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  1. 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

  2. Drought-hit California orders Nestlé to stop pumping millions of gallons of water

    104936 upvotes • comment • apr 27, 2021

  3. Humans have just flown a rotorcraft on an alien planet for the first time in history.

    104792 upvotes • comment • apr 19, 2021

  4. Albanian guy prevents possible terrorist attack with a drop kick through the window!

    104660 upvotes • comment • apr 25, 2021

  5. 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

  6. An effortless genocide

    103999 upvotes • comment • apr 29, 2021

  7. News lady shames people who are illegally dumping their boats

    103949 upvotes • comment • apr 04, 2021

  8. Confiscated this note from one of my students.

    103934 upvotes • comment • apr 17, 2021

  9. "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

  10. Seems obvious

    103886 upvotes • comment • apr 12, 2021

  11. From custodian to nurse practitioner

    103826 upvotes • comment • apr 08, 2021

  12. Pretty much.

    103602 upvotes • comment • apr 26, 2021

  13. Or just insert a random emoji

    103496 upvotes • comment • apr 21, 2021

  14. where... is it?

    103280 upvotes • comment • apr 10, 2021

  15. Forget I’ll just send a winky face

    103128 upvotes • comment • apr 23, 2021

  16. Just dudes being dudes

    102688 upvotes • comment • apr 10, 2021

  17. Discuss salaries from now on

    102410 upvotes • comment • apr 08, 2021

  18. Kid walks into Hulk Hogan's beach store and owns him

    101417 upvotes • comment • apr 16, 2021

  19. 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

  20. She wanted to meet Bobba Fett, but instead gets Harry Potter.

    101147 upvotes • comment • apr 21, 2021

  21. Disneyland Tokyo is making a Beauty and the Beast ride, the animatronics look insane

    101139 upvotes • comment • apr 23, 2021

  22. Bees can perceive time.

    100890 upvotes • comment • apr 15, 2021

  23. bottled at the source

    100859 upvotes • comment • apr 27, 2021

  24. please change it

    100677 upvotes • comment • apr 24, 2021

  25. There is now a total of 11 people in space, the most since the shuttle era

    100658 upvotes • comment • apr 24, 2021

  26. 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

  27. After Kobe’s final game, he was inspired to start working out and ended up losing 170 lbs.

    100406 upvotes • comment • apr 25, 2021

  28. A big bite

    100346 upvotes • comment • apr 14, 2021

  29. Tomi Lahren

    100190 upvotes • comment • apr 28, 2021

  30. 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

  31. This pillar was straight last week. This is the first floor of a seven-floor building.

    100049 upvotes • comment • apr 24, 2021

  32. Bobcat attacks women and the Husband yeets it 15 feet then pulls out the heat

    99834 upvotes • comment • apr 15, 2021

  33. A Family portrait during the Spanish Flu, 1918

    99694 upvotes • comment • apr 08, 2021

  34. Crew-2's four astronauts board the ISS!

    99610 upvotes • comment • apr 24, 2021

  35. USA! USA! We're number 1... except when it comes to medical expenses

    99356 upvotes • comment • apr 17, 2021

  36. oops

    99214 upvotes • comment • apr 15, 2021

  37. Police brutality indeed

    99176 upvotes • comment • apr 05, 2021

  38. 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

  39. Truly a Good Samaritan.

    98940 upvotes • comment • apr 22, 2021

  40. What is Socialism?

    98825 upvotes • comment • apr 09, 2021

  41. This owner did not give up on their dog after it had stroke. What a champion!

    98796 upvotes • comment • apr 13, 2021

  42. Everyone tryna steal my girl.

    98700 upvotes • comment • apr 23, 2021

  43. ‘We will not be intimidated.’ Despite China threats, Lithuania moves to recognise Uighur genocide

    98570 upvotes • comment • apr 06, 2021

  44. 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

  45. I'm fast as gay boi

    98441 upvotes • comment • apr 04, 2021

  46. Ghislaine Maxwell prosecution reveals nearly 3 million pages of evidence

    98358 upvotes • comment • apr 06, 2021

  47. One cardboard sign to rule them all.

    98254 upvotes • comment • apr 05, 2021

  48. Takes having eyes in the back of your head to a whole new level.

    98143 upvotes • comment • apr 26, 2021

  49. I'm a FedEx driver and always see dogs. This guy is always happy to see me.

    98140 upvotes • comment • apr 21, 2021

  50. Freshly baked pie

    97994 upvotes • comment • apr 07, 2021

  51. VIELEN DANK DER HERR

    97907 upvotes • comment • apr 18, 2021

  52. it'll be like that

    97825 upvotes • comment • apr 16, 2021

  53. Heartwarming ❤️

    97806 upvotes • comment • apr 27, 2021

  54. People who have Only fans, what is stopping you from upgrading to an air conditioner?

    97803 upvotes • comment • apr 29, 2021

  55. When mom finds your gummy’s

    97658 upvotes • comment • apr 20, 2021

  56. How could she ? 😂

    97545 upvotes • comment • apr 12, 2021

  57. A sign outside a pet store disallowing the sale of bunnies until after Easter

    97295 upvotes • comment • apr 06, 2021

  58. 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

  59. Lara Croft progression - 1996 to 2018

    97254 upvotes • comment • apr 18, 2021

  60. Shelter doggo with a huge smile being adopted

    96954 upvotes • comment • apr 14, 2021

  61. 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

  62. Marcelo visited his son's school and did the bin challenge with the kids

    96234 upvotes • comment • apr 08, 2021

  63. Making Eye Contact with a Grey Whale

    96070 upvotes • comment • apr 13, 2021

  64. We got 'em boys.

    96043 upvotes • comment • apr 20, 2021

  65. 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

  66. 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

  67. Ray-tracing 2 years ago vs ray-tracing today.

    95688 upvotes • comment • apr 29, 2021

  68. They just slept. Whats the big deal

    95558 upvotes • comment • apr 03, 2021

  69. Can you stop singing, for 5 minutes?!

    95346 upvotes • comment • apr 02, 2021

  70. The way he goes out of his way to show he’s not faking. Respect. 👏

    95292 upvotes • comment • apr 25, 2021

  71. Derrick Chauvin in a prison jumpsuit

    95263 upvotes • comment • apr 21, 2021

  72. I don't care anymore

    95251 upvotes • comment • apr 09, 2021

  73. When Countries Share Their Grandparents’ War Stories

    95193 upvotes • comment • apr 04, 2021

  74. This moment is gonna stick with the kid for years, possibly forever

    95126 upvotes • comment • apr 30, 2021

  75. He Loves This Game :D

    95104 upvotes • comment • apr 30, 2021

  76. Ah yes, chemistry

    95104 upvotes • comment • apr 04, 2021

  77. NYPD officers can no longer search a vehicle due to the smell of marijuana alone, new memo says

    94882 upvotes • comment • apr 04, 2021

  78. 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

  79. Saw this awesome Metallica plate on the freeway today

    94682 upvotes • comment • apr 01, 2021

  80. We have truly advanced

    94584 upvotes • comment • apr 12, 2021

  81. Bee movie was weird times

    94550 upvotes • comment • apr 25, 2021

  82. Best of both worlds

    94516 upvotes • comment • apr 02, 2021

  83. Retail work in a global pandemic is on another level [oc]

    94428 upvotes • comment • apr 08, 2021

  84. 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

  85. Ashton Kutcher Helps Save 6,000 Kids from Human Trafficking Via His Organization with Demi Moore

    94277 upvotes • comment • apr 10, 2021

  86. Are wholesome memes accepted?

    94236 upvotes • comment • apr 03, 2021

  87. The numbers come up in random positions to prevent guessing based on wear patterns

    94102 upvotes • comment • apr 29, 2021

  88. 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

  89. New probe confirms Trump officials blocked Puerto Rico from receiving hurricane aid

    94048 upvotes • comment • apr 22, 2021

  90. 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

  91. Looks at my server room and nods

    93994 upvotes • comment • apr 27, 2021

  92. I'll bet they do, at least the Senior NCOs

    93951 upvotes • comment • apr 14, 2021

  93. "Going everywhere"

    93748 upvotes • comment • apr 21, 2021

  94. This tree collapsed in a very strange way from the weight of the snow

    93423 upvotes • comment • apr 21, 2021

  95. Earned trust

    93345 upvotes • comment • apr 17, 2021

  96. Recovery from an eating disorder

    93225 upvotes • comment • apr 05, 2021

  97. Me and my son 3D printed a life size battle droid. Turns out they were quite big

    93203 upvotes • comment • apr 19, 2021

  98. My sister: "You can do the half-marathon with me! Trust me, it's not that bad." ...

    93191 upvotes • comment • apr 27, 2021

  99. finally someone who gets it.

    93080 upvotes • comment • apr 20, 2021

  100. Man protesting, Los Angeles, California

    92959 upvotes • comment • apr 16, 2021