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Video A Norwegian Christmas PSA inspired by Don Bluth Animation

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

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

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Video The genius tricks behind 1920s movie stunts

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r/Damnthatsinteresting 1d ago

Video View of a wind power farm from a flight

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Video A duck was given a 3D-printed foot, and it took its first ever steps.

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r/Damnthatsinteresting 1d ago

The van inscription of king Xerxes the 1st, written on a cliff 70 feet off the ground in trilingual text (old Persian/Elamite and Babylonian).

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r/Damnthatsinteresting 1d ago

Video Tokyo in 1965

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r/Damnthatsinteresting 2m ago

Image The Search History of a Fallen Ukrainian Soldier

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Image Graffito of Esmet-Akhom at the temple of Philae, this represents the latest known inscription in hieroglyphics carved on the 24th August AD 394.

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Image Graffito of Esmet-Akhom at the temple of Philae, this represents the latest known inscription in hieroglyphics carved on the 24th August AD 394.

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r/Damnthatsinteresting 1d ago

Video Agatized Brain Coral I found in Florida

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r/Damnthatsinteresting 2d ago

Image Inside layers of a flight recorder (black box)

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r/Damnthatsinteresting 1d ago

Image A large old growth tree stump with full grown trees growing on top of it

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r/Damnthatsinteresting 2d ago

Video South Pole Station

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r/Damnthatsinteresting 1d ago

Today I learned about the Radium Girls… while measuring a WWII cockpit

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r/Damnthatsinteresting 1d ago

Victorian actress Sarah Bernhardt dressed in full diving suit (the Ocean Empres). The face behind this photo that passed around some years ago. Photo ca. 1880.

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r/Damnthatsinteresting 2d ago

Image The last words of soul music legend Marvin Gaye were: “I got what I wanted…I couldn’t do it myself, so I had him do it.” - Gaye uttered these words to his brother Frankie, moments after his father shot him twice in the chest. Prior to being murdered, Gaye had attempted suicide numerous times.

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r/Damnthatsinteresting 2d ago

Pyrite crystals formed naturally into near-perfect cubes due to their atomic lattice, growing along specific crystal planes that favor right angles - something that looks artificial but is entirely geological.

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r/Damnthatsinteresting 2d ago

Image Falowiec (“The Waveform”) is one of Europe's longest buildings. Gdańsk, Poland.

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r/Damnthatsinteresting 3d ago

Video Japanese researchers at the University of Tsukuba created CirculaFloor, robotic tiles that let you walk infinitely in VR without ever leaving your spot.

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r/Damnthatsinteresting 2d ago

Original Creation Frost Flower Magic

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r/Damnthatsinteresting 2d ago

Video Hollywood legend James Dean died in a car crash at the age of 24 while driving his iconic Porsche 550 Spyder. Contrary to popular belief, the crash was ruled an accident and NOT due to recklessness. He collided with another car at an unsignaled intersection. This is his last interview!

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r/Damnthatsinteresting 3d ago

Image In the 23rd of July 1983, the flight of Air Canada 143 with 69 People on board ran out of fuel at an altitude of 41.000ft.The Pilots managed to glide the plane down safely.The jet had been loaded with 22,300 pounds of jet fuel instead of the required 22,300kg.

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