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Here’s to free speech!
115324 upvotes • 1732 comments • dec 14, 2024
12 years ago today, police escort scared children after the Sandy Hook Elementary Shooting
60184 upvotes • 4219 comments • dec 14, 2024
American wealth inequality visualized with grains of rice
54674 upvotes • 3099 comments • dec 14, 2024
graffiti art in relation to Mangione found on train
49944 upvotes • 722 comments • dec 14, 2024
Luigi Mangione retains high-powered New York attorney as he faces second-degree murder charge
49322 upvotes • 2963 comments • dec 14, 2024
TIL that Nickelodeon almost cancelled Hey Arnold’s Christmas episode because they thought kids wouldn't care about its portrayal of the Vietnam War. An executive revoked the decision when her nine-year-old son saw a rough cut of the episode and asked 'Mom, is that what Vietnam was all about?'.
38938 upvotes • 1009 comments • dec 14, 2024
That Would Be Nice.
33283 upvotes • 2308 comments • dec 14, 2024
My mom washes her fruits & veggies in soapy water
29879 upvotes • 3467 comments • dec 14, 2024
The platypus is possibly the weirdest animal: it's a mammal but lays eggs, its duck-billed, beaver-tailed, otter-footed and venomous. It has electroreceptors for locating prey, eyes with double cones, no stomach, and 26 pairs of chromosomes. It's fluorescent and glows under UV light.
24967 upvotes • 1273 comments • dec 14, 2024
Graffiti found in the Capitol Hill district of Seattle, Washington.
24925 upvotes • 391 comments • dec 14, 2024