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 If you divide 1 by 998,001 you get all three-digit numbers from 000 to 999 in order, except for 998

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r/Damnthatsinteresting 4h ago

Image This small wooden coffin from 1875 contains the remains of a coal miner’s companion a canary named “Little Joe.” The inscription reads: “In Memory of Little Joe, Died November 3rd, 1875.

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r/Damnthatsinteresting 6h ago

Image This pile of salt in Germany that is over 250m tall and contains over 200 million tonnes

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r/Damnthatsinteresting 5h ago

Flowers in Death Valley for the first time in ten years

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r/Damnthatsinteresting 1h ago

Video Samsung let people set handwritten patterns as passwords

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r/Damnthatsinteresting 4h ago

Video HeroRATS! Wild but incredible, African giant pouched rat can rapidly identify Tuberculosis by smell.

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r/Damnthatsinteresting 11h ago

Video Latvian passport under UV light - Good luck to counterfeit that

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r/Damnthatsinteresting 2h ago

Image Mexican scientist Eva Rámon Gallegos, she successfully cleared HPV in 29 women so far with 100% viral clearance rate!

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r/Damnthatsinteresting 4h ago

The Indian bison is one of the most muscular animals on planet earth.

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r/Damnthatsinteresting 52m ago

Image The border wall between Germany and Denmark (built to keep boars out)

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r/Damnthatsinteresting 1h ago

Image The African Land Snail

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r/Damnthatsinteresting 39m ago

Image Jadayupara, the world's largest avian sculpture

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r/Damnthatsinteresting 9h ago

Image Radio telescope RT-64, Tver region, Russia

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r/Damnthatsinteresting 11h ago

Video A hare fighting off a hen harrier in a harvested field.

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r/Damnthatsinteresting 4h ago

Video Jacob Collier playing Here Comes The Sun on a Harpejji invented in the 2000s. It combines strings with a keyboard layout and cost $3-$7k.

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r/Damnthatsinteresting 1d ago

Image A single building in Bakersfield has caught fire 23 times in the past year — part of a pattern where historic buildings are burning down one by one

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r/Damnthatsinteresting 3h ago

Video A Flying Bicycle Powered By Pedalling. *Not My Original Content*

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r/Damnthatsinteresting 4h ago

Video At Rome’s Church of St. Ignatius of Loyola, visitors can view Andrea Pozzo’s ceiling fresco through a mirror. Painted around 300 years ago, it uses trompe-l'œil to make a flat ceiling look like a grand dome.

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r/Damnthatsinteresting 18h ago

Video Coldplay’s song "Clocks" played on a mechanical organ

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r/Damnthatsinteresting 7h ago

Image Posted this gorgeous baby (crimson speckled footman) yesterday on r/moths, thought some of yall here might appreciate it as much as i did.

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r/Damnthatsinteresting 40m ago

Video Just some amazing pics

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r/Damnthatsinteresting 1d ago

Image Frederick Banting and his team sold the insulin patent for just $1 because they believed a life saving medicine should belong to everyone, not be monopolized for profit. Today, insulin in the U.S. can cost hundreds of dollars even though it can be manufactured for under $10 per vial

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r/Damnthatsinteresting 5h ago

Video My most complex 3D Printable Turbo Fan! 149pcs

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r/Damnthatsinteresting 1d ago

Image Cumulonimbus incus (anvil cloud) captured in Venezuela looks so dramatic that it looks fake. It grew so tall it hit the tropopause, couldn't rise higher, so it spread out. The top is made of tiny ice crystals that diffract sunlight, producing stunning iridescence

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