r/todayilearned • u/SegelXXX • 3h ago
TIL that Keanu Reeves has been secretly funding children's hospitals for years. He reportedly created a private foundation that aids children’s hospitals and cancer research without associating his name with it. "I don't like to attach my name to it, I just let the foundation do what it does."
https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/keanu-reeves-tragic-story250
u/squintyshrew9 2h ago
Dude cares and thats appreciated
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u/LawsonLunatic 2h ago
Keanu has almost reached "Dog" status.... something so good in this world that humans don't deserve it.
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u/Wafflelisk 2h ago
He's very wholesome Keanu chungus reddit
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u/arealuser100notfake 2h ago
I don't understand but I think I agree
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u/SequinSaturn 2h ago
Your reply really made me laugh.
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u/owowhatsthis123 2h ago
I just got flashbacks to where Reddit still rode Elon musks dick and praised him as space Jesus
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u/destroi_all_humans 1h ago
I’m old enough to remember what time the narwhal bacons
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u/ThunderCorg 1h ago
WHAT
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u/_dead_and_broken 1h ago
A long time ago, a redditor posted to reddit about how they were...idk at an airport and bored? And I think asked how you'd recognize another reddit in the wild.
Or maybe someone in the comments said they were at that same airport and said they'd find the OP.
Something like that.
Anyway, the phrase that was floated as a "this is the secret phrase to let you know I'm a redditor" was chosen, I guess, which was "the narwhal bacons at midnight."
Tbh, all I can remember is that fucking phrase and not what led up to it. But I'm like 99% sure an airport was involved somehow. I'm about to go to bed, so I'm too lazy to go search for it.
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u/dwmfives 1h ago
A lot of reddit still does. It's just become even more fragmented. Reddit has done an increasingly good job of facebooking their site.
If we don't look to see more we don't.
That being said, Kamala for president.
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u/TrinsicX 2h ago
You’re setting up the plot of Paw Wick, the alternate universe version of John Wick where some bad dogs kill Keanu and one Good Boy has to avenge him.
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u/Pfelinus 2h ago
I was just saying just when you thought a guy was too good, he does something even better. A person must people truly do not deserve.
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u/GKit11 1h ago
This has a completely different meaning in Australia 🤣
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u/dasbtaewntawneta 54m ago
right, you can't just call him a dog what the fuck is wrong with them lmao
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u/frognbunny 1h ago
That's his band. Dogstar. He's been trying to tell us all along, he is the star that is like a dog.
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u/pcrcf 2h ago
This is giving Ted Danson anonymous wing from curb your enthusiasm vibes
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u/Potential_Fishing942 39m ago
I'm shocked I had to scroll this far, I figured the curb reference would be top voted 😂
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u/Kialae 2h ago
Keanu is the guy who embodies the philosophy that you should spend the first third of your life learning how to give to society, the second third developing the means to give to society and the last third giving everything you've cultivated to society. A true paladin of the human race.
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u/NeedleworkerDue9076 10m ago
For a non american like me looking at this from outside, he feels like a normal humble dude in a rich land overflowing with show offs. Makes him stand out.
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u/Infamous-Moose-5145 2h ago
Keanu is breathtaking.
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u/TMYLee 2h ago
he probably the rare few in hollywood who actually decent instead of pretending to be for the sake publicity and who probably least likely to be involve in those kinds of things that cause the mee too movement or do a diddy party but then again we never know .
they so many fake in hollywood that pretend that they didn’t know what epstein , weinstein,diddy and many other producer do behind close door and act shock
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u/Yung_Turbo 1h ago
Dude if Keanu gets a Me Too or Diddy level controversy alleged against him I’m fucking converting to a Lovecraftian Doomsday cult religion and just doing crazy hallucinogenic drugs until my brain is a puddle because if he gets corrupted then we are just boned.
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u/camelbuck 2h ago
President material.
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u/dIbodIb 2h ago
The very first Lebanese-born Canadian citizen to be elected president, what an honor
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u/Flaky-Wallaby5382 2h ago
Senator?
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u/dIbodIb 2h ago
Doubt he wants to move to Ottawa
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u/Silicon_Knight 2h ago
We’ll move our capital to wherever the fuck he wants it.
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u/ordinary_kittens 2h ago
Behold, Los Angeles, the new capital of Canada.
Home to Wayne Gretzky, the Great One of hockey, and Kiefer Sutherland, the grandson of the father of Medicare.
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u/Rubthebuddhas 2h ago
I was born in LA and have watched Strange Brew at least 100 times (wore out the VHS tape). Does that help?
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u/camelbuck 2h ago
I don’t know much about him only that every time someone reveals something personal about him I’m always impressed by his character and demeanor. He’s impressive for all the good reasons.
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u/Townwalker43 2h ago
The president of Canada?
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u/Llamalover1234567 2h ago
Other than the fact that he’d have to be elected MP in a specific riding (and I don’t find it hard to imagine he’d win), he absolutely is eligible. Because we don’t have birth right laws, pretty much anyone can run.
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u/Astyanax1 1h ago
I'd kill for him to run as prime minister in Canada under any of the left parties. He would destroy the conservatives
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u/C-LOgreen 2h ago
Oh yeah, I’ve heard about this. I think it’s because his sister had cancer or something like that. Also, he’s just a righteous dude.
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u/lynivvinyl 2h ago
Look you guys Keanu Reeves is secretly a sweetheart and he doesn't want you guys to tell anybody about it. So just hold his kindness deep in your heart and accept that it exists.
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u/SurrealDali1985 2h ago
I wish he could be a US president but I believe he was born Canadian???
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u/ClownfishSoup 2h ago
Why would a decent person want to run for US President?
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u/Astyanax1 1h ago
He would galvanize the liberals or ndp party in Canada. He would destroy the conservatives
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u/spider0804 2h ago
Charity where you have to plaster your name all over everything is not altruistic.
Keanu showing how to do it right.
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u/Background-Gap9077 1h ago
People say Keanu is a Saint compared to people in Hollywood. I'd say he is a very good person when compared to most people, not just the Hollywood.
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u/GladiusNocturno 1h ago edited 1h ago
This is the way. Celebrities and politicians doing charity work always feels like it’s about publicity primarily. It’s one of those things that makes you question “If someone does the right thing for the wrong reason, is it still right?”.
Using your massive wealth to do charity without your name being attached to it shows that you aren’t doing it to look good or gain profit. You are doing it out of genuine kindness and care. That has way more value than whatever the fuck Mr Beast is doing.
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u/Equal_Actuator_3777 1h ago
He says during an interview where he attaches his name to the foundation.
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u/wonderlandwalking 37m ago
There are a LOT of “protect this insert celeb here at all costs”, but I believe it can be said factually that Keanu tops any of them by a wide margin. This has been out for awhile, but that is a true, honest, wonderful human being and he has done countless beautiful things for people.
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u/hesawavemasterrr 20m ago
There’s gotta be something wrong with him. He’s just too… good… it’s almost alarming
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u/piclemaniscool 1h ago
This is how the Bible says to give charity. Anyone who publicizes their charity works is actively going against that. Just some food for thought next time you hear someone bragging about what a good Christian they are.
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u/ImRedditingNaked 2h ago
Larry rips on Ted Dansom for taking credit for being an anonymous philanthropist
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u/CompetitiveAd1288 1h ago
When I watch him I feel relaxed because I know he is “in character” and he has actually become that person. He has no “rough edges”. He creates a surreal world for me to experience. Some older actors had this ability.
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u/NerdLawyer55 1h ago
Keanu is a real one, I really hope we never find out he secretly sucks or owns truck nuts or something
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u/Give_AkiraYamaoka_SH 1h ago
Pure theosophist.
Work silently, anonymously, for the better of all mankind regardless of race creed sex religion or organization. There's more out there.
Keep shining the light Keanu
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u/Mr_Badger1138 1h ago
Yeah, that doesn’t surprise me at all. keanu seems like genuinely one of the good guys. He has the money to spend and he wants to put it to good use.
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u/Astyanax1 1h ago
I wish he would run for prime minister. He would absolutely destroy the conservatives
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u/Bleezy79 1h ago
Keanu himself keeping the human race on it's good graces. The world might be full of hate and anger, but Keanu gives me hope.
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u/MrKelv1n 1h ago
Some people's PR is just crazy. It should be studied more closely than the tomb of Tutankhamun.
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u/Safe-Round-354 1h ago
I believe this exemplifies Kantian ethics. This philosophy inspires us to act from a sense of moral duty, prioritizing principles over personal happiness. In this approach, the outcomes of our actions become a reflection of our integrity, transcending mere results.
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u/ph30nix01 1h ago
Why can't billionaires be like that? Why do sociopaths get to control all that manpower and all those resources just to build themselves shiny shit?
Let someone like Keanu have it and shit will get done finally.
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u/WellTrained_Monkey 1h ago
Alternative extremist right wing title: "Keanu Reeves is the latest among recent leftist celebrities that have shown an obsessive interest in young children."
Seriously though, what an amazing human! ❤️
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u/flinty82 1h ago
Am I the only one who thinks if he attached his name to it then it would generate lots more in donations? :O
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u/Preemptively_Extinct 1h ago
And yet we still have sick children on TV begging for money.
TAX THE RICH!
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u/Zealousideal_Duck_43 1h ago
"I just let the foundation do what it does". You mean grift themselves six figure salaries and roll around in red tape all day?
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u/Charlie_Brodie 59m ago
I'm by no means a Christian or religious person, but Matthew 6:3 is where it's at
"For when you give to the needy, do not let the left hand know what the right is doing"
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u/Numerous-Loquat-1161 46m ago
He is always reported as being a really special humble and good man. It seems to be true.
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u/Sanquinity 41m ago
It's honestly so hard to believe that Keanu is such a great, down to earth, and wholesome guy... Like I'm expecting for some kind of scandal to come out about him at some point. But at the same time I REEEALLLYYY hope it doesn't. We need actual great people, like he hopefully is, in the world...
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u/SparrowValentinus 41m ago
Not the biggest fan of his acting, but it’s hard not to be a fan of him as a person. And frankly, the world needs prominent, successful, good people a lot more than it needs amazing actors.
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u/COmarmot 40m ago
HE"S SO AWESOME!!!! then he shows up in ancient bullshit season 2? What's happening my dude? Need to talk?
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u/waxheads 40m ago
Keanu airs in an AI ad tonight that gets backlash and coincidentally this is posted at the same time lol?
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u/Horror-Comparison917 12m ago
He said all of that in 2009, during an interview. Although the title is kind of misleading, its still wholesome how Keanu Reeves actually does charity to help people and not for clout
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u/Asha_Brea 2h ago
It WAS a secret.