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Reddit (15 Dec 2021)

After 30 years of mortgage payments. I paid it off today. It’s all ours
138204 upvotes • 5469 comments • dec 15, 2021
TIL GM recalled 800k cars in 2014 for faulty ignitions. The cars would shut off while being driven which meant drivers lost power steering/brakes, and the airbags wouldn't deploy. They knew about the problem since 2005 but never fixed it because it would be 'too expensive'. 124 people died.
91783 upvotes • 4415 comments • dec 15, 2021
A machine came thru my local John Deere for repairs from the tornado in Kentucky.
80886 upvotes • 2938 comments • dec 15, 2021
TIL about environmental activist Julia “Butterfly” Hill who lived in a 1500 year old California redwood tree (known as Luna) 180 feet (55 mm) off the ground for 738 days in order to prevent it from being chopped down by Pacific Lumber Company. She successfully saved the tree.
72874 upvotes • 2054 comments • dec 15, 2021
Housemate's dog got into my 6 hour Butter Chicken. No dinner for me tonight .
71677 upvotes • 4575 comments • dec 15, 2021
550 pebbles for your child's college fund
66362 upvotes • 777 comments • dec 15, 2021
3²=6
65867 upvotes • 3414 comments • dec 15, 2021
Great way to start my morning, smh…
65678 upvotes • 4087 comments • dec 15, 2021
Elon Musk is cringeworthy with an extra helping of sexism
62828 upvotes • 8117 comments • dec 15, 2021
Six Komodo dragons just hatched at the Bronx zoo. It’s the first time the species has successfully bred in the zoos 122 year history.
61579 upvotes • 1048 comments • dec 15, 2021