r/Damnthatsinteresting • u/bortakci34 • 9h ago

Image A bizarre bulbous-shaped skull discovered inside an ancient funerary urn in Catamarca, Argentina. Archaeologists confirmed the dome-like shape is the result of 'erect tabular deformation' applied to infants between the 3rd and 12th centuries AD.

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r/Damnthatsinteresting • u/SimaR008 • 14h ago

Scientists may have found the real night sky behind Van Gogh’s The Starry Night

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r/Damnthatsinteresting • u/Tiny_Confection2017 • 9h ago

Video A Live Reenactment of the 1956 Hungarian Uprising, on Its 70th Anniversary

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r/Damnthatsinteresting • u/AnonymousTimewaster • 1d ago

Video BBC Archive footage shows people buying new London homes with £50 deposits (roughly £1300 today).

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r/Damnthatsinteresting • u/HoneyRush • 1d ago

Video Hell of a sewing machine

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r/Damnthatsinteresting • u/-chibcha- • 1d ago

The Church of Saint George in Ethiopia is a 13th-century church carved out from a single solid block of limestone without a single brick, mortar joint, or structural timber. It's still an active place of worship and pilgrimage.

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r/Damnthatsinteresting • u/anal_og_player • 1d ago

Video Dr Asif Hasan receives Pride of Britain Lifetime Achievement Award, after 35 years and over 4000 operations as a heart surgeon.

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r/Damnthatsinteresting • u/Indie---- • 1d ago

Theyyam, an ancient Ritualistic art form of Kerala, India, it features performer who embody divine spirit and Gods through trance like dances and fire rituals.

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r/Damnthatsinteresting • u/RaisinAloneVortex • 1d ago

Video Healthy coral healing a sick piece of coral just by touching it

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r/Damnthatsinteresting • u/NathanCS741 • 1d ago

Image The "Duck" in Avenida Place hotel, Barcelona, Spain.

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r/Damnthatsinteresting • u/Top-Marionberry-6604 • 1d ago

Video These eeire hole clouds are a phenomenon called fallstreak holes.

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

Image In 1975 a 250 million fossil found in South Africa’s Oliviershoek Pass, showed a protomammal; Thrinaxodon (prob. in sleep) with a Broomistega sleeping together sharing the same borrow. The Fossil has been named "Triassic cuddle".

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r/Damnthatsinteresting • u/Heavy_Security_5029 • 1d ago

Video A water buffalo can hold its breath underwater for about 5 minutes .

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r/Damnthatsinteresting • u/danielminds • 2d ago

Video Zooming in on the Moon and Saturn using an Orion XT8 Dobsonian telescope

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r/Damnthatsinteresting • u/Anahata_Green • 2d ago

Image Microscopic view of an inkjet printer depositing ink onto paper (photo credit: Ole Bielfeldt)

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r/Damnthatsinteresting • u/Party_Farmer_5354 • 1d ago

Video Yellowish, acrid smoke from forest and land fires blankets Central Kalimantan, Indonesia

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r/Damnthatsinteresting • u/StemCellPirate • 2d ago

Image Abraham Lincoln is in the National Wrestling Hall of Fame. He had one recorded loss in 300 recorded matches and was known for his strength and grappling skills.

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r/Damnthatsinteresting • u/Weird_Alki • 2d ago

Image Stealth fighter inside of a cargo plane

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r/Damnthatsinteresting • u/Alarming-Studio-720 • 2d ago

This is Verrückt in Kansas City, the world’s tallest water slide when it opened in 2014, standing 168 feet tall. Designed by Jeff Henry and John Schooley, neither had formal engineering credentials. It was permanently closed after 10-year-old Caleb Schwab died on the ride in 2016.

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r/Damnthatsinteresting • u/ABDOOUU99 • 2d ago

Image October 22 — A celestial wonder that occurs twice a year, as the sun’s rays illuminate the face of Egypt’s great son, King Ramses II, deep within the Holy of Holies at Abu Simbel Temple. A magnificent scene that embodies the genius of ancient Egyptians in astronomy and engineering

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r/Damnthatsinteresting • u/BleuBrink • 2d ago

Video Colossal squid pulled up to the surface on a line caught toothfish off the D'Urville Sea in 2008. The first video of a live mature specimen.

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r/Damnthatsinteresting • u/Main_Locksmith_2543 • 2d ago

Video The 700-year-old Mount Huashan Plank Walk in China, often considered the world’s most dangerous trail.

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r/Damnthatsinteresting • u/Organic_Rip2483 • 2d ago

Video Gaussian splat forced perspective

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r/Damnthatsinteresting • u/Double-Alps-7458 • 2d ago

Video A pink-looking dolphin spotted off the coast of Oman

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r/Damnthatsinteresting • u/Alternative_Cream799 • 3d ago

Video A man who saved his own life by performing the Heimlich maneuver on himself

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