World’s biggest Ferris wheel

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• New York City is getting the world’s biggest Ferris wheel. Problem: It’s in Staten Island, so those purists at r/NYC say they won’t go. (r/NYC)
• “I am Kristinn Hrafnsson, official spokesman of Wikileaks. I’m here to answer any question you have to the best of my ability.” (r/IAmA)
• Want to see presidential candidates weigh in on SOPA? Redditors from r/TestPAC want you to sign a petition to make Internet freedom an issue at the presidential debates. (r/SOPA)
• Those moonshiners at r/firewater share a cool flowchart about how Jim Beam makes its bourbon. (r/firewater)
• Trouble viewing r/AntiSRS? That’s because the mods set it to private. Here’s a screengrab of one of them explaining (and explaining, and explaining) why. (r/subredditdrama)

Pic of the day: Giant Leopard Moth (r/EyeCandy)
Hottest subreddit: r/CombatFootage (2 days)

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