r/Damnthatsinteresting • u/No-Community- • 2d 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/Rd28T • 2d 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 • 2d 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 • 2d ago

Original Creation Still active - Popocatepetl, Mexico

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r/Damnthatsinteresting • u/redbullgivesyouwings • 2d ago

Original Creation Robbie Maddison's World Record Jumps

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r/Damnthatsinteresting • u/OkaTeluguAbbayi • 2d 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/Outside_Abroad_3516 • 2d ago

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

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r/Damnthatsinteresting • u/Decim_98 • 3d 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 • 3d 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 • 3d ago

Video Fascinating growth made by China!

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r/Damnthatsinteresting • u/Zentront • 3d ago

Image crabeater seal teeth

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r/Damnthatsinteresting • u/CantStopPoppin • 3d ago

Video Breaking open a 47 lbs geode

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r/Damnthatsinteresting • u/Anthexistentialist • 3d 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 • 3d 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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r/Damnthatsinteresting • u/Mizzpiggah • 3d ago

Original Creation current eruption of Kilauea volcanoes national Park Hawaii Island

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r/Damnthatsinteresting • u/redbullgivesyouwings • 3d ago

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

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r/Damnthatsinteresting • u/AncientJeweler2595 • 3d ago

Video Viñales meteorite, fell in Cuba 2019

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r/Damnthatsinteresting • u/rockystl • 3d ago

Image Hibernating Monarch Butterflies - Michoacan, Mexico

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r/Damnthatsinteresting • u/samgarita • 4d ago

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

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

Video Praying mantis defending itself from a snake

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r/Damnthatsinteresting • u/Djkamon • 3d ago

Image Trinity College Library, Dublin.

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r/Damnthatsinteresting • u/ModenaR • 3d ago

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

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r/Damnthatsinteresting • u/guyoffthegrid • 4d 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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