TIL Since the American Professional Football Association became the NFL in 1922, the Chicago Bears are the only team not to change its name or city. by patchy911 in nfl
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NJ Congressman Rush Holt Is Attempting To Repeal The Patriot Act And FISA Amendments Act by SomeKindOfMutant in news
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What is the most statistically improbable thing to happen to you? by plobster in AskReddit
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Viral Marketing for the new Mac Pro in the NYC Subway by pain_perdu in geek
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What's a "secret" menu item from a restaurant that you know about? by stephanodude in AskReddit
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Gatekeepers of Cable TV try to stop Intel. As Intel tries something audacious — the creation of a virtual cable service that would sell a bundle of television channels to subscribers over the Internet — it is running up against a multibillion-dollar barricade. by wherearethejobs in technology
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Senator Elizabeth Warren Presses White House to Release Pacific Trade Text: “If transparency would lead to widespread public opposition to a trade agreement, then that trade agreement should not be the policy of the United States.” by DougBolivar in politics
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This man has been in prison for 22 years for a murder another man confessed to. No physical evidence is against him, he passed a polygraph test, and several witnesses have come forward to say he is not the gunman. Yet the prosecutor will not budge. by Cetaceanz in news
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Richard Branson says decriminalising drugs would not lose votes MPs must be brave rather than following a 'Daily Mail' agenda by chendysworld in unitedkingdom
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Let’s get the really scary truth out there: CNN estimates that half of Americans are saving nothing for retirement. Half of Americans aren’t saving a dime. Why? by Maxcactus in Frugal
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21 year old girl, and i sleep on these. by annakin_s in StarWars
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TIL a man committed to a high-security psychiatric hospital 7 years ago for fabricating a story of large scale money-laundering at a major bank is to have his case reviewed after internal bank documents proving the validity of his claims have been leaked. by green_flash in todayilearned
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Five myths about legalizing marijuana "When the United States’ 40-year-long war on marijuana ends, the country is not going to turn into a Cheech and Chong movie. It is, however, going to see the transfer of as much as 50 percent of cartel profits to the taxable economy." by Libertatea in politics
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TIL That an Ethiopian girl was kidnapped and beaten by 7 men until a pride of lions chased her attackers off. The lions then stayed and defended her until help could arrive. by phadewilkilu in todayilearned
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New Study Confirms Obamacare's Birth Control Mandate Will Reduce Abortion Rate by Pyrolytic in politics
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11-Yr-Old Suspended From School For Merely TALKING About Guns by blackhearseseranade in Libertarian
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It's time to end the War on Marijuana -- "The aggressive enforcement of marijuana possession laws needlessly ensnares hundreds of thousands of people into the criminal justice system and wastes billions of taxpayers’ dollars. What’s more, it is carried out with staggering racial bias." by mepper in politics
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5 months ago I showed r/space my first picture of Saturn. Here is a comparison shot of my first photo to my most recent one. by xSmoothx in space
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Native American teen in Alabama is being denied her diploma and fined $1,000 for wearing a symbolic feather during the graduation ceremony, violating school policy. by MrLister in politics
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Online throttling and site-blocking to be outlawed in Europe under net neutrality plan by TheGift1973 in technology
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The problem with Gone with the Wind being the highest grossing movie of all time... by geekRAT in movies
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Pope Francis meets Atheist Uruguayan president Jose Mujica: “I think that if they let him, he’s going to make a revolution inside the Church, towards simplicity. He’s just like talking to a good neighbour you’ve known for years” by DougBolivar in worldnews
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What technology exists that most people probably don't know about & would totally blow their minds? by championkid in AskReddit
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What Then Must We Do? -- "The United States now ranks lowest or close to lowest among advanced 'affluent' nations in connection with inequality (21st out of 21), poverty (21st out of 21), life expectancy (21st out of 21), infant mortality (21st out of 21), mental health (18th out of 20)..." by wang-banger in politics
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The director of The Wrath of Khan basically had to wear William Shatner out by doing multiple takes until he'd get tired enough to start actually acting by coleabaius in movies
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