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Several killed as train and school bus collide in Belgium, local media report (r/news)

• Smintjes: The lights were red and the barriers were closed, still the bus was on the tracks. A lot of unknowns for the moment.
• Melazie_: That’s fucking horrible, how does that even happen?
• _thewildwest: This is absolutely horrific and devastating. The children on the bus were students attending a special needs school….oh my god. My heart goes out to the victims and their families

US strikes were ‘gross violation’ of ceasefire, Iran says (r/news)

• random_agency: So were the other 2 sneak attack by the US during negotiation.
• gitrjoda: I’m no expert, but I would think one of the foundations of a ceasefire is to cease firing.
• CPOx: Yes. I would assume that the act of firing violates a ceasefire.

Ireland to ban goods from Israeli settlements in West Bank by July (r/worldnews)

• gunzgoboom: I wonder what kind of goods are even manufactured in those West bank settlements. It doesn’t seem like there is meaningful infrastructure there. What are we talking about here, canned pickles and cookie trays?
• Kharenis: That’s reasonable. The settlements should absolutely be denounced and ostracised by the international community.
• rulingthewake243: What are the most popular things ireland is importing from the west bank?

What is virtually inevitable at this point, yet most people don’t see it coming? (r/AskReddit)

• FreshHotPoop: American consumers are being priced out of consuming
• HaraldFjorskin: Well this thread was depressing.
• NeuralAbomination: There is about to be a massive fuel shortage that isn’t just gonna peter out like the previous ones.

TIL that some archeologists have theorised that the Trojan Horse story is a metaphor for a massive earthquake which destroyed Troy’s walls and let the Greeks in. (r/todayilearned)

• Top_Divide6886: If humans become an interstellar species people will argue if the Garden of Eden was a metaphor for earth
• notthephonz: Hm, don’t both horses and earthquakes fall under Poseidon’s domain?
• Korwinga: But how did they get the earthquake to go inside of the horse?

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US military launches new strikes on targets in southern Iran, US Central Command says (r/news)

• titanfan694: Market manipulation complete
• viewbtwnvillages: negotiations are going well i see
• alphasignalphadelta: I’m assuming this could’ve been done on Sunday but the market was closed on Monday so they pushed it by a day

New Jersey Gov. Sherrill denied access to North Jersey immigration detention center as hunger strike enters fourth day (r/news)

• NietzscheIsMyDog: Imagine the insane pretext one would need to deny THE GOVERNOR from entering a building, much less the real reason they’re not allowed to enter.
• Mendican: There’s got to be some serious shit going on in that detention center.
• zorionek0: You’re the governor, use the national guard and force your way in.

Putin signs law authorizing use of military force to ‘protect Russian citizens’ abroad (r/worldnews)

• Suns_Funs: Statistically speaking he would have saved a lot more Russians, if he would have stopped “saving” Russians.
• Callabrantus: Check out the flabby arms in that flex.
• mca1169: just legalizing any justification for a future war or strike he launches.

Which company has lost you as a customer forever? (r/AskReddit)

• Active-Sherbert7938: Airbnb, because paying a huge cleaning fee and still having to do chores is a joke.
• Caprillione: Ticketmaster
• _SatinWhirl: any app that hides the cancel subscription button like it’s an easter egg

TIL that Mount Everest’s first measurement came out to a perfect 29,000 feet, so surveyors reported it as 29,002 feet to make sure that the public knew it was a real calculation and not just an estimate. (r/todayilearned)

• Chrono_Convoy: Maybe that wasn’t the only thing those surveyors exaggerated about?
• gitpusher: Not sure why they thought they could pull that off. considering anyone could just Google it and see real the height is 29,032 feet
• popsferragamo: Meter: and I took that personally…

The New York Knicks sweep the Cleveland Cavaliers are headed to the NBA finals for the first time since 1999 (r/sports)

• dak7: Knicks are winning the final game in each series so far by an AVERAGE of 39.33 points. This 37 point victory actually pulled their average down slightly.
• wendellbaker: Love this for the knicks players. Hate it for Dolan
• ttop34: If Brunson gets a ring before Luka, we’re gonna have to have an uncomfortable conversation

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U.S. citizen stopped in Lafayette, shackled, and detained in Louisiana ICE facility (r/news)

• SpaceElements: We need trials if the Dems win in the mid-terms. There needs to be accountability for these human rights abuses and violation of our citizen’s constitution rights. This cannot be allowed to stand
• ClaroStar: American citizens are not required to carry proof of citizenship on them just to be in public spaces. This smells like something from 1940s central Europe.
• Blanketsburg: Every single person involved in this woman’s ordeal deserves to go to prison.

Teen dead, 18-year-old critical after ‘subway surfing’ over NYC bridge: Police (r/news)

• Ayarkay: People were subway surfing long before social media. I’m trying to find clear/reliable stats, but from what I can tell the number of subway surfer deaths in NYC in the 80s-90s was higher than in recent years.
• dballing: People have been doing dumb shit with subways long before social media came along
• Well_Spoken_Mute: 14 years old? Jesus Christ.

Growing frustration with Putin spreads among Russian elite – The Guardian (r/worldnews)

• nkplague: If Prigozhin and the Wagner group caved on their way to the capital, what chances do the oligarchs have now? Nothing will change until Putin is gone and maybe not even after that.
• cyberianscribe: He’s going to take Russia down with him.
• Prestigious-Job-9825: Guess some of these elites will end up falling out through windows again

Iran’s supreme leader is holed up in undisclosed location, U.S. intelligence says (r/worldnews)

• Thermodynamicist: Sources also suspect that the Pope may be a Catholic.
• epicredditdude1: That’s a fancy way of saying “US intelligence confirms they don’t know location of Irans supreme leader”
• sunny0_0: The US’s supreme leader is holed up in a known location

What is a statistic that sounds INSANE but is 100% true? (r/AskReddit)

• RikardOsenzi: Nobody born after 1935 has ever walked on the moon.
• UnremarkableCake: Vatican City has 5.88 popes per square mile.
• Dikgolana: The top 20% of alcohol drinkers account for 80% of alcohol sales.

TIL that Nigeria is the second largest consumer of Guinness beer, ahead of its native Ireland. Nigerian Guinness is also almost twice as strong (7.5% ABV) as the Irish version (4.2% ABV). (r/todayilearned)

• JPHutchy01: Apparently some Tesco’s have it. I may have to get some for a taste test.
• Sir_Encerwal: I was not familiar with your game Nigeria.
• nickcash: Guinness Foreign Extra Stout is the superior Guinness, they’re not wrong

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White House lawn cleared after apparent gunshots (r/news)

• No_Newspaper8: Trying soooo hard for that ballroom
• vhs2220000: I thought the National Guard had that place on lockdown
• kea87: Skipped Don Jrs wedding to work on his false flag in DC

Ukraine’s capital Kyiv hit by massive missile, drone attack (r/worldnews)

• GiorggioAntonioni: We’re under attack for more than 3 hours as of now. It’s pretty loud…
• Gullible-Evening-702: Putin can only attack civilians with results.
• justplainmike: Slava Ukrani

Ebola treatment tent set ablaze again in Congo, with 18 suspected cases leaving (r/news)

• Hungry_Shake6943: Why would you do this
• ncc74656m: Remember, Fauci literally has to have personal security because of the same kind of threats and hate in the US. We’re no better than these people.
• WARxxPIGG: damn. is this not the plot for the movie Outbreak

World has 6 months to avert major food crisis, says UN as Hormuz struggle drags on (r/worldnews)

• vwapnerd: There are a few thousand people globally who have the ability to change all of this. They refuse.
• DeltaMx11: Time to start learning how to garden
• DifficultyWithMyLife: Just like with climate change, the world’s response will be: “Oh, well.”

What’s the “Widowmaker” of your career field or hobby? (r/AskReddit)

• HutSutRawlson: I’m a musician… the two biggest hazards are either drug use or driving home tired after a late gig.
• Drascio1773: Alcoholism is the widowmaker of the alcohol industry. From producers to salespeople, distributors to retail/bar sales. 20%+ alcoholism rate that I’ve seen many people ruin their lives in this career. It can be lucrative and a lot of fun but it can also take hold and be tough to shake.
• Crazyboutdogs: Veterinary works here- suicide. We have one of the highest rates of any profession. Compassion fatigue, abuse by clients, low wages/super high stress all play a big part. It’s so bad we have entire foundations battling it.

TIL Obi-Wan Kenobi’s home planet is named “Stewjon” a play on the name of “Daily Show” host John Stewart. During an interview about Star Wars, John asked Lucas the name of Obi-Wan’s home planet, and he answered Stewjon, jokingly. It was then made canon, after being mentioned in several guide books. (r/todayilearned)

• gavinashun: so dumb lol
• dae_giovanni: *Jon Stewart. you wrote “Stewjon”… and still went with “John”. lol
• TessaFractal: I wonder how many times Lucas has been clearly taking the piss, and it’s been written down as if it was deeply important canon.

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Tulsi Gabbard resigns as Director of National Intelligence (r/news)

• Stock-Pattern-8635: I wonder if that whistleblower report shes been trying to block will come out soon now
• WatchmanVimes: “Whelp my job is done here! I have removed all intelligence!”
• Alt_Restorer: How many women do we have left now?

All charges against Chicago protesters dropped in latest ICE case to unravel | Chicago (r/news)

• BrofessorFarnsworth: Start disbarring the prosecutors. This shit needs consequences.
• Neilpuck: Meanwhile, how much have those protesters had to spend on legal fees etc, and how many have lost their jobs?
• AugustOfChaos: Every single person who was falsely arrested should sue the living shit out of ICE and the government.

Ukraine liberated 590 square kilometers of territory this year, ‘forcing Russia toward diplomacy,’ Zelensky says (r/worldnews)

• brainrotxx: putin gonna say “Ukraine is invading russia!! pls stop them!!”
• Morgandoto: Putin still wants to fight to the last russian. He will throw a mass mobilization soon, and when every mobilized soldier dies, he will use a nuke.
• buttplugpeddler: This man is everything I wish my president was.

Bank boss sorry after describing workers as ’lower value human capital’ (r/worldnews)

• WasteBinStuff: “I’m truly sorry ^that ^I ^got ^caught ^saying ^it.”
• CrackerBarrelGrandma: This is what many business elites think
• AloneChapter: Sorry he was caught . Not sorry about the disrespect though

What’s something attractive at 18 but embarrassing at 30? (r/AskReddit)

• KellyAnn3106: Talking about your high school accomplishments.
• FunctionAfter6683: 18 year olds
• mtconnol: Being a high school senior

TIL physicist Karl Schwarzschild solved Einstein’s field equations while dying of disease on the WWI Eastern Front. His solution predicted black holes. He wrote to Einstein: “the war treated me kindly enough to allow me to take this walk in the land of your ideas.” He died months later. (r/todayilearned)

• ArgentineBeauty: The quote absolutely broke me. Imagine being that close to death and still finding wonder in someone else’s ideas. This is why I love history.
• FlammenwerferIV: Heartbreaking that such a brilliant mind had to fight a war
• keajohns: Physicist and poet

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Americans exposed to Hantavirus upset about being forced to quarantine in Nebraska (r/news)

• Negative-Solution108: Typical behavior for the time we live in. Even the smallest sacrifice is too much to ask
• Smooth-Boss-911: These are indeed the times we’re in. It’s all about “me me me” no one gives af about their community.
• Blazah: Sorry not sorry. Sit your butt in Nebraska till you can’t infect the rest of us. NOBODY trusts you to isolate in your own home. We’ve SEEN how people behave before.

Tennessee man jailed over Charlie Kirk post wins $835,000 settlement (r/news)

• sithelephant: ‘The meme Bushart posted that prompted his arrest read: “This seems relevant today…” and featured President Donald Trump and the words, “We have to get over it.” That quote, the meme explained, was said by Trump in 2024 after a school shooting at Iowa’s Perry High School.
• Hrekires: I’m almost certain that I’d be fired if I made a mistake that cost my company $835k in damages.
• bigredthesnorer: Can he sue the Sheriff for $2B?

Harvard faculty votes to make it more difficult for undergrads to earn As (r/news)

• lurpeli: Grade inflation is well known. Any top tier university is going to be giving largely As and Bs to all students even if they barely pass a class. Makes GPAs hardly matter.
• groglox: We had this and it made being an RA so much more stressful. The required GPA over 3.5 combined with how difficult achieving that actually was ended up creating some of the most stress-filled students I have ever seen.
• prodigaldummy: What is the purpose of a grade? Is it an objective reflection of a student’s mastery of a subject, or a reflection of a student’s mastery of a subject relative to their peers?

What is a minor, unwritten rule of society that absolutely infuriates you when people break it? (r/AskReddit)

• Legal_Interaction498: when a group of people spread out into a straight line on the sidewalk, completely blocking the way
• I_sleep_on_a_bed: When people blast whatever video they’re watching in public
• mossyfern45: Speakerphone in public

TIL that Tom Lehrer - MIT mathematician, satirist, and the guy who wrote both the Harvard fight song and a song teaching kids the periodic table - invented the Jell-O shot in the 1950s to sneak booze into a government Christmas party. (r/todayilearned)

• AcceptableWheel: He also made all his songs public domain when he was older specifically because he wanted rappers to sample him.
• Sage1969: TIL he died last year :(
• erksplat: A regular Renaissance Man.

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US justice department ‘forever’ bars IRS from auditing Trump’s past tax returns (r/news)

• Salarian_American: In a sane world, asking to be exempted from all future auditing would be a reason to audit someone immediately.
• nickkom: Corruption, plain and simple
• cointoss3: Haha the justice department can’t affect future attorneys general from reverting this. Only way to make this for real for real is a law. Guidelines can always be amended.
• soundisloud: Absolutely ruined the integrity of America

NAACP calls for boycott of Southern college sports programs over voting rights (r/news)

• TurkeyVolumeGuesser: If only this would happen but I don’t see it
• MidnightMoon1331: Can we boycott the IRS and not pay taxes over slush fund and tax immunity too?
• Ok-Replacement6893: Hit them where it hurts them most.
• oldmaninparadise: Michigan, Wisconsin, Maryland, Penn. All great football programs. California, Oregon and Washington too. Problem is there are only 25 new slots per year per team.

Trump Wants Russia and China to Help Combat the International Court That Charges War Crimes (r/worldnews)

• TubeframeMR2: When a guy starts recruiting autocracies to weaken war crimes tribunals, you have to wonder what we don’t know.
• aircooledJenkins: “Trump, a good boy, Is Following The Orders His Leash Holders Have Given Him.”
• nativeridge_: Americans you have a suicidal government at the wheel and you are full speed off the road ploughing through the undergrowth
• Banana-phone15: So Trump wants to start a boy band for war criminals

What is a ‘single person luxury’ that people in relationships completely miss out on? (r/AskReddit)

• Ok-Refrigerator-8664: Never having to discuss plans with anyone. No discussion on dinner, what to watch, what to do, or where to go. You just do what you want all the time.
• LateNightLatin: Knowing things will be exactly where the left them. The amount of time I go looking for the kitchen scissors.
• headcase-and-a-half: Knowing that the piece of chocolate cake you left in the fridge will still be there whenever you want it.
• Fresh-Package5303: Being able to do absolutely nothing all weekend without having to explain it to anyone

TIL After Francis I exchanged himself in spanish captivity in 1526 with his two sons, aged 7 and 8, he annuled everything he signed in exchange for his release, but the kids remained in captivity for nearly 4 years. His eldest son and heir was scarred for life as a result (r/todayilearned)

• GarysCrispLettuce: Father of the Year 1526
• AskAskim: It’s pretty clear to me from all of history that “family” either meant something way tighter than we are familiar with now, or absolutely nothing.
• cometlin: TIL After King Francis I traded himself for his sons to escape Spanish captivity in 1526, he later annulled the agreement, leaving the boys imprisoned for years
• Exact_Touch_4794: This is similar to how Byzantine emperors also thought. Some even killed or blinded their own children. It’s all about how important you think you are and what God wants

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Trump says he’s postponing ‘scheduled attack of Iran tomorrow’ at Middle East leaders’ request (r/worldnews)

• Leather_Net_3330: its not even tuesday yet.
• Flimsy_Category_9369: This feels like Groundhog Day at this point
• lastpassonright: This idiot has absolutely no way out of this mess.
• Temporary-Canary-346: Sorry there were attacks scheduled for tomorrow?!?

Bodies of missing Italian divers found in Maldives (r/news)

• ScottScanlon: Sad situation all around, but you can’t pay me enough to be going deep into caves in the ocean.
• Tyrrox: The had an improper gas mix for the depth they went. It’s a sad story but unfortunately even tenured diving professionals get complacent with the dangers.
• ThriftyMegaMan: New YouTube video from like 12 different content creators coming in 3, 2, 1,
• Hefty_Anywhere_8537: I’m a diver, and very nearly died on a 50m nitrox dive in French Polynesia. Traumatic experience, this is so sad and tragic.

Active shooter reported at Islamic Center of San Diego: Police (r/news)

• lostroadrunner22: Its over, both shooters are dead.
• YOSHIMIvPROBOTS: Police say shooters appeared to have killed themselves.
• Brilliant-Concern620: People are celebrating it on YouTube. We are living in sick times.
• Jamie00003: Can you just stop for 5 minutes America?

An asteroid discovered days ago will narrowly miss Earth (r/worldnews)

• Catchphrase1228: It’s the bugs again!
• orangelity: Am I to understand that our entire planet’s radar capabilities to provide us with radar information on these types of objects were dependent on only one telescope (which collapsed 6 years ago) and one antenna (which is currently down for extended maintenance)?
• TheOriginalBroCone: Why are redditors so weird about wanting people to die from asteroid strikes? 
• RandomPantsAppear: Getting hit by an asteroid feels like it would fit right in with the 2020s itinerary. 

What is something you’ve officially stopped buying in 2026 because the price has become genuinely insulting? (r/AskReddit)

• xxleoxangelxx: Fast food
• myotheroneders: Fast food. The prices are so stupid that I can go to my locally owned sports bar and get much better food for a comparable price. I can’t justify spending that same amount of money for shitty food.
• garej: Food delivery. Buying a taxi for a burrito is too expensive.
• queenmellyy: Beer/wine/liquor at a restaurant. The drink shouldn’t cost as much as a meal.

TIL that the son of the man who welcomed the puritans and fed them when they were starving had his head cut off and put on a spike for 20 years at the same location as the first thanksgiving. (r/todayilearned)

• Gargomon251: Wait his SON? What the hell did HE do?
• SeaBearsFoam: And that’s where the Thanksgiving tradition of killing one of your family members and putting their head on a spike came from.
• LAAccountant: He was killed by another native.
• Porlarta: Deeply misleading way to talk about King Phillips war.

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A solar plant in Minnesota planted flowers beneath its panels, and soon monarch butterflies and dozens of new plant species began to appear (r/news)

• Rattus_NorvegicUwUs: Finally. Some good news.
• Laniidae_: This is solarpunk and I’m here for it
• CMG30: It’s almost like the push to ban solar on agricultural land is a paid astroturf campaign to delay renewable energy and preserve fossil profits…
• guinnypig: There are a zillion of these solar farms around me. I want this to happen so badly!

2 Navy jets crash during air show in Idaho, 4 crew members eject safely (r/news)

• bassicallyinsane: What a great use of 136 million dollars
• MountainlessBiking: I’m glad when I fuck up at work it’s just an email or something. I can’t imagine the verbal abuse this would cause 
• Rare_Contract_8657: I’d be really interested to see what caused the crash. Was it user error? Equipment malfunction? Glad the pilots are all safe though!
• NigeySaid: I saw the video and I’m still baffled by them all surviving

Latest militant attacks on schools in Nigeria leave more than 80 children missing, officials say (r/news)

• OkBuy4754: Heartbreaking. Nigeria needs real security reform, not just empty promises again.
• IBitePrettyPeople: Religious warfare in the big 2026
• Vepariga: only the weak prey on the defenseless.

Zelenskyy Confirms Ukraine Was Behind Massive Moscow Drone Strike (r/worldnews)

• dimgwar: Tell Cersei,. I want her to know it was me
• CaptCurmudgeon: I love that phrasing – long range sanctions.
• Undernown: This really hammered home how Ukraine allowed Putin to have a safe victory day parade.

Who destroyed their own career within seconds by being an idiot? (r/AskReddit)

• SparkyandDolche: The people on the Coldplay “kiss cam.”
• AdeptVeterinarian541: The white lady who called the cops on a black man who was bird watching in a public park and asked her to put her dog on a leash. When she called the police she was screaming about a “black man trying to get me” and he was this nerdy looking guy who watches birds. She had a very lucrative job at Franklin Templeton Investments, she was fired.
• NOT-packers-fan2022: The FBI agent that did the back flip in a bar, dropped his gun, grabbed it, negligent discharge, someone was hit but lived, arrested, prosecuted and terminated.
• cageytalker: That woman who tweeted that she was flying to Africa and she hoped she didn’t get AIDS. She turned off her phone and when she landed, she saw that her life exploded.

TIL in 2014, Ben Affleck received a lifetime ban from the blackjack tables at the Hard Rock Hotel & Casino in Las Vegas after surveillance footage showed him counting cards during a high-stakes game. Security informed him he was “too good” and classified him as an advantage player. (r/todayilearned)

• WelshBathBoy: This is why the house always wins, making perfectly sensible game play ‘against the rules’. Counting cards is just using a bit of deduction by keeping tabs of the cards played - hardly cheating.
• wrighteghe7: This is such a hilarious rule. What kind of fucking game is it where its “cheating” if you win at it and why people play it still?
• I_Never_Use_Slash_S: Guess he wasn’t acting in The Accountant.
• SorryAboutLater: How can you tell if someone is counting cards? Can you just kick anyone out for winning and accuse them of this.

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Maldives military diver dies while trying to recover scuba diving victims in underwater cave: Officials (r/news)

• Fitdoc50: I really hope I don’t die in an underwater cave. How to prevent this?
• shoulda-known-better: I thought the first rule was don’t go back for people in cave diving
• girusatuku: What is the #1 cause of death among cave divers? Cave diving. What is #2? Retrieving the bodies of those who died from #1.

Humpback whale released after spectacular rescue effort found dead (r/news)

• KimJongFunk: So many marine biologists and veterinarians advised against moving this whale but the social media uproar demanded action and this is what happened. RIP Timmy :(
• FrankieTheD: Once a whale at the point it’s disoriented and beaching its pretty slim odds right? Remember a few cases in the news it rarely works out
• Masterweedo: Sadly, I didn’t expect any other outcome.

At least 3 killed, numerous residential buildings hit in mass drone attack on Moscow region (r/worldnews)

• xmuskorx: Ukrainian telegram channels are posting oil infrastructure burning in Zelenograd and Solnechnogorsk (basically a suburb of Moscow)
• BionicShenanigans: Can you imagine hearing this a couple years ago? Ukraine has the initiative
• Sonyguyus: How dare Ukraine invade the country that invaded it first!

North America’s largest commuter rail system shuts down as workers strike (r/news)

• Humble_Diner32: I, a long time union member and a third generation union worker, stand with them. Let’s unionize the American workforce.
• RoyalZeal: I stand with the workers, if they were being taken care of they wouldn’t be striking.
• paleo2002: The LIRR is the largest commuter train system in North America? That’s sad. I thought NJT or something in California would be larger.

What industry is actually a complete scam, but everyone accepts it? (r/AskReddit)

• Embarrassed_Ask8293: Ticketmaster
• boomlakshmi: Wedding industry
• bigfatgeekboy: Time shares. Payday loans.