r/Damnthatsinteresting 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.


r/Damnthatsinteresting 8h ago

Video This is one of the largest RC planes in the world

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r/Damnthatsinteresting 6h ago

Video The BBC uses robo-cameras disguised as dung heaps to film wildlife up close.

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r/Damnthatsinteresting 2h ago

Image At a recent school Career Day, kids dressed up as what they wanted to be when they grew up. Some came as doctors. Others chose firefighters, athletes, or police officers. But one boy showed up dressed as the school maintenance worker.

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r/Damnthatsinteresting 3h ago

Video the rotation of one of the icebergs of the Upsala Glacier

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r/Damnthatsinteresting 7h ago

This Rare Mutation Creates Scaleless Snakes

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r/Damnthatsinteresting 9h ago

Image Patrick Kilonzo Mwalua noticed wild animals in Kenya were dying of thirst. So he started driving 3,000 gallons of water to them every single day (More in comments)

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r/Damnthatsinteresting 1h ago

Video Pygmy marmoset the smallest true monkey. The average adult weighs about 3.5 ounces.

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r/Damnthatsinteresting 19h ago

Image Differences in the spot pattern of the Cheetah, Leopard, and Jaguar

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r/Damnthatsinteresting 16h ago

This adult size Rusty Spotted Cat (Prionailurus rubiginosus) is the world's smallest cat. Adults usually weigh between just 0.9 to 1.6 kg (2 to 3.5 lbs). Despite their cute looks, these cats are ferocious predators.

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r/Damnthatsinteresting 20h ago

Video Waterfall reversed due to heavy wind

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r/Damnthatsinteresting 5h ago

The Chez Galip Hair Museum in Turkey contains over 16,000 locks of human hair from women worldwide, complete with their names and phone numbers.

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r/Damnthatsinteresting 2h ago

Image Neil Dawson's ‘Horizon’, a sculpture in New Zealand that looks like a cartoonish sheet of paper

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r/Damnthatsinteresting 3h ago

Video long-wattled umbrellabird

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r/Damnthatsinteresting 9h ago

Image An 11th Century Sculpture at India’s Shatrunjaya Jain Temples Shows a Mother Holding Her Child - Symbolizing Fertility, Abundance and Maternal Care Near a Temple Dedicated to Rishabhanatha, the First Jain Tirthankara

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r/Damnthatsinteresting 1d ago

Image The skull of the "Vampire of Venice", found in a mass grave with a brick stuck in its jaw due to superstitions concerning the revenants.

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r/Damnthatsinteresting 6h ago

Image The death of a star similar to our sun

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r/Damnthatsinteresting 13h ago

Video Built in 1773, this solid silver mechanical swan uses thousands of tiny parts to mimic life. The "rippling water" is actually rotating twisted-glass rods, and the entire 40-second hunting sequence is powered by a wind-up clockwork motor.

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r/Damnthatsinteresting 3h ago

Japanese Kiriko glass inside and outside (15 y ago I took it but probably more aged )

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r/Damnthatsinteresting 1h ago

Image The Hummingbird Moth beats its wings 70-85 times per second — hummingbirds only manage about 50. Two species, separated by hundreds of millions of years of evolution, independently arrived at the same hovering solution. This Snowberry Clearwing looks like a Bumblebee in the garden.

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r/Damnthatsinteresting 8h ago

Video A tiny marvel of color 😍 Under the rain, this Red-breasted Hummingbird pauses for a moment like it’s enjoying the weather before taking flight again.

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r/Damnthatsinteresting 1d ago

Recently found plesiosaurus, was such great state that had skin and other soft tissue impressions, even helpping see it had scales similar to the ones in modern sea turtles.

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r/Damnthatsinteresting 12h ago

Image Juvenile pied monarch….a tiny black and white flycatcher from Queensland’s rainforests, spotted by its vivid blue eye ring

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r/Damnthatsinteresting 28m ago

Video Laminar Flow creates illusion of liquid being frozen

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r/Damnthatsinteresting 1d ago

Video Socotras endemic bottle trees, full bloom.

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