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/PeacockPankh • 5h ago

Image Aerial view of Diamond Head, a 500,000-year-old volcanic tuff cone located on the island of O'ahu in Hawaii

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r/Damnthatsinteresting • u/Laksuamet • 3h ago

Video BMW once created a Nürburgring simulator to test the stresses on the front axle on the E39 M5

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r/Damnthatsinteresting • u/Brilliant-Cheek4944 • 2h ago

Image The Science of Flames: Teardrops on Earth, Blobs in zero gravity.

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r/Damnthatsinteresting • u/MambaMentality24x2 • 3h ago

Image A Mexican company turns avocado seeds into fully biodegradable cutlery and straws in 240 days

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r/Damnthatsinteresting • u/tandyman234 • 3h ago

Image Google ad from 1999

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r/Damnthatsinteresting • u/Optimal_Map36 • 14h ago

Video The Malaysian Jewel Centipede and her offspring.

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r/Damnthatsinteresting • u/fan_tas_tic • 7h ago

Image The UK's smallest hotel used to be a public toilet

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r/Damnthatsinteresting • u/PrestigiousPear8223 • 2h ago

Original Creation One of the Rarest ocean phenomenon caught on camera

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r/Damnthatsinteresting • u/Puzzleheaded_Cow3298 • 3h ago

Image In 2002 scientist/teacher Grover Krantz died and donated his body for study at a body farm. His only condition was that he be reunited with his beloved dog Clyde (that'd died years earlier) after the study was complete. Their new home is the Smithsonian.

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r/Damnthatsinteresting • u/HemanHeboy • 21h ago

Video To celebrate the opening of Fantasyland in 2012, Disney flew a giant fire breathing dragon overhead in Magic Kingdom. It was never used again after this day.

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r/Damnthatsinteresting • u/kenistod • 1h ago

Image This dog's head on one bronze panel was worn from constantly being pet over the decades at the World War II Memorial in Washington, DC.

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r/Damnthatsinteresting • u/copitamenstrual • 22h ago

Video How A Christmas Carol (2009) was filmed

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r/Damnthatsinteresting • u/Barry-McKocinue • 13h ago

Video Daft Punk on why they cover their faces

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r/Damnthatsinteresting • u/anikkundu1998 • 2h ago

Video Topology can be very confusing at times

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r/Damnthatsinteresting • u/Suspicious-Slip248 • 16h ago

Video Rare MiG-15 Engine Start-Up shortly after rebuild

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r/Damnthatsinteresting • u/-PlAGUeDoC-49 • 1h ago

Image White-eyed cat

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r/Damnthatsinteresting • u/Jeetchat • 23h ago

Video Paris recreated with computer components

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r/Damnthatsinteresting • u/Suspicious-Slip248 • 5h ago

Image The darede-vil Ormer Locklear stands on the wing of a Curtiss Jenny biplane going about 70 miles an hour in June 1920

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r/Damnthatsinteresting • u/JPPT1974 • 13h ago

Video Automated Solar Panel Cleaning System Which Is Also Powered By What Else--Solar Panel!

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r/Damnthatsinteresting • u/helveticanuu • 1d ago

Video Superman (1948) used animation before CGI was invented.

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r/Damnthatsinteresting • u/UltimateArtist829 • 1d ago

Video A Norwegian Christmas PSA inspired by Don Bluth Animation

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r/Damnthatsinteresting • u/Barry-McKocinue • 1d ago

Video The sights and sounds of this amazing vintage printing machine.

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r/Damnthatsinteresting • u/Dev1412 • 16h ago

Video The genius tricks behind 1920s movie stunts

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r/Damnthatsinteresting • u/D0ML0L1Y401TR4PFURRY • 2h ago

Image In Brazil's Federal District, people with autism have preferential seats, preferential service in lines, and even parking spots

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