Humans are closer in time to Tyrannosaurus Rex than Tyrannosaurus Rex is to the Stegosaurus.  username1615

r/blowit can also teach you which new football stadium cost more than the entire trip to Pluto and how much money each person would have if the world’s wealth were equally distributed.

Did you know New Horizons got closer to Pluto than Earth’s north pole is from its south pole? The NASA scientists working on the New Horizons Pluto mission also stopped by Reddit to answer your questions, and we got to see the planets all together to scale—it’s, well, pretty insane. Another group of people who just want to see a world burn hypothesized on how we as humans could destroy Pluto, even going deep into the nitty gritty science of it.

In the beginning, photographs were expensive (as much as a week’s salary for the average person) and their high cost limited the purchasers to the upper-classes.  vertexoflife

Make sure you read if you want to learn a bunch of entertaining new euphemisms from old literature as well as see some of the very first ever nude photos and the oldest surviving pornographic film—from 1908! It features a French maid, because some things never change. Or maybe this was the origin?

Several redditors documented the progress throughout the day, including as it turned into a candlelit vigil at night.

Now let’s say this device flags a particular person. What is the probability that this person is a terrorist?  0v3rk1ll

Short answer: Really not good. 0v3rk1ll gives the full explanation here.

Catch more glimpses of what life is like for people in North Korea in r/NorthKoreaPics.

The result is pretty stunning, and maybe a bit more than just a “log cabin.” If you’ve ever wondered what it would take to build your own house or cabin, this is one of the most in-depth r/DIY posts you’ll find, with 193 photos documenting the 4-year process (don’t worry, though, the end result is at the top so you don’t have to look at all of them if you don’t want to).

I’m shaking because of his death. My life was changed thanks to this man, as was (and are, and will) millions of others. It’s strange to think, really—he feels like a close relative.  majikanto

If this image doesn’t get the tears flowing, this explanation of it certainly will. Some people remembered some of his specific acts of greatness, and others shared their favorite memory from a Nintendo game.

The community over at r/squaredcircle, where all of Reddit’s biggest wrestling fans hang out, likes to make bets from time to time. And this week, Coldcoffees promised to dedicate all of his time for three days trying to fit in at r/mylittlepony.

But then a beautiful cultural exchange took place, in which he was enthusiastically welcomed, discovered the surprising similarities between the two communities, watched an episode of My Little Pony and shared his thoughts, and more.

As a result, for others wanting to experience new communities, hobbies, and fandoms they aren’t familiar with, there is now r/subswap. So go experience something new!