Everybody walks past a thousand story ideas every day. The good writers are the ones who see five or six of them. Most people don't see any.
Orson Scott

Comment preview: Date|Community|Submission :--|:--|:-- 2012/02/21|/r/todayilearned|[TIL that comedian Louis C.K.'s first language is Spanish and he is a dual citizen of Mexico and the United States](/pyluq) 2011/11/04|/r/todayilearned|[TIL: Louis CK is Mexican](/m08da) 201 ....


Comment preview: Anyone seeking more info might also check here: title | points | age | /r/ | comnts :--|:--|:--|:--|:-- [Suburban sprawl in Mexico City](http://www.reddit.com/r/pics/comments/1l4itd/suburban_sprawl_in_mexico_city/) | 0 | 3^hrs | pics | 2 [Mexico City, urba ....


Comment preview: - Knock himself out. - Steal his clothes. - Casually drive the truck to a secret warehouse. - Hide the cash somewhere til the heat dies down. - When he wakes up he wont know what happened. - Report the stolen truck to his company. - When the heat dies, you ....


Comment preview: Is there another source on this? This blog doesn't come off as credible. Actually it appears to be pure bullshit. [Source](http://gothamschools.org/2009/04/03/fact-checking-the-educational-equality-project-fact-sheet/) >Third grade reading scores are us ....


Comment preview: Most often applied to an SO or a _very_ best friend or friends. Maybe to siblings. Like... the top 1 to _maaaaaaaybe_ 3 people in someone's life, forever, _no matter what._ You need to bury a body and never talk about it? You're in jail in Mexico, and need ....


Comment preview: To complete your answere... the spaniard, bring us sifillis, rats, barbarianism (aztecs had bathrooms, hidroponics, astronomy, mathematics, zero, etc.); and erase from existance the warrior class & genenetic pool and in its place they update us with th ....


Comment preview: If you mess this up, we'll liberate you like in one of the top posts today. Just remember the basic outline of our history goes like this [and yes I created this]: In the beginning, the Great Lord created the most bee-you-tee-full land he ever done made. A ....


Comment preview: People just don't understand. These guys do this their whole lives from the point that they make memories up until they're forced to stop. How many people in existence can say that they did something for over 30 years and were really good at it? Let alone ....


Comment preview: As a fellow Brit who did a semester abroad in Wisconsin, I was delighted to find that all of these things were absolutely true. Best of all, beers were a dollar. *A fucking dollar*. The late-night take-away was (dare I say it?) better than kebab. Cheese cu ....


Comment preview: I read a story similar to mine a few years ago, but I don't remember where or even the circumstances, but here's mine. I was dating a girl about 8 years ago and she got pregnant. She miscarried about a month in and I decided that I wanted to get a vasectom ....


Comment preview: **This really should be our national anthem:** Fifty Nifty United States from thirteen original col-on-ies! Fifty Nifty stars on the flag that billows so beautifully in the breeze! Each individual state contributes a quality that is great. Each individual ....


Comment preview: So my use of the words 'invasive species' was equal parts horrible misuse of the term 'invasive species' in and of itself, as well as my ignorance in general about the status of alligator gars. When I said it, I was thinking about alligator gars being an ' ....


Comment preview: I would like to add some things and expand on some topics. I hope you do not mind. *La Cultura Madre* As you pointed out, the Olmec had some far reaching influences within Mesoamerica. Some had stronger ties, such as the early pre-Classic Maya (Inomata et ....


Comment preview: Absolutely. It's had the biggest impact on how we as a species communicate since the printing press. I know the common joke is the internet is for porn and cats, but taken pound for pound the internet is amazing. News: something happens on the other side o ....


Comment preview: **would you like to know more?** TIL that the CIA has been involved in several drug trafficking operations, one of which involved importing cocaine into the US, selling it via street gangs, and using the profits to fund the Contras in Nicaragua. http://www ....


Comment preview: [would you like to know more?](http://www.reddit.com/r/yrugay/comments/1d2qq0/archive/) TIL that the CIA has been involved in several drug trafficking operations, one of which involved importing cocaine into the US, selling it via street gangs, and using t ....


Comment preview: would you like to know [more?](http://www.reddit.com/r/moosearchive/comments/1hhjnb/archive/) CBS: Wondering why drug violence in Mexico is skyrocketing? Because the US ATF has been secretly arming the drug cartels. Seriously. Don't let this slip down the ....


Comment preview: would you like to know more? TIL that the CIA has been involved in several drug trafficking operations, one of which involved importing cocaine into the US, selling it via street gangs, and using the profits to fund the Contras in Nicaragua. http://www.red ....


Comment preview: From /u/-moose- http://www.reddit.com/r/todayilearned/comments/1n4c5w/til_that_the_cia_turned_a_blind_eye_to_cocaine/ccferx8 --- TIL that the CIA has been involved in several drug trafficking operations, one of which involved importing cocaine into the US, ....


Comment preview: TIL that the CIA has been involved in several drug trafficking operations, one of which involved importing cocaine into the US, selling it via street gangs, and using the profits to fund the Contras in Nicaragua. http://www.reddit.com/r/todayilearned/comme ....


Comment preview: My mom was a wound and ostomy nurse (cleaned up the festering bedsores and post-op wounds on fat or disabled people). I never went into super specifics, but: Crotch bags are from the belly. Unless they're bedridden, they'll shit and piss like normal people ....


Comment preview: would you like to know more? TIL that the CIA has been involved in several drug trafficking operations, one of which involved importing cocaine into the US, selling it via street gangs, and using the profits to fund the Contras in Nicaragua. http://www.red ....


Comment preview: **TL;DR - Girlfriend steals $47,000 from me, I snap, eventually moving to a completely different continent.** I had been dating this girl for about 3 years when she got pregnant and had our son. Our relationship had its ups and downs, but was alright for t ....


Comment preview: **Brazil** - You know that scene from Titanic where the old lady says "...it was the most erotic night of my life"? That's how I feel about the Brazilian guy I had a two-night stand with. It was so fucking hot. He woke me up the morning after the first nig ....


Comment preview: I huddled against the cold. While the light was getting closer, it was still a good walk away. That was fine. It gave me time to think. One is unaccounted for. Two is unaccounted for. Three was sniped by Seven in Paris. Four was poisoned in a caf in ....