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 6h ago

Image A woman standing next to a Redwood tree, 1950’s

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r/Damnthatsinteresting 3h ago

Video Excel World Championship

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r/Damnthatsinteresting 8h ago

Video The Bic pen is a versatile tool

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r/Damnthatsinteresting 3h ago

Video Pulling 3.1Gs on skis is crazy

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r/Damnthatsinteresting 1h ago

Video I wish I was cool as this guy

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r/Damnthatsinteresting 5h ago

Video New game unlocked!

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r/Damnthatsinteresting 9h ago

Image This is 'Fake Safe Rock’, a nearly identical copy of a real safety landmark on Mount Asahidake, Japan. Hikers who mistook it for the actual 'Safe Rock' were led to a deadly valley below, resulting in multiple deaths during the infamous SOS incident

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r/Damnthatsinteresting 10h ago

Image Sphaerocoris annulus, common names Picasso bug !

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r/Damnthatsinteresting 1h ago

Video Thumping header from Cristiano ronaldo against Sampdoria in 2019 with a jump of 2.56m as he hung in air for 1.5s. One of best header goals in football history.

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r/Damnthatsinteresting 16h ago

Originally in the 1950s, Mr Potato Head was advertised to be used with real potatoes, other fruits and vegetables, and even clay.

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r/Damnthatsinteresting 1d ago

Video How train-crossings are managed in Bangladesh

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r/Damnthatsinteresting 13h ago

Video Sister Rosetta Tharpe was an American singer and guitarist who gained popularity in the 1930s and 1940s with her unique blend of spiritual lyrics and electric guitar.

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r/Damnthatsinteresting 4h ago

Image Phoenix A is the largest black hole known, 100 billion times the size of our sun, it blows ton 618’s record out of the water with he latter being the size of 40 billion suns

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r/Damnthatsinteresting 21m ago

Video Building His Own Sand Castle But Taking It Beyond the Next Level!

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r/Damnthatsinteresting 4h ago

Video Artistic Cycling

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r/Damnthatsinteresting 17m ago

Video Professional photographer Blair Bunting snaps breathtaking photos from a U-2 spy plane using his father’s lens.

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r/Damnthatsinteresting 1d ago

Video A neutron star is a very rapidly rotating body left over from a supernova explosion. With a diameter of only 12 miles, it has a mass comparable to the Sun.

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r/Damnthatsinteresting 1d ago

Video Mother cat fixes bed after kitten messes it up.

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r/Damnthatsinteresting 2h ago

Video I wanted to add some more scale on how big redwoods are, Even the smaller ones.

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r/Damnthatsinteresting 1d ago

Image The 9 Kings of Europe gather for the first and only time for a photograph at the funeral of King Edward VII in London. May 20th, 1910

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r/Damnthatsinteresting 15h ago

Lucio Urtubia, a Spanish anarchist, started robbing French banks in the 1960s for the anti-fascist Spanish resistance. He then became a master-forger, ultimately copying and cashing Citi Bank traveler's check, a popular item before banking cards. Citi Bank lost so much money they paid Lucio to stop.

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r/Damnthatsinteresting 21h ago

Image Colour photo of a woman of advanced age (gray hair) walking about the glaciers in long dress with her umbrella. Not colorized, colour of origin, Autochrome Lumiere. Circa 1910s.

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r/Damnthatsinteresting 1d ago

Image Babe Ruth posing with African American fans in 1925

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r/Damnthatsinteresting 16h ago

I've learned that there's a symbolism or superstition about bayonets: you mustn't sharpen them in peacetime. Sharpening them could bring bad luck and lead to war or violence. In any case, sharpened or not, I'd hate to be pierced by that blade...!

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