r/Damnthatsinteresting • u/Thispersonthisperson • 4h ago
Video Acrylic painting on an orb that looks like 360° photo, by Daisuke Samejima
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r/Damnthatsinteresting • u/Odd-House3197 • 56m ago
Image During the Victorian era, doctors believed that women suffering from female hysteria needed to release built up nervous energy. A common treatment involved pelvic massage performed by physicians to induce a “hysterical paroxysm,” which is now understood to be an orgasm.
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r/Damnthatsinteresting • u/Electrical-Aspect-13 • 2h ago
in the 1500s Götz Von Berlichingen (aka Iron Hand) had one of the most advanced prosthetic hands of his time. able to be graduate in strenght from holding a quill, playing cards, to grip his own sword. Thanks to the hand he keep fighting until the advance age of 64.
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r/Damnthatsinteresting • u/FullmetalPlatypus • 1h ago
Video They lied...
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r/Damnthatsinteresting • u/guyoffthegrid • 4h ago
Basket starfish have branching arms that they use to capture plankton and other small organisms from ocean currents
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r/Damnthatsinteresting • u/SnooKiwis8540 • 2h ago
Video What tattoo needles look like up close
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r/Damnthatsinteresting • u/Fine_Sea5807 • 5h ago
Image Super Sentai, the Japanese progenitor of Power Rangers, aired on this day in 1975 and has been running uninterrupted for exactly 50 years with 49 different seasons
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r/Damnthatsinteresting • u/No-Community- • 2h ago
Image Patrick Stewart signed the 6 years contract of Star Trek because he thought the show would fail
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r/Damnthatsinteresting • u/jillisonflook • 8h ago
Image Electric eel's zap can transfer genes to nearby animals, study finds
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r/Damnthatsinteresting • u/rapatakaz • 15h ago
Video China is completing the construction of the tallest bridge in the world, which runs through the Grand Huajiang Canyon. The 2,890-meter-long steel suspension bridge rises 625 meters above sea level
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r/Damnthatsinteresting • u/chrisdh79 • 23h 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/ansyhrrian • 15h ago
Video What popping a balloon full of mercury looks like in slow motion
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r/Damnthatsinteresting • u/redbullgivesyouwings • 16h ago
Original Creation Red Bull Flugtag Japan
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r/Damnthatsinteresting • u/Electrical-Aspect-13 • 1d 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/amarchivepub • 20h ago
Video #OnThisDay in 1968- Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. was assassinated
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r/Damnthatsinteresting • u/WeirdOldWorld • 13h ago
Original Creation A photogrammetric 3D model of the megalithic site of Sacsayhuaman in Peru, created by combining thousands of aerial and ground pictures.
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r/Damnthatsinteresting • u/tomis23 • 1d ago
This life-sized F1 car made entirely of Lego blocks
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r/Damnthatsinteresting • u/hat_and_curious • 1d ago
Image Ball point pen tip under microscope
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r/Damnthatsinteresting • u/One_Explanation_908 • 1h ago
Video Maradona warm up. Napoli Campionato
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r/Damnthatsinteresting • u/Electrical-Aspect-13 • 1d 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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