r/Damnthatsinteresting • u/CantStopPoppin • 3d ago

Video Breaking open a 47 lbs geode

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700 comments

r/Damnthatsinteresting • u/Anthexistentialist • 2d 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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r/Damnthatsinteresting • u/[deleted] • 3d ago

Image Basketball court within a large natural limestone cave in Guizhou, China

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r/Damnthatsinteresting • u/Correct_Presence_936 • 2d ago

Original Creation I Stacked Thousands of Images of the Crescent Moon Last Night to Reveal the Surface in High Detail.

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26 comments

r/Damnthatsinteresting • u/Mizzpiggah • 2d ago

Original Creation current eruption of Kilauea volcanoes national Park Hawaii Island

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500 Upvotes

8 comments

r/Damnthatsinteresting • u/redbullgivesyouwings • 2d ago

Original Creation Daniel Tschofenig Explaining How He Trained To Become World Cup Winner

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r/Damnthatsinteresting • u/Key-Fox3923 • 7h ago

Image This woman gave birth to 69 children Valentina Vassilyev (1707 – 1782)

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r/Damnthatsinteresting • u/AncientJeweler2595 • 3d ago

Video Viñales meteorite, fell in Cuba 2019

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49 comments

r/Damnthatsinteresting • u/rockystl • 2d ago

Image Hibernating Monarch Butterflies - Michoacan, Mexico

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7 comments

r/Damnthatsinteresting • u/samgarita • 3d ago

Image Break room inside the Kittilä mine, Finland, almost 1000 Meters (3000ft) underground.

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185 comments

r/Damnthatsinteresting • u/1632hub • 3d ago

Video Praying mantis defending itself from a snake

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429 comments

r/Damnthatsinteresting • u/Djkamon • 3d ago

Image Trinity College Library, Dublin.

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32 comments

r/Damnthatsinteresting • u/ModenaR • 3d ago

Image Benito Mussolini's 1903 mugshot. He was arrested in Switzerland for supporting a violent general strike

715 Upvotes

56 comments

r/Damnthatsinteresting • u/guyoffthegrid • 3d ago

Image The wooly devil is the first new genus and species of plant discovered in a U.S. national park for nearly 50 years

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69 comments

r/Damnthatsinteresting • u/Electrical-Aspect-13 • 3d ago

Image One of the early solutions for the capacity problem of pistols was the Harmonicaone which holded rounds in a long strip with a barrel each, which slided manually for each shot. Model of 1850, Jarre 10-Shot Pinfire. Source in comments

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r/Damnthatsinteresting • u/NihilisticMacaron • 3d ago

Original Creation Beautiful, Devastating Ice Storm, Elmira, MI -4/1/2025

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12 comments

r/Damnthatsinteresting • u/Electrical-Aspect-13 • 3d ago

Image Dr. Clark’s Spinal Apparatus, circa 1878, To solve the problem of scoliosis while giving movement for the patient.

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30 comments

r/Damnthatsinteresting • u/Busy_Yesterday9455 • 3d ago

Image Space debris surrounding Earth

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124 comments

r/Damnthatsinteresting • u/DearEmphasis4488 • 3d ago

Video Male birds attracting female birds

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5.2k Upvotes

108 comments

r/Damnthatsinteresting • u/Amaruq93 • 3d ago

Image The earliest map drawn by J.R.R. Tolkien for the Shire in "The Hobbit" (1937). He drew maps first before actually writing the story, developing the plot around them.

973 Upvotes

33 comments

r/Damnthatsinteresting • u/whizzyapper • 4d ago

Video how cheating dice work

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462 comments

r/Damnthatsinteresting • u/redbullgivesyouwings • 3d ago

Original Creation Noé Roth's Training To Become World Champion

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3.4k Upvotes

17 comments

r/Damnthatsinteresting • u/bigmeat • 4d ago

Image 3,000-year-old ornate dagger found on Poland’s Baltic coast

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57 comments

r/Damnthatsinteresting • u/dradrado • 3d ago

Original Creation Robot dancing

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419 Upvotes

36 comments

r/Damnthatsinteresting • u/MaruiKhy • 3d ago

Video April Fool Report Broadcast from 1957 BBC show

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