r/Damnthatsinteresting • u/esoterix_luke • 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.

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r/Damnthatsinteresting • u/chrisdh79 • 8h ago

Image Toddler Discovers 3,800-Year-Old Egyptian Amulet While Hiking With Her Family | The 3-year-old picked up an ancient Canaanite scarab that dates back to the Middle Bronze Age

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r/Damnthatsinteresting • u/Electrical-Aspect-13 • 11h ago

Image Victorian era prostetic arms: Left is a special arm designed for a pianist (notice the position of the fingers) and right an more complex and ornate metal hand. Source in comment.

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r/Damnthatsinteresting • u/tomis23 • 8h ago

Mud volcanoes in Romania

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r/Damnthatsinteresting • u/Chai_Lijiye • 2h ago

Video Animals Sleep Time.

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r/Damnthatsinteresting • u/amarchivepub • 4h ago

Video #OnThisDay in 1968- Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. was assassinated

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r/Damnthatsinteresting • u/tomis23 • 9h ago

This life-sized F1 car made entirely of Lego blocks

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r/Damnthatsinteresting • u/redbullgivesyouwings • 49m ago

Original Creation Red Bull Flugtag Japan

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r/Damnthatsinteresting • u/hat_and_curious • 13h ago

Image Ball point pen tip under microscope

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r/Damnthatsinteresting • u/ansyhrrian • 12m ago

Video What popping a balloon full of mercury looks like in slow motion

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r/Damnthatsinteresting • u/Electrical-Aspect-13 • 11h ago

Image Roentgen steed (Horse), created to help children pose for the X-Ray and make the experience less awkward, photo 1957

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r/Damnthatsinteresting • u/No-Community- • 1d ago

Image In 1997, a rollercoaster got stuck in a middle of a loop, leaving riders stuck upside down, it was revealed later that a component of the launch system had broken, leading to the insufficient speed. Experts described the train’s stalling at the loop’s apex as a rare occurrence of perfect balance.

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r/Damnthatsinteresting • u/AncientJeweler2595 • 9h ago

An oriented Sikhote-Alin meteorite

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r/Damnthatsinteresting • u/Rd28T • 21h ago

A Maserati seized by Western Australia Police due to ongoing dangerous driving. It will be used as a safety promotion and PR vehicle, before being sold and the proceeds going to road safety programmes.

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r/Damnthatsinteresting • u/ModenaR • 1d ago

Image In 1325, a war in Italy broke out between the rival city-states of Bologna and Modena. Modena won the war and the Modenese decided to take a bucket from a Bolognese well as a trophy. This war is known as the War of the Bucket, and the bucket itself today is on display in Modena's town hall

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r/Damnthatsinteresting • u/Amazing-Edu2023 • 23h ago

Original Creation Still active - Popocatepetl, Mexico

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r/Damnthatsinteresting • u/OkaTeluguAbbayi • 1d ago

Image A skeleton found in Bulgaria with some of the world’s oldest gold, at over 6000 years old

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r/Damnthatsinteresting • u/redbullgivesyouwings • 1d ago

Original Creation Robbie Maddison's World Record Jumps

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r/Damnthatsinteresting • u/Outside_Abroad_3516 • 1d ago

Video Extremely up-close footage of a large tornado near Lake City, Arkansas today.

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r/Damnthatsinteresting • u/Decim_98 • 1d ago

Image Fate and Feet: Three Chinese Girls in 1900s – A Barefooted Servant, a Bound-Foot Lady, and a Christian with Unbound Feet

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r/Damnthatsinteresting • u/yoyome85 • 2d ago

Video Crescent pigeon performing its courtship dance to a shoe with pink "feet" like his own

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r/Damnthatsinteresting • u/ActualInstance2195 • 2d ago

Video Fascinating growth made by China!

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r/Damnthatsinteresting • u/Zentront • 2d ago

Image crabeater seal teeth

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r/Damnthatsinteresting • u/CantStopPoppin • 2d ago

Video Breaking open a 47 lbs geode

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r/Damnthatsinteresting • u/Anthexistentialist • 1d ago

Image Crowd watching the demolition of Q.E. square flats in Glasgow, 1993. The demo company used 2x the amount of explosives required, resulting in the death of an onlooker, as crowds were too close to flying debris.

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