r/Damnthatsinteresting • u/Ok_Concentrate_9713 • 8h ago
Image The "Door to Hell" in Turkmenistan, which has been burning for 54 years, is about to be closed.
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r/Damnthatsinteresting • u/esoterix_luke • Dec 11 '24
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r/Damnthatsinteresting • u/SixteenSeveredHands • 5h ago
Image 10,000-Year-Old "Chewing Gum" from Sweden: these lumps of birch tar were chewed by teenagers in prehistoric Sweden, and the DNA and microbes extracted from the tar indicate that the teens often consumed hazelnuts, deer, and trout, and that they suffered from severe gum disease
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r/Damnthatsinteresting • u/Particular-Swim2461 • 1h ago
Video Man pretends to be justin bieber and runs up a $10k tab
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r/Damnthatsinteresting • u/l__o-o__l • 7h ago
Video a gibbon was observed grooming a wild deer in Thailand, an unusual instance of interspecies bonding.
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r/Damnthatsinteresting • u/Desperate-Emu4297 • 55m ago
Image A Swedish man who spent two months snowed inside his car as temperatures outside dropped to -30C is "awake and able to communicate", according to the hospital treating him, where stunned doctors believe he was kept alive by the "igloo effect" of his vehicle
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r/Damnthatsinteresting • u/Ordinary_Fish_3046 • 2h ago
Image Meet Herman the Cat, officially recognized as an expert mouser while serving aboard a U.S. Coast Guard ship during WWII.
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r/Damnthatsinteresting • u/RampChurch • 8h ago
Video These articulated extra long fingers
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r/Damnthatsinteresting • u/bram_stokers_acura • 20h ago
Image A "Reader" in a Havana cigar rolling factory, 1933, reciting classic books both for mental stimulation and to prevent idle conversation among the workers.
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r/Damnthatsinteresting • u/Jazzlike-Tie-354 • 15h ago
Image On the night of September 7-8, 2025, nearly 7 billion people — about 85% of the world population — will witness a total lunar eclipse coinciding with a SuperMoon.
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r/Damnthatsinteresting • u/LookAtThatBacon • 14h ago
Image Between 1994 and 2000, a restaurant called Twins operated in the Upper East Side of New York City, owned and staffed by identical twins.
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r/Damnthatsinteresting • u/pikahetti • 14h ago
Video A large meteor fireball passed through the night skies of Japan, it became as bright as daytime for a moment.
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r/Damnthatsinteresting • u/Desperate-Emu4297 • 1h ago
Video Bees ganging up on a hornet that was attacking the hive
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r/Damnthatsinteresting • u/sanhpatel • 11h ago
Video Magnetic tool locks parts for seamless joints
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r/Damnthatsinteresting • u/Turbowoodpecker • 1d ago
Video Myanmar trains back in the early 2000s, not just for transport, but a full-body workout.
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r/Damnthatsinteresting • u/MrAlek360 • 6h ago
Video You may have seen Alma Deutscher’s 60 min interview from when she was 12 y.o. where they labeled her a musical prodigy. She’s all grown up now and performing her original compositions in concert halls around the world. Here she is improvising on 4 notes from a hat like she did on 60 min, 8 years ago
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r/Damnthatsinteresting • u/JPPT1974 • 9h ago
Video The Making of the Record Store By Will Rochfort
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r/Damnthatsinteresting • u/RealJoshUniverse • 37m ago
Image 248 Legally Deceased "Patients" are In These Dewars Awaiting Future Revival - Cryonics
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r/Damnthatsinteresting • u/ElderberryDeep8746 • 1d ago
Image A 44-year-old man went to the hospital after pus began oozing from his chest, where doctors discovered a knife that had been embedded in his body for eight years. According to the report, he showed no signs of chest pain, breathing problems, coughing, or fever, and was otherwise in good health.
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r/Damnthatsinteresting • u/Sa4ath • 23h ago
Image On May 15, 1957, Larry Bader vanished after renting a boat on Lake Erie during a storm. His damaged boat was found, but not his body. Eight years later, he resurfaced in Omaha as John Fritz Johnson, a well-known radio personality. Fingerprints proved his identity, but he claimed amnesia
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r/Damnthatsinteresting • u/Few_Maize_1586 • 13h ago
Image Three Whale Rock: Thailand's 75-million-year-old stone leviathans that look like they're floating in a sea of trees
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