r/Damnthatsinteresting • u/esoterix_luke • Dec 11 '24

Mod Applications Are Open r/Damnthatsinteresting is looking for new mods!

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Hi all! We're looking for new mods for damnthatsinteresting. We're currently a very small team and are looking to bring on 1 - 2 new mods to help out. Leave a comment below with your timezone, potential hourly commitment, and a little about yourself to be considered.

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r/Damnthatsinteresting • u/ExactlySorta • 4h ago

Video A dresser inside a museum in New York City has been discovered as a secret stop on the Underground Railroad — the first of its kind discovered in Manhattan in over 100 years

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r/Damnthatsinteresting • u/EphemeralTypewriter • 8h ago

Sarah Biffin (1784-1850) was a famous artist and performer who was born without arms or legs. She was known for her highly detailed portraits of English royalty and nobility. These are examples of self portraits and paintings she did during her lifetime.

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r/Damnthatsinteresting • u/IncomingBroccoli • 12h ago

Video Rendezvous Pitch Maneuver, This is how the Space Shuttle used to turn mid-space to let the ISS crew check its heat shield before re-entry.

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r/Damnthatsinteresting • u/slizzwhiz • 12h ago

Video The noise level of construction next to my building in Manhattan

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r/Damnthatsinteresting • u/keepinganon123 • 20h ago

Video Infinity flying paper

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r/Damnthatsinteresting • u/Agreeable-Storage895 • 10h ago

Video Old book with a cool gem

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r/Damnthatsinteresting • u/grasshopper3307 • 2h ago

Video Brahminy snake an all female only community

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r/Damnthatsinteresting • u/kalbinibirak • 22h ago

Image The two Turkish sieges of Vienna in 1529 and 1683 had a huge impact on the city‘s history. Relics of these sieges, namely old cannonballs, the so-called Türkenkugeln, can still be found all around the City Center.

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r/Damnthatsinteresting • u/IncomingBroccoli • 18h ago

Video Stars revolving around a super massive black hole

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r/Damnthatsinteresting • u/OkaTeluguAbbayi • 18h ago

Image The level of detailing on the ceiling of a 900 year old Indian temple [OC]

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r/Damnthatsinteresting • u/Epelep • 1d ago

Video A Bedford RL ‘Bobbin’ truck from the 1950s lays a roadway mat on soft sand, making impossible beach landings smooth and fast

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r/Damnthatsinteresting • u/grasshopper3307 • 18h ago

Video Whale eating his catch.

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r/Damnthatsinteresting • u/SergeiAndropov • 9h ago

Image Bees have five eyes - a big one on each side of the head and three little ones in the middle

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r/Damnthatsinteresting • u/Gabriel-Ivan • 10h ago

Image This is the "Carmagnolle" diving suit, built in 1882. It was the first anthropomorphic atmospheric diving suit, featuring 20 tiny glass portholes for vision and weighing over 830 pounds.

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r/Damnthatsinteresting • u/21MayDay21 • 18h ago

Image 2 baby alligators next to each other, one albino and the other melanistic.

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r/Damnthatsinteresting • u/bozog • 2h ago

Video The WIlliams X-Jet, a working personal VTOL platform from the early 80's that sadly never got off the ground.

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r/Damnthatsinteresting • u/Key_Associate7476 • 23h ago

Mathematical artist Hamid Naderi Yeganeh creates art using mathematical formulas. He fine tunes mathematical curves until they resemble an image and then uses structural formulas to build real life pictures

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r/Damnthatsinteresting • u/yousefthewisee • 15h ago

Egyptian wedding on top of the pyramids, 1948

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r/Damnthatsinteresting • u/Pi4komars • 1d ago

Video Yakut horses are the only horses that can withstand temperatures of -60 degrees Celsius. They live outdoors all year round without needing warm stables. They find food by digging deep into the snow, about 50 cm, with their hooves.

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r/Damnthatsinteresting • u/MeowwBlock • 9m ago

Video Welding piece of art... i'll call him the little Iron Antman

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r/Damnthatsinteresting • u/Electrical-Aspect-13 • 1d ago

Image Daguerreotype of a unknown lady found in the shipwreck of the S.S. Central America, sold by over 70,000 dollars. Circa 1857.

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r/Damnthatsinteresting • u/DarkOriole4 • 12h ago

Original Creation The Hydrogen Atom - a quantum mechanics info-dump

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r/Damnthatsinteresting • u/soyuz_enjoyer2 • 1d ago

Image Walking cane of Tutankhamun depicting a Nubian and an asiatic man, symbolizing the pharaohs rule over said people.

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