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That isn't how tor works, you're getting better anonymity but it isn't magically making a clear web site in to an onion site.
Thanks for the comment!
I explain poorly.
The Tor Browser has this setting to redirect clearweb urls to onion urls.
When used in the Tor browser, I can access reddit with it's clearweb site (.com) and (with the "prioritize Tor sites" turned on) the url showing it as onion site (.onion).
Hope I understand it right and with the setting turned on, tor indeed "magically makes clear web site to an onion site".
Not Tor-expert, hope I get this right. :)
ETA: clarify
Yeah. Here's a link on the Tor forum if someone wants to try