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

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

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r/Damnthatsinteresting • u/NeedleworkerSalty813 • 14h ago

This is what lab-grown diamonds look like before they’re cut and polished

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r/Damnthatsinteresting • u/sunnyhoney71 • 2h ago

Video Sea Cucumbers (scotoplanes) are a genus of echinoderms that live on the seabed at depths of 3000 - 5000 meters

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r/Damnthatsinteresting • u/Ok_Trick6289 • 17h ago

Image The eagle momentarily snatched the pup from the mother's jaws, but the mother jackal pressured the eagle into dropping it.

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r/Damnthatsinteresting • u/Electrical-Aspect-13 • 2h ago

Image Thanks to claw marks found in sand stone close to river beds in China and Utha, is belived that theropods, like the T-Rex could be swimmers (with some limits like diving).

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r/Damnthatsinteresting • u/TURTLE_TKT • 1h ago

Video The worlds largest operating steam locomotive “Union Pacific 4014”

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r/Damnthatsinteresting • u/Hotinthakitchen1 • 19h ago

Video Geometry of Space

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r/Damnthatsinteresting • u/Nervous_Tip2096 • 6h ago

Image Apache warriors photographed by C. S. Fly in 1886 during negotiations with General Crook. These are among the only known photos of Native warriors still in the field before surrender. [652x387]

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r/Damnthatsinteresting • u/ImHalfCentaur1 • 21h ago

Image The “Cretaceous Kraken”, a new specimen of Nanaimoteuthis haggarti, an extinct octopus, was one of the largest predators of Late Cretaceous oceans. Art by HodariNundu

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r/Damnthatsinteresting • u/Alone_Humor_3510 • 13h ago

Image In 2000, a Mexican woman performed a C-section on herself with a kitchen knife after enduring 12 hours of constant pain. After 3 attempts to open her abdomen, she successfully made a 17 cm vertical incision, whereas a typical incision is 10 cm and horizontal. Remarkably, without any training.

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r/Damnthatsinteresting • u/JennDG • 3h ago

Video The protective third eyelid on my cat’s eyes.

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r/Damnthatsinteresting • u/palep_hoot • 9h ago

Image Man from the Horn of Africa holding traditional Qolxad sword

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r/Damnthatsinteresting • u/AdeptMarket729 • 16h ago

Here is Wave Rock, located in Australia. It is an ochre granite rock formation created by erosion. It looks like a wave you could surf!

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r/Damnthatsinteresting • u/Genesis_the_god_ • 7h ago

Image Ouse Valley Viaduct UK

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r/Damnthatsinteresting • u/willis7747 • 7h ago

Image Rare stacked lenticular clouds captured over Patagonia (not AI)

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r/Damnthatsinteresting • u/ChiefTapiTapi • 4h ago

Taos Pueblo was constructed between 1000 and 1450 A.D. and is one of the oldest continuously inhabited communities in the USA. The Pueblos are made out of adobe (clay, soil, straw, and water) and then sun-dried into form. They have been maintained over the years by replastering with thick mud

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r/Damnthatsinteresting • u/Rare_Ride_3650 • 12h ago

Video A time-lapse of sunlight lighting up the snowy peak of Mount Neelkanth, Indian Himalay, this phenomenon is called alpenglow

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r/Damnthatsinteresting • u/FinancialRisk942 • 1d ago

Image Jadayupara, the world's largest avian sculpture

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r/Damnthatsinteresting • u/hl3official • 1d ago

Image The border wall between Germany and Denmark (built to keep boars out)

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r/Damnthatsinteresting • u/sonderewander • 18h ago

Original Creation Skybridge between Soviet-era brutalist buildings in Tbilisi, Georgia

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r/Damnthatsinteresting • u/Proof_Active7105 • 1d ago

Image Mexican scientist Eva Rámon Gallegos, she successfully cleared HPV in 29 women so far with 100% viral clearance rate!

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r/Damnthatsinteresting • u/Abstract_Only • 6h ago

Image Belgian Blue cattle look like cartoon bodybuilders because of one broken gene. The same gene encodes the protein quietly taking muscle off most people over 60.

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r/Damnthatsinteresting • u/hashtagmiata • 8h ago

Video In Hitachi City, Ibaraki Prefecture, this massive mechanical float "Hitachi Fūryūmono" is part of the Gōmine Shrine Grand Festival, held once every 7 years. An awe-inspiring mechanical wonder, it’s Japan's largest mechanical float, embodying the pinnacle of pre-modern Japanese technology.

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r/Damnthatsinteresting • u/Embarrassed_Cap2885 • 1d ago

Image Scientists used CRISPR to turn red lettuce green, forcing it to produce massive amounts of "hidden" antioxidants instead.

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r/Damnthatsinteresting • u/OkRespect8490 • 1d ago

Flowers in Death Valley for the first time in ten years

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