If some people are to be believed, Reddit is one of the last good places on the mainstream internet. It’s the place that anyone who’s anyone goes for advice on just about every topic under the sun, and it’s full of juicy, dramatic stories that you can while away many hours reading. Although it doesn’t …
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‘The high five was invented in 1977’: Etymologists reveal the origins of well-known words and phrases
One of the many mind-bending things about knowing a language is how many words and sayings we use while having next to no idea of their origin. Writing and speech change all the time, and when they are built on for hundreds or thousands of years it’s inevitable that some things are going to get …
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41 Bamboozling Images That Need a Little More Context
Earth is a strange and wonderful place. Even before humanity made things a little more colorful, the natural world has always been unusual, interesting, and bamboozling to behold. But guess what, the most interesting part of this silly green planet has got to be this downright strange society we call the human civilization. Take a …
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20+ Funny & Interesting Editor Notes on Wikipedia Articles
We all know Wikipedia as the closest thing we have these days to the font of all knowledge, but it takes a lot of work behind the scenes to be that way. An encyclopedia that technically anybody can edit has to work hard to ensure it doesn’t spread misinformation or faulty research (our teachers were …
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‘Tailored bespoke clothing’: Regular folks share the ‘rich person things’ they’d adopt if they made it big
We love to think about what we’d do if we won the lottery. Often it comes down to pretty simple things: clothes, houses, travel. Most of us would just get nicer versions of things we already have. Okay, maybe I’d buy a flamethrower and a hyperrealistic oil painting of my cat, but mostly I’d just …
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‘Having a trash can that is disguised as a cabinet’: 30+ Universal life goals for economic class climbers that started from the bottom
Growing up poor, you never realize you’re poor until one of those dirtbag rich kids comes to school with the newest Gameboy, rubbing it in the faces of every wistful child in your class and claiming that he has another one at home. Sadly, a lot of folks grew up wishing they could climb the …
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Top 31 Coolest Abandoned Places Explored by Adventurous Redditors
Abandoned places give me the chills… Whenever I chance upon one, I imagine who once walked its various halls, climbed its staircases, and slept in its bedrooms. Were they troubled? Careless? Frustrated? What was going on their lives at the time, and what led to such a magnificent place being left behind and forgotten? So …
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Nitpicking roommate overreacts after being accidentally overcharged by $6: ‘You were supposed to be my best friend’
Roommates can get passive-aggressive. In an attempt to keep the ‘peace’ in the house a lot of friends living together will resort to petty Post-It notes or labeling their food in the fridge, but at a certain point, when does the passive aggression threaten a friendship? Well, whenever money is involved, every friendship is at …
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29 Fascinating Posts From the Underbelly of Wikipedia
As I’ve said here before, if I could only keep one website on the internet, it would be Wikipedia. In fact, maybe I’d be okay with wiping the internet and starting over with just Wikipedia. No more social media, no more harmful content, just a wholesome fountain of information that never has ads and is …
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‘We’re 5th cousins’: The strange family secrets uncovered by DNA testing
Just took a DNA test turns out I’m 100%… married to my 5th cousin. Whoops! This is exactly the kind of thing that you dread finding out when you take one of those mail-in DNA test kits. I, for one, am too scared to do it for fear that I’m carrying some unknown, dormant disease. …
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