r/Damnthatsinteresting 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 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 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 2d ago

Original Creation Still active - Popocatepetl, Mexico

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r/Damnthatsinteresting 2d ago

Original Creation Robbie Maddison's World Record Jumps

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r/Damnthatsinteresting 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 2d ago

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

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r/Damnthatsinteresting 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 3d ago

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

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Video Fascinating growth made by China!

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r/Damnthatsinteresting 3d ago

Image crabeater seal teeth

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r/Damnthatsinteresting 3d ago

Video Breaking open a 47 lbs geode

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r/Damnthatsinteresting 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 3d ago

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

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r/Damnthatsinteresting 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 3d ago

Original Creation current eruption of Kilauea volcanoes national Park Hawaii Island

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r/Damnthatsinteresting 3d ago

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

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Video Viñales meteorite, fell in Cuba 2019

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r/Damnthatsinteresting 3d ago

Image Hibernating Monarch Butterflies - Michoacan, Mexico

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r/Damnthatsinteresting 4d ago

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

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r/Damnthatsinteresting 3d ago

Video Praying mantis defending itself from a snake

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r/Damnthatsinteresting 3d ago

Image Trinity College Library, Dublin.

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r/Damnthatsinteresting 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 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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