • comment • apr 02, 2021
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An effortless genocide
103999 upvotes • comment • apr 29, 2021
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News lady shames people who are illegally dumping their boats
103949 upvotes • comment • apr 04, 2021
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Confiscated this note from one of my students.
103934 upvotes • comment • apr 17, 2021
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"The true meaning of life is to plant trees, under whose shade you do not expect to sit." - What a legend
103899 upvotes • comment • apr 09, 2021
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Seems obvious
103886 upvotes • comment • apr 12, 2021
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From custodian to nurse practitioner
103826 upvotes • comment • apr 08, 2021
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Pretty much.
103602 upvotes • comment • apr 26, 2021
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Or just insert a random emoji
103496 upvotes • comment • apr 21, 2021
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where... is it?
103280 upvotes • comment • apr 10, 2021
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Forget I’ll just send a winky face
103128 upvotes • comment • apr 23, 2021
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Just dudes being dudes
102688 upvotes • comment • apr 10, 2021
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Discuss salaries from now on
102410 upvotes • comment • apr 08, 2021
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Kid walks into Hulk Hogan's beach store and owns him
101417 upvotes • comment • apr 16, 2021
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The oldest door still in use in Rome. Cast in bronze for emperor Hadrian's rebuilding, they date from about 115 AD. Each door is solid bronze seven and a half feet wide & twenty-five feet high, yet so well balanced they can be pushed or pulled open easily by one person.
101277 upvotes • comment • apr 06, 2021
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She wanted to meet Bobba Fett, but instead gets Harry Potter.
101147 upvotes • comment • apr 21, 2021
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Disneyland Tokyo is making a Beauty and the Beast ride, the animatronics look insane
101139 upvotes • comment • apr 23, 2021
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Bees can perceive time.
100890 upvotes • comment • apr 15, 2021
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bottled at the source
100859 upvotes • comment • apr 27, 2021
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please change it
100677 upvotes • comment • apr 24, 2021
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There is now a total of 11 people in space, the most since the shuttle era
100658 upvotes • comment • apr 24, 2021
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You're offered the ability to absorb the knowledge of any book you touch instantly, but the way it works is that time freezes and won't unfreeze until you finish reading the book cover to cover, do you accept this power/curse? Why or why not?
100503 upvotes • comment • apr 06, 2021
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After Kobe’s final game, he was inspired to start working out and ended up losing 170 lbs.
100406 upvotes • comment • apr 25, 2021
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A big bite
100346 upvotes • comment • apr 14, 2021
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Tomi Lahren
100190 upvotes • comment • apr 28, 2021
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Sir David Attenborough is the only person to win a BAFTA for a programme in black and white, colour, HD, 3D, and 4K.
100089 upvotes • comment • apr 09, 2021
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This pillar was straight last week. This is the first floor of a seven-floor building.
100049 upvotes • comment • apr 24, 2021
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Bobcat attacks women and the Husband yeets it 15 feet then pulls out the heat
99834 upvotes • comment • apr 15, 2021
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A Family portrait during the Spanish Flu, 1918
99694 upvotes • comment • apr 08, 2021
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Crew-2's four astronauts board the ISS!
99610 upvotes • comment • apr 24, 2021
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USA! USA! We're number 1... except when it comes to medical expenses
99356 upvotes • comment • apr 17, 2021
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oops
99214 upvotes • comment • apr 15, 2021
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Police brutality indeed
99176 upvotes • comment • apr 05, 2021
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Never before seen 9/11 photo, discovered in a photo book I received from a late relative. The photos have never been digitized nor seen by anyone other than her — until now.
99082 upvotes • comment • apr 25, 2021
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Truly a Good Samaritan.
98940 upvotes • comment • apr 22, 2021
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What is Socialism?
98825 upvotes • comment • apr 09, 2021
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This owner did not give up on their dog after it had stroke. What a champion!
98796 upvotes • comment • apr 13, 2021
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Everyone tryna steal my girl.
98700 upvotes • comment • apr 23, 2021
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‘We will not be intimidated.’ Despite China threats, Lithuania moves to recognise Uighur genocide
98570 upvotes • comment • apr 06, 2021
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1 year sober from alcohol. I never thought I’d be able to post this. But here it is! Life isn’t perfect, but holy shit is it so much better!
98446 upvotes • comment • apr 12, 2021
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I'm fast as gay boi
98441 upvotes • comment • apr 04, 2021
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Ghislaine Maxwell prosecution reveals nearly 3 million pages of evidence
98358 upvotes • comment • apr 06, 2021
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One cardboard sign to rule them all.
98254 upvotes • comment • apr 05, 2021
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Takes having eyes in the back of your head to a whole new level.
98143 upvotes • comment • apr 26, 2021
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I'm a FedEx driver and always see dogs. This guy is always happy to see me.
98140 upvotes • comment • apr 21, 2021
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Freshly baked pie
97994 upvotes • comment • apr 07, 2021
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VIELEN DANK DER HERR
97907 upvotes • comment • apr 18, 2021
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it'll be like that
97825 upvotes • comment • apr 16, 2021
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Heartwarming ❤️
97806 upvotes • comment • apr 27, 2021
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People who have Only fans, what is stopping you from upgrading to an air conditioner?
97803 upvotes • comment • apr 29, 2021
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When mom finds your gummy’s
97658 upvotes • comment • apr 20, 2021
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How could she ? 😂
97545 upvotes • comment • apr 12, 2021
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A sign outside a pet store disallowing the sale of bunnies until after Easter
97295 upvotes • comment • apr 06, 2021
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TIL when former 'Tonight Show' host Johnny Carson died in 2005, 'Late Show' host David Letterman recited a comedic monologue at the beginning of the show, revealing later that every joke had been written by Carson, who had been sending in one or two jokes a week during his retirement
97270 upvotes • comment • apr 06, 2021
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Lara Croft progression - 1996 to 2018
97254 upvotes • comment • apr 18, 2021
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Shelter doggo with a huge smile being adopted
96954 upvotes • comment • apr 14, 2021
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In 1945, a group of Soviet school children presented a US Ambassador with a carved US Seal as a gesture of friendship. It hung in his office for seven years before discovering it contained a listening device.
96874 upvotes • comment • apr 16, 2021
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Marcelo visited his son's school and did the bin challenge with the kids
96234 upvotes • comment • apr 08, 2021
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Making Eye Contact with a Grey Whale
96070 upvotes • comment • apr 13, 2021
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We got 'em boys.
96043 upvotes • comment • apr 20, 2021
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TIL about FBI agent Robert Hanssen. He was tasked to find a mole within the FBI after the FBI's moles in the KGB were caught. Robert Hanssen was the mole and had been working with the KGB since 1979.
95890 upvotes • comment • apr 30, 2021
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Concerned father arrested while peacefully testifying against Arkansas trans health care ban | He was arrested for going 30 seconds over his allotted two minutes to speak. The anti-LGBTQ hate group representative who spoke before him talked for 40 minutes.
95875 upvotes • comment • apr 28, 2021
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Ray-tracing 2 years ago vs ray-tracing today.
95688 upvotes • comment • apr 29, 2021
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They just slept. Whats the big deal
95558 upvotes • comment • apr 03, 2021
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Can you stop singing, for 5 minutes?!
95346 upvotes • comment • apr 02, 2021
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The way he goes out of his way to show he’s not faking. Respect. 👏
95292 upvotes • comment • apr 25, 2021
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Derrick Chauvin in a prison jumpsuit
95263 upvotes • comment • apr 21, 2021
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I don't care anymore
95251 upvotes • comment • apr 09, 2021
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When Countries Share Their Grandparents’ War Stories
95193 upvotes • comment • apr 04, 2021
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This moment is gonna stick with the kid for years, possibly forever
95126 upvotes • comment • apr 30, 2021
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He Loves This Game :D
95104 upvotes • comment • apr 30, 2021
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Ah yes, chemistry
95104 upvotes • comment • apr 04, 2021
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NYPD officers can no longer search a vehicle due to the smell of marijuana alone, new memo says
94882 upvotes • comment • apr 04, 2021
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TIL that in 1995, a man received a "check" for $95,000 as junk mail. Jokingly, he deposited it into his account. The "check" met all of the legal criteria for a check and was cashed.
94839 upvotes • comment • apr 19, 2021
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Saw this awesome Metallica plate on the freeway today
94682 upvotes • comment • apr 01, 2021
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We have truly advanced
94584 upvotes • comment • apr 12, 2021
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Bee movie was weird times
94550 upvotes • comment • apr 25, 2021
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Best of both worlds
94516 upvotes • comment • apr 02, 2021
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Retail work in a global pandemic is on another level [oc]
94428 upvotes • comment • apr 08, 2021
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Dog broke his ankle jumping into the boat, dad broke his ankle jumping in after him. Dog looks totally stoked to match dad
94289 upvotes • comment • apr 15, 2021
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Ashton Kutcher Helps Save 6,000 Kids from Human Trafficking Via His Organization with Demi Moore
94277 upvotes • comment • apr 10, 2021
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Are wholesome memes accepted?
94236 upvotes • comment • apr 03, 2021
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The numbers come up in random positions to prevent guessing based on wear patterns
94102 upvotes • comment • apr 29, 2021
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The NYC model that some guy spent years building by hand that is now sitting in my empty local mall ..
94084 upvotes • comment • apr 06, 2021
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New probe confirms Trump officials blocked Puerto Rico from receiving hurricane aid
94048 upvotes • comment • apr 22, 2021
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Lyuba is a month old Woolly Mammoth that died almost 42,000 years ago. She was found in Siberia with her skin and organs still intact and her mother’s milk still in her stomach. She is the most complete Mammoth ever discovered.
94001 upvotes • comment • apr 26, 2021
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Looks at my server room and nods
93994 upvotes • comment • apr 27, 2021
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I'll bet they do, at least the Senior NCOs
93951 upvotes • comment • apr 14, 2021
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"Going everywhere"
93748 upvotes • comment • apr 21, 2021
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This tree collapsed in a very strange way from the weight of the snow
93423 upvotes • comment • apr 21, 2021
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Earned trust
93345 upvotes • comment • apr 17, 2021
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Recovery from an eating disorder
93225 upvotes • comment • apr 05, 2021
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Me and my son 3D printed a life size battle droid. Turns out they were quite big
93203 upvotes • comment • apr 19, 2021
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My sister: "You can do the half-marathon with me! Trust me, it's not that bad." ...
93191 upvotes • comment • apr 27, 2021
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finally someone who gets it.
93080 upvotes • comment • apr 20, 2021
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Man protesting, Los Angeles, California
92959 upvotes • comment • apr 16, 2021