top-of-reddit/2017/08/08-29-2017.md

1. TIL a woman was sentenced to life in prison for poisoning her child to death with antifreeze. She gave birth to a second child while in prison, who was given to foster care. But he became sick with the same symptoms, indicating a genetic metabolic disorder, not poisoning. She was later released. - 78297

r/todayilearned - u/Waja_Wabit - 3561 Comments - Top position achieved: 1

2. Roy Hawthorne, USMC. Former Navajo code talker. Roy walked the 2 mile parade route. With 1/2 mile left, he got tired and was assisted by two current Navajo marines - 75714

r/pics - u/Goal1 - 1602 Comments - Top position achieved: 1

3. This is the kind of thing that makes me proud to be an American. Huge line of civilians bringing their boats to provide search and rescue assistance to those hit by Hurricane Harvey. - 62698

r/gifs - u/dkman22 - 2634 Comments - Top position achieved: 4

4. Duck finds a worm - 61222

r/gifs - u/iwishiwasntfat - 1223 Comments - Top position achieved: 1

5. Working hurricane relief when suddenly... - 55872

r/aww - u/oochiebangbang - 1157 Comments - Top position achieved: 1

6. Mother gets upset with interviewer after just arriving at hurricane shelter in Houston - 53820

r/videos - u/gofl1 - 2894 Comments - Top position achieved: 1

7. Costco has stopped doing business with a California trucking company accused of trapping drivers in debt and then using it to force them to work overtime. - 53688

r/news - u/suspiciousmonkey - 2457 Comments - Top position achieved: 1

8. Two people argue while one dude just pets a seagull. Life priorities in check. - 50442

r/aww - u/GallowBoob - 1095 Comments - Top position achieved: 3

9. Japan, US look to cut off North Korea's oil supply - 47439

r/worldnews - u/Frisco_Danconia - 3944 Comments - Top position achieved: 2

10. How hard did this paper boy throw this newspaper? - 47293

r/funny - u/TheOrangeSpud - 781 Comments - Top position achieved: 3

11. TIL That when the Cards Against Humanity team kept all of the money they raised by selling nothing (literally) for 5 Dollars on Black Friday, they split the $71,145 and one employee bought a 24 karat gold vibrator for over $3,000. - 46111

r/todayilearned - u/Sladerade - 3522 Comments - Top position achieved: 2

12. My uncle in Vietnam, colorized -1969 - 44272

r/OldSchoolCool - u/Aklagarn - 1065 Comments - Top position achieved: 5

13. Start your day off right ... - 43928

r/aww - u/Johnnie_Curry25 - 660 Comments - Top position achieved: 4

14. Chile legalises gay marriage and allows LGBT couples to adopt as historic new bill signed - 42573

r/worldnews - u/SimulationMe - 1238 Comments - Top position achieved: 2

15. me💰irl - 42555

r/me_irl - u/Athuan - 293 Comments - Top position achieved: 6

16. 12 years ago, u/kn0thing advertising Reddit on paper flyers. Now Reddit is the fourth most visited site in the US - 42279

r/pics - u/gill__gill - 1577 Comments - Top position achieved: 9

17. The mentality "it's only $5, why not buy it?" has probably cost me over $5000 dollars in my lifetime - 42093

r/Showerthoughts - u/kkNetsirkk - 1501 Comments - Top position achieved: 6

18. solidarity - 41405

r/gifs - u/cedrekas - 1031 Comments - Top position achieved: 2

19. My dad hates cats. He just sent me this while babysitting my cat. - 40666

r/aww - u/XPLowl1 - 803 Comments - Top position achieved: 7

20. Joel Osteen criticized for closing his Houston megachurch amid flooding - 39095

r/news - u/th3doorMATT - 5986 Comments - Top position achieved: 1

21. I combined 12 exposures to capture the sun's corona during the total eclipse. I did my best to capture how the moment actually looked in the sky. - 38560

r/woahdude - u/navidj - 641 Comments - Top position achieved: 1

22. Weight for it - 38445

r/funny - u/JF_112 - 1574 Comments - Top position achieved: 10

23. Mattis orders Pentagon to allow transgender troops to continue serving, pending study - 37450

r/politics - u/JASJMS - 2144 Comments - Top position achieved: 1

24. Street gun fight in China. - 37157

r/Unexpected - u/lucymiles - 763 Comments - Top position achieved: 2

25. Not your ordinary creek in the Hocking Hills, Ohio. [OC] [800x1000] - 35478

r/EarthPorn - u/mitchellkess - 1318 Comments - Top position achieved: 4

26. South Korea drops eight heavy bombs near North Korea border to show 'overwhelming force' - 35178

r/worldnews - u/scorcher24 - 3300 Comments - Top position achieved: 1

27. Scumbag Joel Osteen - Opening his church now - 35127

r/AdviceAnimals - u/Nadocomedy - 2932 Comments - Top position achieved: 2

28. Irrigated garden dining table - 33722

r/interestingasfuck - u/MattCloudy - 632 Comments - Top position achieved: 1

29. President Trump retweets false facts about Obama presidential pardons - 32948

r/politics - u/seowaze05 - 2414 Comments - Top position achieved: 1

30. Love how calm he handles that. - 32341

r/gifs - u/krissnow31 - 1530 Comments - Top position achieved: 11

31. My dad as a cop in Chicago, 1991 - 31314

r/OldSchoolCool - u/Dupragon - 1274 Comments - Top position achieved: 11

32. Half Life - 31206

r/gaming - u/rikipy - 955 Comments - Top position achieved: 12

33. Assuming this is a community college course - 31182

r/facepalm - u/siouxsie_siouxv2 - 972 Comments - Top position achieved: 3

34. TIL Most cities hit during the 2011 tsunami in Japan [which caused the Fukushima disaster] were built well below hundreds of ancient stone markers warning not to build below that level - 31092

r/todayilearned - u/Rowger00 - 1074 Comments - Top position achieved: 4

35. Lord of the rings in 2017 - 30955

r/funny - u/FuhrerIvankovic - 676 Comments - Top position achieved: 7

36. Remember the pic of the assisted living center flooded yesterday in Dickinson TX. Here is a new pic. All safe,warm, and dry. - 30602

r/pics - u/GuacamoleFanatic - 655 Comments - Top position achieved: 3

37. Split up and hide. - 29057

r/funny - u/Soulfox1988 - 339 Comments - Top position achieved: 3

38. Ken M on mountains - 28599

r/KenM - u/Captain_Legend - 263 Comments - Top position achieved: 2

39. My friends grandmother being jet ski'd out of her living room in Houston - 28166

r/pics - u/Webborwebbor - 849 Comments - Top position achieved: 12

40. Sky Drops Fox News in U.K. - 27344

r/television - u/BunyipPouch - 2187 Comments - Top position achieved: 1

41. Joel Osteen looking at all the Hurricane Harvey evacuees - 26597

r/funny - u/Jermthawerm23 - 709 Comments - Top position achieved: 12

42. Bats and Batman - 26456

r/iamverysmart - u/xamza1608 - 1714 Comments - Top position achieved: 10

43. What 685 hours of Overwatch looks like... - 25027

r/gaming - u/KAPAK13 - 663 Comments - Top position achieved: 13

44. I don't care if you're gay, but..... - 24837

r/BlackPeopleTwitter - u/openurfuckingeyes - 650 Comments - Top position achieved: 10

45. Siblings Reunite After First Day of School - 24044

r/MadeMeSmile - u/D5R - 284 Comments - Top position achieved: 10

46. Proud of my city - 23974

r/houston - u/MrMeaner50 - 914 Comments - Top position achieved: 7

47. Wasps build nest around a discarded child's doll. - 23888

r/natureismetal - u/ho-tron - 523 Comments - Top position achieved: 3

48. 🔥 Hare 🐰 out runs the pack to live another day - 23554

r/NatureIsFuckingLit - u/deathakissaway - 767 Comments - Top position achieved: 1

49. Redditors that have switched political parties as they got older and did more research, where is the weirdest place you've had sex? - 23116

r/AskReddit - u/MyEyesAreUpHere69 - 3445 Comments - Top position achieved: 4

50. "Why do I feel so good all the time" Starterpack - 23040

r/starterpacks - u/dodd1331 - 1284 Comments - Top position achieved: 15

51. 🔥 SHIELDS UP 🔥 - 22844

r/NatureIsFuckingLit - u/-xenomorph- - 468 Comments - Top position achieved: 2

52. Puppy training - 22548

r/aww - u/leonardo717 - 245 Comments - Top position achieved: 3

53. FLOATER BABY - Mother who was waiting for rescue during the hurricane shared a picture of her baby floating in a large plastic container - 22467

r/thisismylifenow - u/GallowBoob - 871 Comments - Top position achieved: 1

54. Launching an ATV with no rider - 22399

r/nononono - u/oliver_21 - 1095 Comments - Top position achieved: 4

55. Scientists broke the record for coldest temperature of molecules at 50 millionths of a degree above absolute zero, as reported in Nature Physics. - 22312

r/science - u/projectfreq91 - 1069 Comments - Top position achieved: 8

56. Holy.. - 22067

r/WTF - u/bernecho - 550 Comments - Top position achieved: 2

57. We made it - 21773

r/BlackPeopleTwitter - u/gabrielv0410 - 499 Comments - Top position achieved: 5

58. When I was a child I thought acid rain was going to be a much bigger threat than it actually is - 21636

r/Showerthoughts - u/finH1 - 929 Comments - Top position achieved: 16

59. me irl - 21571

r/me_irl - u/Gravediggerslol - 428 Comments - Top position achieved: 4

60. Junk Lady from Labyrinth cosplay - 20906

r/pics - u/Proteon - 303 Comments - Top position achieved: 17

61. THIS - 20872

r/PoliticalHumor - u/LoboDaTerra - 1671 Comments - Top position achieved: 12

62. Wendy's Frosty Machine - 20715

r/funny - u/SilenceoftheSamz - 992 Comments - Top position achieved: 2

63. Don't 🅱use these. - 20467

r/dankmemes - u/ThunderousBlade - 177 Comments - Top position achieved: 9

64. How to trick an idiot. - 20403

r/funny - u/SpookyItalianDish - 1291 Comments - Top position achieved: 14

65. When I'm horny, but she's still waking up... - 20362

r/HighQualityGifs - u/puttyguy - 293 Comments - Top position achieved: 4

66. This string has a bad word in it - 20009

r/ProgrammerHumor - u/xnpplo526 - 816 Comments - Top position achieved: 2

67. These smiles we never get to see. - 19711

r/pics - u/deathakissaway - 525 Comments - Top position achieved: 5

68. PsBattle: This wave crashing over a rock - 19654

r/photoshopbattles - u/MrWiggleIt - 436 Comments - Top position achieved: 14

69. My reaction to Half Life: Episode 3 being leaked - 19302

r/gaming - u/mayorpaco - 588 Comments - Top position achieved: 20

70. The Phoenix New Times have been covering the heinous acts of Sheriff Joe Arpaio for two decades. After Trump had pardoned his vile ally, it unloaded a dizzying list of the documented heinous acts of Arpaio and his deputies. | Daily Kos - 19101

r/esist - u/Tele_Prompter - 462 Comments - Top position achieved: 4

71. Now that Google Fiber is in my neighborhood, AT&T is scrambling to get their fiber laid as well. THIS is what happens when there is valid competition for high speed internet. - 18956

r/pics - u/Marcellusk - 1192 Comments - Top position achieved: 10

72. Recently got a job. No longer having suicidal ideation. Enjoying my free time now instead of agonising over it. - 18910

r/happy - u/helensis_ - 890 Comments - Top position achieved: 11

73. "why won't my insomnia go away?" starter pack - 18687

r/starterpacks - u/Scorpi_B - 1058 Comments - Top position achieved: 7

74. Sit down young Skywalker... - 18647

r/PrequelMemes - u/macbeezy_ - 528 Comments - Top position achieved: 12

75. This guy has dual leaf blowers. - 18151

r/mildlyinteresting - u/nascentia - 612 Comments - Top position achieved: 15

76. The nerve! - 18100

r/PoliticalHumor - u/Kesha_Paul - 733 Comments - Top position achieved: 2

77. The attention to detail is unreal. - 18078

r/CrappyDesign - u/TheNakedWorm - 439 Comments - Top position achieved: 5

78. TIL in 2008 a man at a ski resort in Italy stole a rubber padding used on a barrier to stop people at the bottom of a sledding hill. He used the padding to sled down the hill, hitting the barrier that he stole the padding from and died. - 17667

r/todayilearned - u/okraebop - 306 Comments - Top position achieved: 15

79. What more proof of a secret Russian connection do we need? - 17262

r/politics - u/SiflButNoOlly - 2821 Comments - Top position achieved: 3

80. Love the atypical parenting style. - 16889

r/calvinandhobbes - u/MDWoolls - 338 Comments - Top position achieved: 16

81. Grandpa doesn't get it. - 16705

r/youseeingthisshit - u/Ibleedcarrots - 287 Comments - Top position achieved: 9

82. Finally got everything lit up! - 16612

r/lego - u/sfguy1977 - 254 Comments - Top position achieved: 3

83. On this day 54 years ago Martin Luther King Jr. gave his famous "I Have a Dream" speech (1963) - 16589

r/fakehistoryporn - u/_LordQ - 176 Comments - Top position achieved: 12

84. This stream of water - 16526

r/blackmagicfuckery - u/Ryanite - 360 Comments - Top position achieved: 10

85. HMB while I take out my aggression on this old car - 16383

r/holdmybeer - u/YourMomDisapproves - 414 Comments - Top position achieved: 7

86. Mods = Homosexuals - 16316

r/dankmemes - u/NikiTosThePleb - 224 Comments - Top position achieved: 7

87. Every. Single. Time. - 15866

r/funny - u/purplevengeance - 162 Comments - Top position achieved: 5

88. This is the coldest move by a punter I've ever seen - 15662

r/gifs - u/julianuz - 310 Comments - Top position achieved: 14

89. Electric car emissions slashed by two thirds as electricity generation goes green - 15608

r/Futurology - u/linknewtab - 778 Comments - Top position achieved: 13

90. he attac - 15484

r/rarepuppers - u/demonicgrape - 122 Comments - Top position achieved: 11

91. Is He Keeping His Shoulders Square? - 15285

r/rickandmorty - u/kyalta - 277 Comments - Top position achieved: 8

92. "Beekeepers" why must they always fight?! - 15133

r/combinedgifs - u/sidshembekar - 115 Comments - Top position achieved: 13

93. Grandma accepts death after a valiant battle - 14844

r/Overwatch - u/joelgsmst - 233 Comments - Top position achieved: 11

94. Trump praises crowd size while touring Harvey damage - 14818

r/politics - u/They_always_watch - 1502 Comments - Top position achieved: 4

95. TIL that when Daler Mehndi was criticized for using beautiful women to make his music popular, he made a video featuring only himself. It rose to become a hit in India and an internet meme. - 14241

r/todayilearned - u/blesingri - 567 Comments - Top position achieved: 18

96. Mattis orders Pentagon to allow transgender troops to continue serving, pending study - 14115

r/news - u/Cesium6 - 1345 Comments - Top position achieved: 3

97. Anheuser-Busch Stopped Making Beer to Send Cans of Water to Houston - 14104

r/UpliftingNews - u/K33NT0N - 813 Comments - Top position achieved: 2

98. My dad as a Lieutenant in the US Army circa 1979 - 14042

r/OldSchoolCool - u/Elo_Solo - 456 Comments - Top position achieved: 15

99. Fuck off Houston - 13744

r/funny - u/sanclementejedi - 521 Comments - Top position achieved: 3

100. What's the most ridiculous rule in your place of work? - 13559

r/AskReddit - u/danbrownskin - 12923 Comments - Top position achieved: 20

101. Siblings Reunite After First Day of School - 13460

r/aww - u/D5R - 189 Comments - Top position achieved: 23

102. lil' pupper awoos! - 13073

r/rarepuppers - u/philter25 - 102 Comments - Top position achieved: 15

103. Google's eternal struggle [-] - 12987

r/pcmasterrace - u/mangaMag - 391 Comments - Top position achieved: 9

104. This UFC Fighter... - 12853

r/MadeMeSmile - u/Minifig81 - 228 Comments - Top position achieved: 14

105. Rub rub rub :) - 12730

r/AnimalsBeingBros - u/PM_ME_GECKOS - 142 Comments - Top position achieved: 6

106. Dude pays in cash everywhere we go & the other guys we hang out with have had the same awkward 'it's too late to ask now' moment. - 12703

r/AdviceAnimals - u/whatchettb - 1326 Comments - Top position achieved: 3

107. This little hippo - 12499

r/AnimalsBeingDerps - u/stostos - 93 Comments - Top position achieved: 9

108. This freshly groomed ski run - 12127

r/oddlysatisfying - u/PaRAd0x5983 - 248 Comments - Top position achieved: 17

109. Japanese McDonalds aesthetics - 12069

r/oddlysatisfying - u/crumbbelly - 309 Comments - Top position achieved: 11

110. Heat Activated Hair Dye - 11988

r/INEEEEDIT - u/H720 - 588 Comments - Top position achieved: 7

111. Incredible Catch by Toronto Blue Jays Center Fielder Kevin Pillar During Tonight's Game - 11632

r/sports - u/BunyipPouch - 309 Comments - Top position achieved: 17

112. Well then - 11589

r/oldpeoplefacebook - u/Spongybutt - 102 Comments - Top position achieved: 25

113. Man getting Subway with wife and child pulls gun on hooded black man waiting behind them in line - 11520

r/videos - u/tekprodfx16 - 3783 Comments - Top position achieved: 8

114. me💔irl - 11208

r/me_irl - u/Gravediggerslol - 418 Comments - Top position achieved: 24

115. GOOOOL! - 11166

r/Unexpected - u/tossoutexpiredcandy - 233 Comments - Top position achieved: 18

116. MRW I just put fresh sheets on the bed - 11086

r/reactiongifs - u/vaultmaira - 110 Comments - Top position achieved: 22

117. MRW my friend bets I can't drink a full glass of water in under 10 seconds and then he counts really fast to make me lose - 10980

r/shittyreactiongifs - u/Marcuskb91 - 96 Comments - Top position achieved: 16

118. Mechanical engagement ring box - 10746

r/mechanical_gifs - u/aloofloofah - 226 Comments - Top position achieved: 19

119. MRW I'm a butcher and my friends and I are trapped in a desert arachnid and I try to use the power to destroy my enemies and I don't have any hands - 10194

r/SubredditSimulator - u/shittyreactiongifsSS - 34 Comments - Top position achieved: 8

120. LPT: Before booking any overseas travel, check your passports expiry date. Some countries need your passport to have a minimum of 6 months left of validity before arriving. Some countries also will NOT accept an emergency passport. Check those dates people! (reposted) - 9757

r/LifeProTips - u/baccgirl - 318 Comments - Top position achieved: 20

121. Rest of the fucking baby - 9727

r/restofthefuckingowl - u/Totesrealnewsyo - 158 Comments - Top position achieved: 20

122. Survey results in: Lots of variation amongst our most played Switch games - 9610

r/NintendoSwitch - u/thirdofmarch - 263 Comments - Top position achieved: 10

123. Tourist taking a nice photo by the water - 9498

r/instant_regret - u/GallowBoob - 209 Comments - Top position achieved: 11

124. [Homemade] Chocolate Chip Marshmallow Cookies - 9338

r/food - u/TigerArmyNeverDie - 116 Comments - Top position achieved: 19

125. Meet Harvey. His mom abandoned him in the back yard during the storm. - 8857

r/Eyebleach - u/Shazz_01 - 138 Comments - Top position achieved: 21

126. [Poetry] How it looks when you post your dead dog on facebook - 8828

r/youtubehaiku - u/ian_kung - 255 Comments - Top position achieved: 21

127. "Memento Mori", Ballpen, A5 - 8727

r/Art - u/Nik64 - 178 Comments - Top position achieved: 8

128. This is America - 8460

r/MURICA - u/evidica - 694 Comments - Top position achieved: 6

129. Dad brings cupcakes 🎂 - 8458

r/wholesomebpt - u/fraggle-stick-car - 169 Comments - Top position achieved: 7

130. Googled Joel Osteen to see if he was still refusing to shelter people; was not disappointed in the wiki summary - 8416

r/funny - u/librarianjenn - 534 Comments - Top position achieved: 4

131. Making friends - 8353

r/funny - u/TuonoTheTigerShark - 120 Comments - Top position achieved: 15

132. Oops, did it again - 8311

r/BikiniBottomTwitter - u/zase7 - 112 Comments - Top position achieved: 15

133. "Beware of death" sign above an unexploded shell in a tree during WW1 - 8292

r/nevertellmetheodds - u/dazzio - 144 Comments - Top position achieved: 24

134. Lighting striking a tree and home in Canada. - 7813

r/WeatherGifs - u/deathakissaway - 254 Comments - Top position achieved: 19

135. Obama is now standing in a puddle acting like a President--give me a break. - 1:57 PM - 31 Oct 2012 - 7467

r/TrumpCriticizesTrump - u/NotLaurenceFishburne - 243 Comments - Top position achieved: 23

136. Only 3 people applied for the $15,000 grant, and my department is sort of small, I guess it was bound to happen eventually. - 7090

r/AdviceAnimals - u/IchTanze - 181 Comments - Top position achieved: 11

137. It wasn't... - 6910

r/funny - u/AshSleinad - 76 Comments - Top position achieved: 13

138. This photo of my girlfriend standing in front of the sun - 6747

r/mildlyinteresting - u/mikeygribbin - 241 Comments - Top position achieved: 3

139. Unemployed dude who tries to pull the race card gets roasted by his dad. - 6429

r/quityourbullshit - u/fallendarthenderguy - 278 Comments - Top position achieved: 8

140. So that's how the circus trains them. - 6243

r/WhitePeopleTwitter - u/fraggle-stick-car - 25 Comments - Top position achieved: 14

141. A glimpse into the future - 5954

r/Bitcoin - u/stevev916 - 594 Comments - Top position achieved: 22

142. I was sent complimentary Red Bull and laundry detergent with my textbook - 5743

r/mildlyinteresting - u/punklian - 259 Comments - Top position achieved: 9

143. Me irl - 5535

r/me_irl - u/zmkill3r - 100 Comments - Top position achieved: 25

144. Halo - 5354

r/gaming - u/Gazination - 137 Comments - Top position achieved: 1

145. The Lich King spots insane lethal - 5255

r/hearthstone - u/Mafhac - 265 Comments - Top position achieved: 11

146. DWP spends £39m defending decisions to strip benefits from sick and disabled people - 5114

r/nottheonion - u/Voidseraph - 362 Comments - Top position achieved: 25

147. Streamer feeding if teammates don't follow him on Twitch - 5026

r/leagueoflegends - u/jj8ke - 670 Comments - Top position achieved: 18

148. Mount an iPad or tablet with some Command Hooks for an easy TV or night clock in college. Just slide it out for use! - 4968

r/lifehacks - u/ItsMyCake - 244 Comments - Top position achieved: 24

149. Near perfectly executed drop - 4810

r/TittyDrop - u/OtherWalter - 39 Comments - Top position achieved: 24

150. Redditor find erotic painting in basement of University. Artist shows up in the comments to explain how it almost cost her her MFA. - 4736

r/bestof - u/ToDeathYouSay - 93 Comments - Top position achieved: 22

151. Cashiers got some quick hands! - 4453

r/WTF - u/Bender989 - 143 Comments - Top position achieved: 7

152. This guy in Denver - 3954

r/trees - u/Labrond - 165 Comments - Top position achieved: 8

153. Hey Dave, you're not sleeping are you? - 3818

r/StartledCats - u/love_the_heat - 41 Comments - Top position achieved: 25

154. A real princess - 3682

r/RealGirls - u/FirstTime1992 - 74 Comments - Top position achieved: 24

155. Sea foam - 3650

r/PerfectTiming - u/OlivierDeCarglass - 59 Comments - Top position achieved: 11

156. Don't mess with the Texans. - 3627

r/sports - u/NightTrainDan - 148 Comments - Top position achieved: 15

157. Trying a new style out, what do you think?? :) - 3293

r/ErinAshford - u/ErinAshford - 58 Comments - Top position achieved: 22

158. Liverpool agree deal to sign Naby Keita - 2705

r/soccer - u/cumblast - 444 Comments - Top position achieved: 21

159. I need all the help I can get - 1932

r/Tinder - u/M4TTM4TT - 66 Comments - Top position achieved: 19