Want to read Reddit but don’t have the time? Our daily Reddit Digest highlights the most interesting or important discussions from around the social news site—every morning.
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Redditors really seem to have enjoyed Michelle Obama’s speech at the Democratic National Convention yesterday. Now they want her to do an AMA, just like her husband. (r/politics)
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Reddit’s statistical hero, Deimorz, is scraping every post in the site’s history. What do you want to know? (r/TheoryOfReddit)
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This redditor really wants to believe he’s found a dinosaur egg in his backyard. (r/askscience)
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r/AskHistorians stops just short of banning discussions on modern politics. (r/AskHistorians)
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A giant thread proving that direct translations into English are fun. (r/AskReddit)
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This is a fun AMA from a relatively unknown guy with a nevertheless fascinating life: “I’ve worked for the Defense Intelligence Agency and I’ve been declared an ‘Enemy of the People’ by the government of China.” (r/IAmA)
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At r/nfl, a statistical analysis of preseason matches. Do they predict victory in the regular season? (r/nfl)
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How to become a polymath (additional discussion here). (r/DepthHub)
Pic of the day: ITAP of two Golden Retrievers dock diving (r/itookapicture)
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