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I'm a character actor who has appeared in over 200 TV shows and films. My name is Stephen Tobolowsky. My Reddit account is my passport. Verify me (and AMA)

Reddit - self.movies

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Dear teachers of reddit, do you have any strange sex stories from your school? Potentially NSFW

Reddit - self.AskReddit

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I was watching a movie in bed, got up for a drink and came back to find this

Reddit - imgur.com

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TIL There is a radio station transmitting an intermittent beep since 1982 and nobody knows why. Occasionally Russian voices can be heard as well.

Reddit - en.wikipedia.org

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The only priest I would trust to 'save' me.

Reddit - imgur.com

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Riovanes describes why people with Asperger's Syndrome shouldn't "pretend" to be normal to a newly diagnosed redditor.

Reddit - reddit.com

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PacmanWasALangolier explains how the tables turn in the dating market

Reddit - reddit.com

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Masked gunmen kill U.S. embassy employee in Yemen

Reddit - reuters.com

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DoctorWhoToYou tells a personal story of their rise in a business as the business decends

Reddit - reddit.com

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TIL the Swiss Guard, known now as the guys in the silly costumes that stand around the Vatican holding spears, once stood against an army as it sacked Rome. 189 Guard stood against 20,000 invaders at the Vatican long enough for Pope Clement VII to escape the city.

Reddit - warandgame.com

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Why the First Laptop Had Such a Hard Time Catching On (Hint: Sexism)

Reddit - theatlantic.com

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How the White, Conservative South Took Over the GOP -- & May Take Over America - Southern oligarchs have worked to make the region low-wage, low-tax, low-regulation. And the GOP is trying to do the same to all of America.

Reddit - alternet.org

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Surprise Motherfucker

Reddit - youtube.com

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sputty gives an awesome detailed plan for musicians starting a youtube channel.

Reddit - reddit.com

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AMA Request: Jerry Seinfeld

Reddit - self.IAmA

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China "apple store" is being real honest

Reddit - i.imgur.com

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Woman at VP debate calls Obama a communist, gets confronted by Chris Matthews and can't explain what a communist is

Reddit - youtube.com

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Romney: 'We Don’t Have People Who Die Because They Don’t Have Insurance'.

Reddit - thinkprogress.org

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Portland cops.

Reddit - imgur.com

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My brother and girlfriend's Halloween costume this year. It's game over son. You might as well not even dress up this year.

Reddit - i.imgur.com

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A group of 23 impoverished west African fishing communities has driven off a fleet of illegal, unreported & unregulated "pirate" trawlers by filming & reporting them when they are found in their waters. 9 of the 10 ships identified were found to have licences to export catches to Europe.

Reddit - guardian.co.uk

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You will save more than $600, trust me.

Reddit - i.imgur.com

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Sesame Street has a service dog in training character coming tomorrow.

Reddit - i.imgur.com

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Tell ISPs: No Punitive "Six Strikes" Plan -- Or We'll Take Our Business Elsewhere | Demand Progress

Reddit - act.demandprogress.org

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My Dad sent me a picture with the subject: I'm worried about a mole I found on my arm.

Reddit - imgur.com

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Bought some bubble wrap on Amazon. This is how they shipped it

Reddit - imgur.com

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My little brother just told me this.

Reddit - quickmeme.com

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When visiting a theme park in Korea, we discover true love means matching outfits

Reddit - imgur.com

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I only miss you when i'm breathing...

Reddit - imgur.com

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338 days to lose 158lbs with just hard work and determination

Reddit - i.imgur.com

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Why Russia has so many dash cams.

Reddit - liveleak.com

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Gorilla charges man. Man doesn't shit himself to death.

Reddit - youtube.com

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I made a coat rack for our cabin. It cost me zero dollars.

Reddit - imgur.com

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A really rich guy I know told me that, when negotiating, I should deliberately speak slowly because it shows confidence and diminishes the appearance over-eagerness. What other similar tips do you know?

Reddit - self.AskReddit

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The Lying Precedent - 'But if Mr. Romney wins, he’ll set a nasty precedent. Candidates will be justified in assuming not only that they can lie, but that they can tell different lies to different audiences from week to week, and voters will actually reward them.'

Reddit - takingnote.blogs.nytimes.com

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Google's 'biggest ever' Street View update doubles special collections, refreshes 250,000 miles of roads

Reddit - engadget.com

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So someone pitched down a baby's cry. I have never heard anything that made me feel more uncomfortable

Reddit - breakcorechoirboy.tumblr.com

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Its a wonder I'm still single.

Reddit - i.imgur.com

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Dear sailors

Reddit - i.imgur.com

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Mila Kunis in negotiations to star in 50 Shades of Grey

Reddit - independent.ie

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Heard a girl mention this in class

Reddit - qkme.me

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Bat embryo

Reddit - i.imgur.com

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Today... Weyland Corp is founded (from the end of Prometheus)

Reddit - i.imgur.com

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Great shot of Antarctica - those black patches are groups of emperor penguins

Reddit - i.imgur.com

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Subtle attempt (FB)

Reddit - imgur.com

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How dogs should fetch.

Reddit - imgur.com

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“Once in a Civilization” Comet to Zip past Earth Next Year

Reddit - blogs.scientificamerican.com

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Shy Guy Adventures: The Big Date by QuadForceFive

Reddit - i.chzbgr.com

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No f**ks given

Reddit - i.imgur.com

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I'm, like, 90% sure that this couple is the same guy

Reddit - i.imgur.com

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Roommate got a cat. This is now how I take a bath.

Reddit - i.imgur.com

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The mysterious case of the missing noble gas - Xenon has almost vanished from Earth's atmosphere. German geoscientists think they know where it went.

Reddit - nature.com

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Left my apartment for a month, came back to this.

Reddit - imgur.com

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TIL French and Italian have a lexical similarity (the degree of similarity between two languages) rating of .89, and generally languages are considered dialects if the similarity is above .85.

Reddit - en.wikipedia.org

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Spot where Julius Caesar was stabbed discovered

Reddit - msnbc.msn.com

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Spend it or save it?

Reddit - imgur.com

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I went to Afghanistan and all I got were these stupid photos

Reddit - imgur.com

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This morning on the Today Show, Kathie Lee dropped a puppy on its head.

Reddit - imgur.com

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Living by the sea

Reddit - imgur.com

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Man Tweets for his life as he is assaulted by religious fundamentalists and neonazis in Athens, Greece a few hours ago. Police ignore his pleas as he lies next to them.

Reddit - imgur.com

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You had one job!

Reddit - i.imgur.com

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Well it sure beats "I love dicks" [FB]

Reddit - i.imgur.com

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My favorite weight loss photo

Reddit - imgur.com

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I find this oddly inspirational.

Reddit - i.imgur.com

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Unnecessarily aggressive ingredients list

Reddit - imgur.com

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15 years of school and I still cannot draw these mother fuckers

Reddit - i.imgur.com

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Overheard this today. Someone is in for a rude awakening...

Reddit - i.imgur.com

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Excuse me?

Reddit - i.imgur.com

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Thank you.

Reddit - qkme.me

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TIL on the Indonesian island Tana Toraja, if a baby dies before he starts teething, the family cuts a hole in a tree and places the dead child inside. The tree regrows around the baby and absorbs it.

Reddit - transitionsabroad.com

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Jessica Fox

Reddit - sphotos-b.ak.fbcdn.net

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Neighbor left a box of these DVDs on the street

Reddit - i.imgur.com

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TRAIN SIMULATOR BITCH

Reddit - youtube.com

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Whenever my wife gets up in the morning

Reddit - quickmeme.com

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Father?

Reddit - imgur.com

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A friend of mine posted this the other day (FB)

Reddit - i.imgur.com

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Dude look

Reddit - imgur.com

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As a fat man, fall in New England is like heaven. It's as if the whole world is air conditioned and everywhere I go I'm offered pumpkin and apple confections. What's the fall season like where you're from and why do you love or hate it?

Reddit - self.AskReddit

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House Republicans, aiming for Obama, blow the CIA's cover in Libya

Reddit - washingtonpost.com

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I accidentally hit the share button while on a porn site

Reddit - reactiongifs.com

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I think it is safe to say my kitten loves my boyfriend.

Reddit - i.imgur.com

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On a whim, I googled my first grade crush and discovered a long list of arrests and his untimely death a few months ago. What was the most unexpected answer you've personally had to "where are they now?"

Reddit - self.AskReddit

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Galaxy Nexus injuction permanently overturned, Apple showed no injury, Jugde Koh 'abused [the court's] discretion'

Reddit - theverge.com

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found my doctor's name on a medical forum...along with his avatar

Reddit - imgur.com

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Diver's Dream [by Oliver Reguerio]

Reddit - i.imgur.com

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He's my new best friend! (brand new today)

Reddit - imgur.com

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My friend's 8-week old puppy has worms.

Reddit - imgur.com

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So my friend who works at a Vet office in Miami saved this adorable three legged bulldog from death and named him Nemo.

Reddit - i.imgur.com

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TIL if too many pistachios are shipped in a single container, they will self-heat and experience spontaneous combustion.

Reddit - en.wikipedia.org

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I shouldn't be surprised that my coffee mug sprung a leak at the seal.

Reddit - imgur.com

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Dalai Lama being a pretty good bloke.

Reddit - imgur.com

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So I bought "snack" bags instead of sandwich bags, screw it too lazy to return them

Reddit - imgur.com

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HUEHUEHUEHUEHEUEHUEHUE

Reddit - fapamentalist.com

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Aphex Twin - Avril 14th.

Reddit - youtube.com

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Britain.

Reddit - imgur.com

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Anonymous hero sucker punches douchebag bulling a family.

Reddit - youtube.com

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Tax dollars for the sick and poor?

Reddit - i.imgur.com

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Another item that will never be seen or used again, but was a necessity at the time

Reddit - i.imgur.com

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Usually the third time is a charm...now I'm out of cash...

Reddit - i.imgur.com

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She's ok! and loved seeing her picture on reddit.

Reddit - imgur.com

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Not my dog, not my cat, but they come to my house and sit like this every day...

Reddit - imgur.com

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TIL St Sebastian, a Christian saint, is often depicted in art during his death, with arrows impaling his body. Michael Richards, an artist, has a piece where he cast a mold of himself and, instead of arrows, had planes flying into his body. Richards died on the 92nd floor of Tower One on 9/11

Reddit - flickr.com

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Suddenly...

Reddit - imgur.com

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All this talk about PETA makes me want to get one of these.

Reddit - i.imgur.com

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That moment you realize the decorative stones your landlord put in your yard are actually chopped up gravestones...

Reddit - imgur.com

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Got taco bell before work, was drinking this while sitting with my team, felt like I was hitting something at the bottom, opened up the lid and found this...

Reddit - imgur.com

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Spider-woman?

Reddit - imgur.com

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I recently learned that when someone offers you a glass of fine whiskey/scotch, it is incredibly rude to finish your drink before the person who offered it to you. What other rules of etiquette do I not know about?

Reddit - self.AskReddit

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Hey Reddit, Here's a way to play any PC game on your phone while in your bed or while taking a dump, with no lag. X-Post from /r/Pics

Reddit - imgur.com

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Welcome to the world of gaming

Reddit - i.minus.com

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TIL that Mother Teresa did not administer painkillers to those infirmed in her homes for the dying (one could "hear the screams of people having maggots tweezered from their open wounds without pain relief"), believing that pain brought them closer to Christ.

Reddit - en.wikipedia.org

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He didn't respond.

Reddit - i.imgur.com

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While waiting for the third installment that may or not come, why not re-release this game on PSN and XBL?

Reddit - i.imgur.com

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just sifting through some old shirts at a flea market when...[NSFW]

Reddit - i.imgur.com

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For all those retail workers out there.

Reddit - i.imgur.com

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Dead whales can't wave back. Oh really?

Reddit - imgur.com

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If Pokemon were real - The "Char" Trio

Reddit - fc09.deviantart.net

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Replaying Halo 2. I still think this was the most revolutionary feature of that game.

Reddit - i.imgur.com

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One of the logos i saw most during my childhood. (late 90's - early 00's)

Reddit - imgur.com

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Being recently unemployed, this is all I see

Reddit - i.imgur.com

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Good Guy Greg: Patron saint of the lazy

Reddit - qkme.me

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IAm Cory Doctorow, writer, blogger, and activist, AMA

Reddit - self.IAmA

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Apple has just been granted another slide to unlock patent - for the way Android phones unlock. The patent system is officially broken.

Reddit - androidpolice.com

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How I feel about r/atheism sometimes.

Reddit - cdn.memegenerator.net

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The director got a new idea

Reddit - qkme.me

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So I used my Powerup Points to get the Assassin's Creed III metal badge.

Reddit - i.imgur.com

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Tetris, every time.

Reddit - i.imgur.com

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TIL: honey is more effective at cough suppression than many over the counter cough syrups

Reddit - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov

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My most stressful moment from childhood

Reddit - i.imgur.com

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Science vs. Religion over the years [FIXED]

Reddit - i.imgur.com

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the cutest dog I've ever seen..

Reddit - 25.media.tumblr.com

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It may be a bad idea to rob a magician...

Reddit - vimeo.com

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I stumbled upon a video of my cousin having anal sex with her husband. What's your craziest "hey, I think I know this dude" story?

Reddit - self.AskReddit

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PayPall Users: You have until Dec 1st to "op-out" of the new arbitration policy, or else you will no longer be able to be party to a class action lawsuit against Paypal at any point in the future.

Reddit - cms.paypal.com

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Downvoting stuff on the front page

Reddit - fapamentalist.com

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qidlo shares his story of the first time he had sex.

Reddit - reddit.com

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IAmA Request: Someone who has won and accepted a prize from McDonald's Monopoly.

Reddit - self.IAmA

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The rules.

Reddit - i.imgur.com

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TIL That there's a perfectly preserved village in Scotland that's older than the Egyptian pyramids.

Reddit - orkneyjar.com

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Atmosphere - Guarantees

Reddit - youtube.com

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Open letter to Pepperidge Farm: Go fuck yourself. Signed, Everbody.

Reddit - i.imgur.com

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TIL: A NFL player took a shit while on the sideline, and got the gameball because nobody noticed.

Reddit - sports.yahoo.com

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Let your children develop their own damn opinions

Reddit - imgur.com

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Not sure Charlie Daniels meant for this...

Reddit - qkme.me

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Hi Reddit! I am a Zimbabwean. Ask Me Anything.

Reddit - self.IAmA

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