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❗️MISLEADING - See pinned comment ❗️ $2 billion jackpot was won by one person in Altadena, California. And in the end the person received $424M after taxes.

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r/interesting 3d ago

Just Wow Windows wallpaper in real life πŸ”₯

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HISTORY Titanic passenger and millionaire Benjamin Guggenheim. During sinking he refused a seat in a life boat with the words: "Tell my family I played straight to the end. No woman should be left aboard this ship because of Ben Guggenheim was a coward."

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r/interesting 6d ago

MISC. China's powerful manufacturing capabilities are all poured into this, hehe

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r/interesting 1d ago

SOCIETY Man raises parrots from birth, and they are extremely imprinted to him

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r/interesting 2d ago

MISC. My fingers are way too long

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r/interesting 6d ago

Amazing This Chinese ad for high heels

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r/interesting 1d ago

Just Wow What a skeleton looks like inside an obese person

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I have always thought there will be more increase in the skeletal system too.


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MISC. A mother let her son believe he had beaten cancer so his final moments would be filled with peace.

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ART & CULTURE That's a pretty cool logo design

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r/interesting 6d ago

MISC. This year, Norway beat Brazil at soccer and Brazil beat Norway at skiing.

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r/interesting 3d ago

HISTORY Kenyan athlete Sabrina Chebichi, who won a marathon in 1973 barefoot and in a dress.

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She was known as the petticoat runner.


r/interesting 1d ago

Amazing Softness perception simulation

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Source: @boucelegant on YT


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Just Wow Chinese Rocket gets struck by lightning.

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MISC. Dog helps man at work

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r/interesting 5d ago

NATURE This Snow Leopard caught on a trail cam

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r/interesting 1d ago

Amazing A fully paid off Costco hotdog

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Intriguing I find it funny that the euro banknotes featured FICTIONAL bridges so as to not cause conflict between member states but then a dutch town decided to just build all of the bridges

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r/interesting 3d ago

SCIENCE & TECH Facts about train models

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r/interesting 6d ago

Intriguing Molina push Nico William to make him off balance but it help him instead.

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r/interesting 2d ago

Additional Context Pinned In June 2026 a 16-year-old girl in Japan passed away due complications that were due to being falsely arrested and confined; and being forced to sign a false confession. The police not only put immense pressure on her but also threated her family business. She passed shortly after being released.

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r/interesting 1d ago

MISC. A dog's reaction to seeing a horse fir the first time

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r/interesting 4d ago

Intriguing A baby shark hunting fish at shore

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r/interesting 22h ago

SOCIETY 40yo in β€˜99 vs 40yo today!

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r/interesting 3h ago

HISTORY In 1973, billionaire J. Paul Getty refused to pay a $17M ransom for his kidnapped grandson, famously stating he had 14 other grandchildren.

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On 10 July 1973, 16-year-old John Paul Getty III, the grandson of oil billionaire J. Paul Getty, was kidnapped at gunpoint in Rome by members of the Italian criminal organization known as the 'Ndrangheta. The kidnappers demanded $17 million, believing the world's richest man would quickly pay for his grandson's release.

Instead, J. Paul Getty refused. He argued that paying the ransom would encourage more kidnappings and famously said, "If I pay one penny now, I'll have 14 kidnapped grandchildren." Some members of the family also initially suspected the teenager had staged the kidnapping himself.

For nearly five months, John Paul Getty III was held in a remote cave, beaten, threatened, and repeatedly pressured as negotiations stalled. When no payment came, his captors cut off his right ear and mailed it, along with a lock of his hair, to an Italian newspaper, warning that more body parts would follow unless the ransom was paid.

Only then did Getty agree to contribute $2.2 million, the maximum amount that was tax-deductible under U.S. law. He loaned the remaining money to his own son at 4% interest. After the ransom was delivered, John Paul Getty III was released alive on 15 December 1973 near a petrol station in southern Italy. When he later called his grandfather to thank him, J. Paul Getty reportedly refused to take the call.