TIL that "It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia" was...

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Today's Top 9 Stories on Reddit r/popular

#1 — TIL that "It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia" was supposed to be canceled after Season 1 due to low ratings but was saved because of Danny DeVito. Creator Rob McElhenney went to DeVito's house to pitch the idea only to learn he and his family were massive fans, and he signed on fifteen minutes later.

Score: 13991 points · Posted by: altrightobserver

Read full article: https://www.reddit.com/r/todayilearned/comments/1tbiehl/til_that_its_always_sunny_in_philadelphia_was/

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#2 — Lupita Nyong’o will play both Helen of Troy and her sister, Clytemnestra, in Christopher Nolan’s ‘The Odyssey.’

Score: 7684 points · Posted by: yourfavchoom

Read full article: https://www.reddit.com/r/movies/comments/1tazcjn/lupita_nyongo_will_play_both_helen_of_troy_and/

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#3 — What's stopping other leaders from working like Mamdani?

Score: 14281 points · Posted by: Front-Scene2177

Read full article: https://www.reddit.com/r/SipsTea/comments/1tbir5g/whats_stopping_other_leaders_from_working_like/

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#4 — AOC Surges to Lead in 2028 Primary for First Time—Most Accurate Pollster

Score: 22809 points · Posted by: One-Duty-2376

Read full article: https://www.reddit.com/r/politics/comments/1tb7i5v/aoc_surges_to_lead_in_2028_primary_for_first/

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#5 — My tattoo got sewn together crooked after surgery

Score: 24439 points · Posted by: DelectableBloom

Read full article: https://www.reddit.com/r/mildlyinteresting/comments/1tbf6vp/my_tattoo_got_sewn_together_crooked_after_surgery/

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#6 — My close friend's mom replaced their family photo with this

Score: 39518 points · Posted by: joeltheconner

Read full article: https://www.reddit.com/r/pics/comments/1tb53jc/my_close_friends_mom_replaced_their_family_photo/

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#7 — Such terrible advertisement

I mean... at a glance its like WOAH 4 can dine for $9.99.... Until you are at the cash and they say " that'll be $45.15" HUH?? "Oh sorry sir...

Score: 39260 points · Posted by: CurlyWurly61

Read full article: https://www.reddit.com/r/mildlyinfuriating/comments/1tb3s75/such_terrible_advertisement/

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#8 — Top comment deletes a US State #37

New England has unified, Massachusetts and Vermont have become one with each other. Since there is a lot of confusion around it, I won’t be doing any more unifications or state name changes apart from the ones we’ve already done. Remember this is top comment deletes a US State!

Score: 3094 points · Posted by: Jfullr92

Read full article: https://www.reddit.com/r/geographymemes/comments/1tb3lkq/top_comment_deletes_a_us_state_37/

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#9 — Soda tries to save itsKatchii from a bad take but she doubles down

Score: 18002 points · Posted by: snoopdodge

Read full article: https://www.reddit.com/r/LivestreamFail/comments/1tayrnt/soda_tries_to_save_itskatchii_from_a_bad_take_but/

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Updated: May 13, 2026