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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Shane Smith, the cofounder of Vice magazine, did an AMA yesterday, and it’s a must-read. What’s he on Reddit to promote? “This piece on child suicide bombers is going to fuck people up,” he writes. (/r/IAmA)
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This is a great question, one that many children would want to ask but to which most adults probably don’t know the answer: “Can raindrops kill flies?” (/r/askscience)
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Redditor db_admin hosts a book giveaway every week. (/r/bestof)
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Do coffee shop baristas absorb caffeine through their skin, and are they basically on a caffeine high all day? (/r/askscience)
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One of the best novelty accounts on Reddit is illustratingreddit. Yesterday she was profiled in r/redditoroftheday and even doodled a self-portrait. (/r/redditoroftheday)
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In the neurological condition called synesthesia, sensory pathways get mixed. you hear colors, for instance. This AMA from Monday provides a window into the synesthete’s world—as does this excellent animation, linked-to in the highest voted comment. (/r/IAmA)
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Redditors list out phrases they misheard as children. (/r/AskReddit)
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Here’s a fun piece of trivia that’s probably not that well known outside of the running community: in 1983, a 61-year-old farmer “won a 544 mile endurance race because he ran throughout the night while the younger ‘professional’ athletes slept.” (/r/todayilearned)
Did I miss something? Let me know in the comments.
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