What happens when someone on ask reddit asks about cool sites where you can download free stuff? Over 5,000 people answer. Here's the best sites culled from all the suggestions.

Lifehacker took on the daunting task of sorting through all 5,000 suggestions to bring the best suggestions to you in one list, with these categories.

• Books
• Data
• Video Games
• Design and Art
• Development
• Music
• Apps
• Etc.

Some suggestions are things you probably know about, like checking Project Gutenberg for books before paying for them at a site like amazon or the Internet Archive's Wayback Machine, but I found several sites that are new to me that I bookmarked. Check out the complete list at Lifehacker:

Download Free Stuff From Reddit's Favorite Websites

(h/t: Panzer)

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