Plus: Charitable Raccoons, Tree of Goats, and European Atlantis!
 
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This week, we got busy over on r/upvoted:

We ran the numbers and learned about 1/3 of the US population used Reddit in August. Not only are there as many monthly visitors (worldwide) as there are people in Brazil, but those 202M people conversed with Rob Riggle, Derek Waters (of Drunk History), The Game (in r/Music), and Jeremy Lin (in r/NBA) this week, because… Reddit.

I love you.

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REVERSEGIF
These Generous Raccoons Are Donating Doritos to Chip-less Humans
 
submitted by TheMightyWaffle

This demonstration of raccoon charity is brought to you by Reddit user TheMightyWaffle, who put a gif down, flipped it, and reversed it.

Comments 17 read more 266 Upvoted
 
POWERRANGERS
Go, Go, Childhood Nostalgia!
submitted by Jgabes625

Remember those Power Ranger walkie-talkie belts, with the microphones that were a little too close to the crotch area? Well, that was user Jgabes625’s favorite childhood toy, so his buddy decided to tease him with a little help from the Green Ranger himself.

Comments 3 read more 79 Upvoted
 
COMBINEDGIFS
The Reaction Gif to End All Reaction Gifs
 
submitted by mynamestancred

After this gif comparing Donald Trump to Charles Manson made the rounds last week, we started spending a lot of time over at the Combined Gifs community. And that’s where we discovered this gif-tastic masterpiece—which includes cameos from SpongeBob, Dumbledore, Timon, Pumbaa, Bill Hader, and one very creepy index finger.

Comments 21 read more 682 Upvoted
 
ASKREDDIT
Firefighter Performs Life-Saving CPR… on a Hamster

After other firefighters on the team rescued all the humans, user CaptFluffyBunny entered the burning house to save the pets. Read how the brave captain brought one hamster (which everyone believed was dead) back from “hamster heaven.”

This story made me so happy, you rock for saving the little fuzz ball :)

 
AWWGIFS
Wake up in the Morning Feelin’ Like a Corgi…
 
submitted by Nikibenz

User Nikibenz was kind enough to share this video of corgi comedian Loki’s morning routine.

Comments 0 read more 72 Upvoted
 
LIFERESETBUTTON
Ever Want to Hit the Reset Button on Life?

If you’ve ever wished for a do-over, the new community at Life Reset Button is for you—whether you’re a 35-year-old with a DUI or a survivor of high school bullies.

Comments 32 read more 112 Upvoted
 
AWWDUCATIONAL
Baa-ing Up the Wrong Tree
 
submitted by Aelegans

User Aelegans shared this video with the Awwducational community to teach us just how good at climbing goats really are.

Comments 86 read more 2435 Upvoted
 
EUROPE
Europe Was the Original Atlantis

Ever wonder what Europe looked like in 16,000 BC? (Hint: There was a lot more of it.) This map inspired user wadcann to offer an in-depth explanation of what Europe would look like if it hadn’t gone underwater: mammoths would run wild, the Industrial Revolution would’ve been smaller, and Vikings might not have been white.

Comments 186 read more 508 Upvoted
 
BRUSHYBRUSHY
“Brush Me Like One of Your French Girls”
 
submitted by Tnargkiller

The Brushy Brushy community believes in the healing power of brushing adorable animals—whether it’s a monkey, turtle, elephant, really enthusiastic cat, or mini-cow.

Comments 7 read more 385 Upvoted
 
BOOKS
Author of ‘The Martian’ Answers Questions From Earthlings

Andy Weir, author of The Martian (now a motion picture!), stopped by the Books community for an AMA—where he shared how he felt seeing Matt Damon play Weir’s main character, his two biggest sources of inspiration, and how he did his research (it’s probably pretty similar to how we all do research…).

Comments 2224 read more 4969 Upvoted
 
 
 P.S.

Did you know there’s a town in Ontario called Redditt? If it’s anything like our Reddit, it’s full of many strange and wonderful communities, and millions of very cute cats…