Explain the Super Bowl power outage like I’m 5

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• Do “downvote brigades” exist? (r/TheoryOfReddit)
   
• Redditors discuss karma inflation. (r/TheoryOfReddit)
   
• Redditor smileyman discusses the adorable highlights of Puppy Bowl IX. (r/bestof)
   
• Former Monday Night Football producer hosts AMA, appropriately enough, on Super Bowl Sunday. (r/iama)
   
• Redditor RamsesThePigeon talks fandom by detailing Fake Gamer Girls and “Fake Whatever People.” (r/defaultgems)
   
• You knew this question was coming: What caused the Superdome’s power outage during Super Bowl XLVII? (r/explainlikeimfive)
   
• What does science have to say about the influence of the Internet on our brains? (r/askscience)
   
• Historians talk about heartwarming tales from their respective fields of historical study. (r/AskHistorians)

Picture of the day: Chykie Brown of the Baltimore Ravens makes a confetti angel following his Super Bowl win. (r/pics)

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