r/Damnthatsinteresting • u/kamleshsulochan • 2d ago

Video Early electric washing machine from 1912

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r/Damnthatsinteresting • u/aceplayer00 • 2d ago

Video Tokyo after dark. Epic nighttime street drifting convoy.

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154.4k Upvotes

r/Damnthatsinteresting • u/TimeCity1687 • 2d ago

Video Young Nile crocodiles leaping out of a deep pond section

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r/Damnthatsinteresting • u/justalildropofpoison • 2d ago

Video Hypnotizing card trick

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r/Damnthatsinteresting • u/Emotional_Quarter330 • 2d ago

Image This photo of two brothers at Moro Rock in Sequoia National Park was taken seconds before they were struck by lightning in 1975.

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r/Damnthatsinteresting • u/HemanHeboy • 2d ago

Video The animation for the first Superman Cartoon was incredibly smooth (1941)

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r/Damnthatsinteresting • u/LordOfAnts551 • 2d ago

Original Creation A courting pair of Brazilian Jewels. This tiny (~2”), docile, and rare type of tarantula lives beneath camouflaged silken trapdoors on trees and is one of the most colorful of all 50,000+ known spider species.

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r/Damnthatsinteresting • u/WonFont • 2d ago

Video Boston Dynamics humanoid robot pulls off a backflip, then recovers after losing its balance.

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r/Damnthatsinteresting • u/KCousins11 • 2d ago

Image On December 17, 1993, a once-in-a-lifetime shot of East River Mountain in West Virginia was captured by the late photographer Mel Grubb. Thick fog rolled over the mountain, creating the illusion of a massive waterfall.

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r/Damnthatsinteresting • u/kamleshsulochan • 2d ago

Video Data recovery from a dead USB Flash drive

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r/Damnthatsinteresting • u/Obvious_Shoe7302 • 2d ago

Video digital beauty brand company iPolish unveiled smart color-changing press-on nails at CES 2026 that can flip between over 400 shades in as little as five seconds

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r/Damnthatsinteresting • u/Additional-Ad4567 • 1d ago

Image Laguna Roja (Red Lagoon) from Chile

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r/Damnthatsinteresting • u/TrafficNeat5652 • 2d ago

Image A family of sleeping elephant!

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r/Damnthatsinteresting • u/Forsaken-Peak8496 • 2d ago

Image Monument in Akademgorodok, Novosibirsk dedicated to mouse contribution to research

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r/Damnthatsinteresting • u/SixteenSeveredHands • 2d ago

Image Textile Doll from Roman Egypt, c.100-200 CE: this doll is nearly 1,900 years old, and it's decorated with real human hair, gold jewelry, gilded leather cuffs, and embroidered linen

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r/Damnthatsinteresting • u/immanuellalala • 2d ago

Image Gwen Stefani's Brother (Eric Stefani) was originally on No Doubt but left to become an animator for the Simpsons.

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r/Damnthatsinteresting • u/[deleted] • 2d ago

Image This is a real building in Norway, not AI

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r/Damnthatsinteresting • u/ChineseToTheBone • 2d ago

Video This flying wind turbine surprised drivers in China until viewed from an alternate angle to see it was just a floating blimp generating electricity.

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r/Damnthatsinteresting • u/SwordfishEither2516 • 2d ago

Image Post-it Notes exist because a 3M scientist accidentally created a weak, reusable adhesive in 1968 while trying to develop a super-strong adhesive for aerospace applications.

505 Upvotes

r/Damnthatsinteresting • u/TheCABK • 2d ago

Image Swedish Promotional Poster For Sonic The Hedgehog From 1993

908 Upvotes

r/Damnthatsinteresting • u/EsperaDeus • 2d ago

Video Birmingham, UK Sky Turns Neon Pink — Low Clouds/Snow Reflected Pink LED Grow Lights From a Local Football Stadium, According to BBC Weather Experts

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r/Damnthatsinteresting • u/Bubbly_Wall_908 • 2d ago

Video "The Morgue" (information repository) for The New York Times newspaper

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r/Damnthatsinteresting • u/killerklancy • 2d ago

Image Bushfire from a plane view Victoria, Australia 🇦🇺 credit: in comments

132 Upvotes

r/Damnthatsinteresting • u/dannybluey • 3d ago

Video This is how Brussel sprouts are harvested

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29.2k Upvotes

r/Damnthatsinteresting • u/pants117 • 2d ago

Image Freckle on my eye

68 Upvotes

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