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1. An 81-Year-Old Grandma Streaming Minecraft To Pay For Grandson’s Cancer Treatment Has Been Swatted

A top weekly thread from r/technology, drawing 51,207 score and 2,859 comments.

r/technology · reddit-subreddit · 51,207 score · 2,859 comments
2. A Texas Drainage District Walked Its Ditch on a Routine Inspection. They Found a Pipe They Didn't Recognize Discharging Black Liquid From Tesla's $1 Billion Lithium Refinery

A top weekly thread from r/technology, drawing 48,770 score and 2,029 comments.

r/technology · reddit-subreddit · 48,770 score · 2,029 comments
3. TIL that in 2003 episode of The Oprah Winfrey Show, a segment appeared claiming that adolescents were having "rainbow parties" where girls would use different colors of lipstick and perform oral sex on a male. There was never any evidence to show that these parties ever took place amongst teens

A top weekly thread from r/todayilearned, drawing 32,193 score and 2,535 comments.

r/todayilearned · reddit-subreddit · 32,193 score · 2,535 comments
4. TIL that the The clitoris is the only known human organ that has the singular purpose of providing pleasure and has more than 10,000 nerve fibers.

A top weekly thread from r/todayilearned, drawing 36,773 score and 889 comments.

r/todayilearned · reddit-subreddit · 36,773 score · 889 comments
5. TIL about Browser, the library cat. Adopted by a White Settlement, TX library in 2010, Browser was evicted from the library by the local govt in 2016, provoking a backlash that resulted in a unanimous decision permitting him to stay. Browser outlived the councilmember that voted to evict him.

A top weekly thread from r/todayilearned, drawing 35,876 score and 510 comments.

r/todayilearned · reddit-subreddit · 35,876 score · 510 comments

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1. An 81-Year-Old Grandma Streaming Minecraft To Pay For Grandson’s Cancer Treatment Has Been Swatted

2. A Texas Drainage District Walked Its Ditch on a Routine Inspection. They Found a Pipe They Didn't Recognize Discharging Black Liquid From Tesla's $1 Billion Lithium Refinery

3. TIL that in 2003 episode of The Oprah Winfrey Show, a segment appeared claiming that adolescents were having "rainbow parties" where girls would use different colors of lipstick and perform oral sex on a male. There was never any evidence to show that these parties ever took place amongst teens

4. TIL that the The clitoris is the only known human organ that has the singular purpose of providing pleasure and has more than 10,000 nerve fibers.

5. TIL about Browser, the library cat. Adopted by a White Settlement, TX library in 2010, Browser was evicted from the library by the local govt in 2016, provoking a backlash that resulted in a unanimous decision permitting him to stay. Browser outlived the councilmember that voted to evict him.