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Louis C.K. popped into /r/iama for a second time yesterday. He made a cool $1 million the first time around, so there's certainly some incentive for creating a long-term relationship with Reddit. Also, he's good at AMAs. (/r/iama)
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Does the will to live among the very sick create biological changes in the body that keep them alive? "There are a number of articles and research papers indicating that a positive mental attitude towards an illness such as cancer can have a profound effect on the rate of recovery," philius_fog writes. (/r/askscience)
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Are these the most intellectually stimulating sites on the Internet? (/r/askreddit)
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Did Reddit invent the words "upvote" and "downvote?" Doesn't seem that way. (/r/theoryofreddit)
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/r/TrueReddit takes on an Atlantic article on the morality of unpaid internships and adds some much needed context to an important part of the story, something the author neglected to fully explain: namely, that free internships are already pretty much illegal. (/r/truereddit)
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Did you miss the drama about Redditor deadcoil in /r/Iama yesterday, who was doxxed and called a "big fat phony" (and much worse things) for allegedly fabricating stories in his AMA? There's a good summary at /r/circlebroke, as well as multiple threads at /r/SubredditDrama. (/r/circlebroke)
Pic of the day: A sunset at 40,000 feet. (/r/itookapicture)
Hottest subreddit: /r/redditguides
Did I miss something? Let me know in the comments.
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