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AskReddit is a popular subreddit on Reddit that allows any user to post interesting questions for anyone to answer, often generating funny discussion threads. These are their stories. 

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AskReddit thread about impactful women that often get overlooked in history | fergi20020 550 points 14 hours ago Anna Connelly invented fire escape 1887 same year, Josephine Cochrane invented dishwasher.

Heroic Women That Deserve More Recognition

Small inconveniences that can drive people completely insane | WalkingOnPavement 3d 1 Award Always hearing water drip and never being able find source

Small Inconvenience Curses That Could Drive People Insane

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A collection of the creepiest things that night time workers ever witnessed | Xanghanistan 2d Worked as office cleaner before covid, 11-7am as 1- man team. One stormy ass night on phone while working my connection started fade and out All sudden there is just deafeningly loud shriek coming out my phone and power goes out. Even emergency lights remember looking out window 10th and seeing whole industrial park black. Nights make everything creepy

Freakiest Stuff Night Time Workers Witnessed

The dumbest and most ridiculous assumptions about people's jobs | imontiza invited my party/event/wedding/ celebration please could bring camera

People's Dumbest Assumptions About Jobs

Doctors describe the unexplainable health miracles that they witnessed | Nathaniel66 10h My uncle had cancer and he at end road. Family wanted take him home last christmas, doctor said there's no chance he will survive 30 miles trip took him anyway 18 years ago and he's perfectly fine. Doctor's don't know why, but cancer just reversed itself.

Unexplainable Health Miracles Doctors Witnessed

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Things that leave no room for failure | Baileythenerd 1d O 3 6 Awards Skydiving Reply 1 11.1k

Times That Failure's Not An Option

People share the worst and most awkward things they let slip during conversations | ShatteredPulse 3y Accidentally told my mom my dad planned on divorcing her thought just understood rough day after

Most Awkward Things People Let Slip In Conversations

A collection of red flags from weddings that people noticed | My cousin bride told us, as she going table table thanking guests she didn't think would last were stunned. They lasted about year.

Red Flags People Noticed At Weddings

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Various traditions that are normal to one country, but weird to the rest of the world | JimBobBoBubba 2y Sending kids out play 20° weather. F or C. 990

Traditions That Are Weird To The Rest Of The World

A collection of big scams that are somehow allowed | TurkeyBread69 1d S 2 Awards Mom saying won't be trouble if tell her did Reply 900

Big Scams That Are Somehow Allowed

People describe the strangest moments in their lives that they still can't explain | stephen1547 saw my doppelgänger while driving parking lot passed each other going super-slow, and made eye contact both started laughing, and then continued on. My wife sitting passenger seat, and saw him as well super weird, and really fun whatever reason still talk about 10 years later regret not stopping and finding guy take photo together.

Strangest Life Moments People Still Can't Explain

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People describe the things that annoy them the most | AV8ORboi 21h ice lemonade melts and drink tastes slightly diluted

Things That Annoy People The Most

People describe the dumbest things that they've ever done | Hambushed Forgot my own phone number while leaving my client voicemail. This yesterday.

Dumbest Things People Have Ever Done

People describe their most frustrating petty grudges | InannasPocket 8th grade, Ashley stole my really nice lipstick l'd saved up And color didn't even look good on her 36 and still pisses off

People's Most Intense Petty Grudges

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A collection of stories from people that did petty things to kids | DingDongDutchie 3h My swimming teacher removed my inflatable armbands while swimming deep part pool because not paying enough attention out excitement. Reply

Pettiest Things Adults Did To Kids

An AskReddit thread about the fastest ways that people got fired | KnightofShaftsbury New guy started on Monday and gone by Friday guy hit some racking warehouse with forklift, boss saw him do and guy decided lie about asked if he knew happened.

Fastest Ways People's Co-Workers Got Fired