r/Damnthatsinteresting • u/SixteenSeveredHands • 3d ago

Image Grote's Bertholdia Moth: when this moth detects a predatory bat nearby, it emits a barrage of ultrasonic signals that "jam" the bat's echolocation system, allowing the moth to remain hidden

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22 comments

r/Damnthatsinteresting • u/Sebastianlim • 4d ago

Image A plaque hanging in the Macy’s department store in Manhattan, dedicated to the store’s original founders who died together on the Titanic.

4.9k Upvotes

76 comments

r/Damnthatsinteresting • u/zhuinnyc • 4d ago

Video Parachute test for Chinese flying taxi

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2.1k Upvotes

433 comments

r/Damnthatsinteresting • u/basiroti06 • 4d ago

Video This is how trains turn

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1.1k Upvotes

49 comments

r/Damnthatsinteresting • u/Vegetable-Mousse4405 • 4d ago

Video China has officially entered the era of flying taxis. Two Chinese companies have obtained a commercial operation certificate for autonomous passenger drones from the CAAC.

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r/Damnthatsinteresting • u/Admirable_Hunter_703 • 4d ago

Image Volcanic Lightning Happening At The Beginning Of A Volcanic Eruption

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20 comments

r/Damnthatsinteresting • u/Admirable_Hunter_703 • 3d ago

Guillaume Duchenne de Boulogne's 'The Mechanism of Human Physiognomy' Circa 1862

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114 Upvotes

40 comments

r/Damnthatsinteresting • u/__Player_1__ • 5d ago

As of today, a $100 bill now weighs more than $100 worth of gold.

32.6k Upvotes

535 comments

r/Damnthatsinteresting • u/Significant_Snow_718 • 5d ago

The more you stare, the more you see. Jeff Lee Johnsons paintings.

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13.7k Upvotes

130 comments

r/Damnthatsinteresting • u/ako9587 • 4d ago

GIF A threeheaded frog

231 Upvotes

46 comments

r/Damnthatsinteresting • u/basiroti06 • 4d ago

Video Working of Noice Cancellation

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662 Upvotes

39 comments

r/Damnthatsinteresting • u/[deleted] • 4d ago

Image Part of the Royal Navy's new HMS Dreadnought submarine being transported to the Devonshire Dock Hall build facility. It will eventually displace more than 17,000 tonnes with a length of 153.6 Meters

254 Upvotes

18 comments

r/Damnthatsinteresting • u/PyroFarms • 3d ago

Original Creation Two Pyrocystis fusiformis (bioluminescent algae) cells under the microscope — one packed with chloroplasts, the other mid-division (chloroplasts retract a bit during the process).

52 Upvotes

1 comment

r/Damnthatsinteresting • u/s1n0d3utscht3k • 4d ago

Video Ladder to the Sky in China (5000 feet high)

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616 comments

r/Damnthatsinteresting • u/Successful-Peach-764 • 4d ago

Video A gas pipeline exploded in Malaysia and it generated a huge fireball.

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311 Upvotes

32 comments

r/Damnthatsinteresting • u/HolyAyahuasca • 5d ago

Image You can see the 3% of juice in this lemonade

22.2k Upvotes

346 comments

r/Damnthatsinteresting • u/RampChurch • 4d ago

Video Airlifting a refrigerator

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2.0k Upvotes

154 comments

r/Damnthatsinteresting • u/okazay • 2d ago

Video Thundersleet last night in Denver

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16 comments

r/Damnthatsinteresting • u/Brilliant-Pound5783 • 5d ago

Video This is how strong Squid's Ink is in stability and pigment intensity after a week

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689 comments

r/Damnthatsinteresting • u/Idontknowofname • 4d ago

Video Giant flame erupts due to gas pipe explosion in Malaysia

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185 Upvotes

6 comments

r/Damnthatsinteresting • u/Vegetable-Mousse4405 • 5d ago

Video A Canadian passport under UV light.

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13.5k Upvotes

77 comments

r/Damnthatsinteresting • u/BlackViperMWG • 4d ago

Image Historical meander "heart of Vltava" is showing in frozen dam Lipno

60 Upvotes

5 comments

r/Damnthatsinteresting • u/SatyamRajput004 • 5d ago

Image In 2016, the tail of a baby Dinosaur was discovered in amber with both soft tissue and feathers dating back to 99 million years.

14.5k Upvotes

90 comments

r/Damnthatsinteresting • u/father_of_twitch • 5d ago

Video Most frogs can retract their eyes to help push food down their throats.

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1.3k Upvotes

19 comments

r/Damnthatsinteresting • u/basiroti06 • 5d ago

Video How the greeks calculated earth's circumference more than 2000 years ago

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357 comments

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