How to get out of a speeding ticket

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• Statistician Nate Silver does an AMA. (r/IAMA)
   
• Reddit CEO Yishan Wong calls out a troll for “crassly using the N-word” and tells him, “Take it to 9gag.” (r/funny)
   
• Redditor mauxly shares his story of kicking heroin—it involved a cabin in the woods and lots of ramen noodles. (r/self)
   
• Cops (and regular drivers) of Reddit list funny things people said that got them out of speeding tickets. (r/askreddit)
   
• Which animated character do you find yourself oddly attracted to? (r/askwomen)
   
• Wait, the Super Mario theme song has lyrics, and they aren’t “Do do do/Do do do do …”? TIL. (r/todayilearned)
   
• Will Saturn’s ring ever turn into a moon? (r/askscience)
   
• How do you tell a guy friend that he comes off really creepy? (r/askmen)

Pics of the day:

• An Italian man jumps from a bridge into the Tibor River as part of a traditional New Year’s celebration. (r/adrenalineporn)
   
• Just days before my dad died, he got to meet his first great-grandson. (r/pics)

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