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Check out this list of good, obscure subreddits. (/r/AskReddit)
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Moderators at r/IAmA have banned popular novelty account Shitty_Watercolour after he repeatedly linked to his own site in the comments and made cash by doing so. It’s not a popular decision. The r/SubredditDrama thread includes an interesting debate on the ethics and nature of spam on Reddit (you have to wade through a lot of ad hominem attacks to see it, unfortunately). (r/SubredditDrama)
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This is one of the most terrifying things I’ve seen on Reddit. (r/whatsthisbug)
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Does the moon’s gravity makes us lighter? A whole bunch of math later, the answer is surprisingly “no.” (r/askscience)
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Scott Helman is a veteran Boston Globe reporter who’s written extensively about Mitt Romney. His AMA got buried yesterday, but it’s really worth a read. (r/IAmA)
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“[I]t took 35 policemen armed with AK47’s to rescue a shaved orangutan that was being used as a sex slave in a Borneo brothel.” (r/todayilearned)
Pic of the day: ITAP of Stars and Lightning in a cloud at night. (r/itookapicture)
Hottest subreddit: r/FanFiction
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