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/NotBradPitt9 • 2h ago

Video Parts of Tehran’s sewer system in flames as oil flows into them after US|ISR strikes on the main oil depots

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r/Damnthatsinteresting • u/21MayDay21 • 3h ago

Video Kids at Edinburgh Children's Hospital Charity painted pebbles for the penguins to choose from and give them to their mates.

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r/Damnthatsinteresting • u/iminiki • 3h ago

After last night’s attack on Tehran’s oil depots, it’s now raining oily residue that’s covering everything.

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r/Damnthatsinteresting • u/gabigorp • 13h ago

Image The sharp dividing line between a lush forest and the white sand dunes of Lençóis Maranhenses, Brazil.

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r/Damnthatsinteresting • u/Sad-Kiwi-3789 • 15h ago

Turkish artist, Ugur Gallenkus merges two opposite realities into one powerful image

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r/Damnthatsinteresting • u/Worried-Owl-9198 • 13h ago

Image Skull of Arsinoitherium zitteli, discovered in Egypt in 1902. Dating back to the Late Eocene (36-30 Ma)

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r/Damnthatsinteresting • u/TheWraf • 18h ago

Image Did you know that the French aircraft carrier Charles de Gaulle has its own bakery on board that produces 2,000 baguettes a day? 🥖🇫🇷

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r/Damnthatsinteresting • u/ciao-adios • 18h ago

Image First time researchers have directly observed electrical discharges (coronae) flickering from tree leaves in the wild during thunderstorms, confirming it after 100 years of theory

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r/Damnthatsinteresting • u/dannybluey • 18h ago

Video Video shows a tornado in Union city, Michagan forming, intensifying, and then destroying everything in its path.

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r/Damnthatsinteresting • u/WhereIsHisRidgedBand • 8h ago

Video Shao Ziyan is the youngest licensed racing driver in China. He played his first simulators at the age of 1, started driving karts at 2 years and 8 months old, and officially participated in professional rally events at the age of 4. He is rank #27 among over 10,000 players of DiRT Rally 2.0

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r/Damnthatsinteresting • u/IamASlut_soWhat • 21h ago

Video About 20% of lizard species give birth to live young instead of laying eggs,

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r/Damnthatsinteresting • u/relaxncoffee • 17h ago

Image Wrocław in Poland has hundreds of tiny bronze dwarfs hidden all over the city.

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r/Damnthatsinteresting • u/Sxzym • 1h ago

Video Mining Coal Hundreds of Feet Below

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r/Damnthatsinteresting • u/Solid_Maintenance_28 • 14h ago

Video Real world multiplayer Online-RC convoy

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r/Damnthatsinteresting • u/NotBradPitt9 • 2h ago

Image Thick smoke still lingers over Tehran due to US-ISR strikes several hours ago.

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r/Damnthatsinteresting • u/Obvious_808 • 4h ago

Image Henry was the largest elephant ever recorded. At the shoulder, he stood 13 feet tall and weighed roughly 24,000 pounds.

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r/Damnthatsinteresting • u/Advanced-Bug-1962 • 19h ago

Video Hill Climb Final Boss

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r/Damnthatsinteresting • u/Altruistic_Flight411 • 4h ago

Video The Golden Tortoise Beetle (Aspidimorpha sanctaecrucis)

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r/Damnthatsinteresting • u/MrRuck1 • 12h ago

Image Lots of keys. There were sent to the Federal Reserve Board in 1982. The farmers were protesting the high interest rate rates. Saying they were losing the keys to their farms. Found these in my dad’s basement after all these years.

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r/Damnthatsinteresting • u/Altruistic_Flight411 • 3h ago

Video Cuttlefish looks like it has a human face

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r/Damnthatsinteresting • u/Burning_Sapphire1 • 14h ago

Human ashes under a microscope. (Credit in comments)

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r/Damnthatsinteresting • u/Orw_Sairaj29 • 1d ago

Video How traditional Chinese water-lifting device known as the 'Xijun Shuihu' works. Uses nothing but balance and gravity to lift water with ease.

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r/Damnthatsinteresting • u/mallube2 • 33m ago

Image You’re looking at a fossilized dinosaur nest from the Late Cretaceous period frozen in time for 75 million years. The careful arrangement reveals sophisticated nesting behavior, showing that some dinosaurs guarded their clutches much like birds do today.

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r/Damnthatsinteresting • u/Sxzym • 8h ago

Video Crew's Playing Cricket Inside a Cargo Ship

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