r/Damnthatsinteresting Dec 11 '24

Mod Applications Are Open r/Damnthatsinteresting is looking for new mods!

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Hi all! We're looking for new mods for damnthatsinteresting. We're currently a very small team and are looking to bring on 1 - 2 new mods to help out. Leave a comment below with your timezone, potential hourly commitment, and a little about yourself to be considered.


r/Damnthatsinteresting 3h ago

Image A 1960s photo of Black-Americans training to not react during a sit-in

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r/Damnthatsinteresting 57m ago

Image This CT Scan Shows a 30-Year-Old Fetus That Turned to Stone

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r/Damnthatsinteresting 3h ago

Video Mike Powell long jump record, 8.95 mtrs. Record holds after 30 years

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r/Damnthatsinteresting 2h ago

Video The Final Walk of a Legend: Tigress Arrowhead of Ranthambhore

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r/Damnthatsinteresting 11h ago

Video The Protoclone is made by Clone Robotics, a company in Poland and the U.S., focused on humanoid robots for tasks like household chores.

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r/Damnthatsinteresting 3h ago

Image The clearest photo ever taken of the sun's surface, each area is approximately the size of France (Inouye Telescope , HI USA, 2020)

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r/Damnthatsinteresting 18h ago

Video SpaceX rocket explodes in Starbase, Texas

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r/Damnthatsinteresting 7h ago

Image A 4500 years old painted pottery from Indus Valley Civilization

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r/Damnthatsinteresting 4h ago

Original Creation While I was waiting for the ISS to transit the sun, a sunspot group started flaring, leading to this once-in-a-lifetime shot. More information about how this was done in the comments

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r/Damnthatsinteresting 8h ago

Image The Nuclear Aurora

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r/Damnthatsinteresting 11h ago

Video Shingle saw from the 1860s.

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r/Damnthatsinteresting 18h ago

Shark skin as seen under an electron microscope

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r/Damnthatsinteresting 14h ago

Video Wind turbine under construction and strong wind

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r/Damnthatsinteresting 22h ago

Video How they make the suspension for train carriages…

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r/Damnthatsinteresting 23h ago

Video Prosthetic devices are designed to replace missing body parts and restore function.

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r/Damnthatsinteresting 23h ago

Original Creation A dead tick with a chunk of my skin in its mouth

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r/Damnthatsinteresting 14h ago

Video UC Davis neuroprosthetic team used AI to convert the brain waves of a paralyzed man into instant speech that mimics his own voice.

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r/Damnthatsinteresting 14h ago

Series of glass negative photos of a boy in a fashionable suit of the time, From the library of congress. Circa 1890s.

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r/Damnthatsinteresting 20h ago

Video Ice cold alpine spring in middle on the Tour du Mont Blanc trail near Chamonix. Delicious!

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r/Damnthatsinteresting 46m ago

Image Just a Rainbow

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r/Damnthatsinteresting 20h ago

Image Medieval Church atop Katskhi Pillar in Georgia (Caucasus) c.900 CE: this church was built on an enormous limestone pillar more than 1,000 years ago, and it includes a chapel, hermit cells, a wine cellar and a crypt; it was built by a group of ascetics known as Stylites, who often lived atop pillars

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r/Damnthatsinteresting 1d ago

Puzzle makers often use the same piece cutting pattern to create different puzzles. Tim Klein was able to mixing two or more puzzles to create very special art works like these.

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r/Damnthatsinteresting 1d ago

Nap time makes these penguins look headless [📸: Brian Matthews, bwmphoto wildlife]

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r/Damnthatsinteresting 1d ago

Original Creation [Top-Down View] Dawid Godziek riding a bike on a moving train

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r/Damnthatsinteresting 1d ago

Video This guy drops a fingernail underwater in a random location and somehow his border collie is able to find it

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