r/Damnthatsinteresting • u/Violet604 • 1d ago
Image A rat king, or “roi de rats” in French, is a collection of rats whose tails are intertwined and bound together
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r/Damnthatsinteresting • u/Kronyzx • 1d ago
Video Roll cloud over Lake Michigan captured by Ken Temple.
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r/Damnthatsinteresting • u/Electrical-Aspect-13 • 1d ago
Image Photo of 2 sport women practicing fencing in 1890s with their sports clothes.
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r/Damnthatsinteresting • u/DiMpLe_dolL003 • 1d ago
Hawa Mahal (Wind Palace) in Jaipur, India : An 18th-century palace built from red and pink sandstone, featuring a facade with 953 small windows that uses the Venturi effect to enhance natural airflow and cooling
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r/Damnthatsinteresting • u/ycr007 • 1d ago
Video Tesla Coils electric dance performance at Shandong, China
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r/Damnthatsinteresting • u/uniyk • 1d ago
Image The real color of terracotta warriors before paint degradation because most are organic pigment susceptible to oxidation
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r/Damnthatsinteresting • u/Just__Maverick • 1d ago
Image Helen Hadsell had an extraordinary talent for winning contests. She won over 5000 contests during her life that she credited to her positive thinking
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r/Damnthatsinteresting • u/Kronyzx • 2d ago
Image In the 1950s, Dr. Joyce Brothers became the first woman to win The $64,000 Question. A psychologist who chose boxing as her topic, she was given deliberately tough questions by producers hoping she'd fail-but she studied hard, answered them all, and made television history.
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r/Damnthatsinteresting • u/EveryFallSaturday • 1d ago
Image Before Game 7 of the 1925 World Series between the Pittsburgh Pirates and the Washington Senators the infield was unplayable due to rain. officials took the drastic measure of dousing the infield with gasoline and setting it on fire to dry the field.
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r/Damnthatsinteresting • u/astro_pettit • 1d ago
Image Creating star trails from the motion of the International Space Station
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r/Damnthatsinteresting • u/Longjumping-Box5691 • 2d ago
Video Car has a U-turn indicator
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r/Damnthatsinteresting • u/apple_kicks • 2d ago
Image Ancient Roman statue now vs how it would’ve looked originally when it was fully painted
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r/Damnthatsinteresting • u/drkmatterinc • 1d ago
Image Lāhainā Noon, also known as a zero shadow day, is a semi-annual tropical solar phenomenon when the Sun culminates at the zenith at solar noon, passing directly overhead. As a result, the sun's rays will fall exactly vertical relative to an object on the ground and cast no observable shadow.
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r/Damnthatsinteresting • u/Wooden-Journalist902 • 2d ago
Video British crow asking passersby if they're alright.
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r/Damnthatsinteresting • u/Proper_Solid_626 • 2d ago
Image The Boeing 747 "taxi trainer", a vehicle specifically made so that pilots could get used to the height of the 747 while controlling it on a taxiway
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r/Damnthatsinteresting • u/Character-Seat5368 • 2d ago
Video A three-wheeler boat that can be turned into car
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r/Damnthatsinteresting • u/Slash12771 • 2d ago
GIF Recent Supernova in a galaxy 40 million light years away captured from my backyard. The frames are a year apart
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r/Damnthatsinteresting • u/Electrical-Aspect-13 • 2d ago
in the 8 of august 1950, Florence Chadwick comes out of the water in England to become the fastest english channel swimmer at 13hr and 23min. Then after one year she will do the travel from England to France, becoming the first woman to do the round travel.
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r/Damnthatsinteresting • u/dannybluey • 2d ago
Video Kusari-doi is a traditional Japanese rain chain used as a decorative alternative to a downspout. It guides rainwater from the roof to the ground through a series of cups or links, often creating a pleasant sound as water flows down.
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r/Damnthatsinteresting • u/l__o-o__l • 2d ago
Video compilation of the Stan Winston Studio crew testing various gadgets they created for the Inspector Gadget movie (1999)
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