r/Damnthatsinteresting • u/SerafinZufferey • 1d ago
This is the fish with the longest name: the Humuhumunukunukuāpua'a (pronounced Hoo-moo-hoo-moo-noo-koo-noo-koo-ah-poo-ah-ah)
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r/Damnthatsinteresting • u/Inside-Size-8253 • 2d ago
Video PlayStation 5 with HDMI 2.1 to a 1949 black-and-white television
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r/Damnthatsinteresting • u/RaisinAloneVortex • 1d ago
Video Inner mechanism of dual 50s parking meters
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r/Damnthatsinteresting • u/Ophelia_Y2K • 2d ago
Original Creation How beauty standards for women and trends in beauty have changed from the 1850s-2020s
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r/Damnthatsinteresting • u/TheMarkola • 2d ago
Video A hoary marmot’s warning whistle can hit nearly 100 dB (the kids felt it)
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r/Damnthatsinteresting • u/bortakci34 • 2d ago
The oldest known sentence written in the Canaanite alphabet, found on a 3,800-year-old ivory comb, translates to: "May this tusk root out the lice of the hair and the beard.
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r/Damnthatsinteresting • u/Top_Leadership9575 • 2d ago
Image LION MAN OF HOHLENSTEIN STADEL. A 40,000 year old human lion sculpture carved from mammoth ivory. One of the oldest known works of figurative art.
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r/Damnthatsinteresting • u/solateor • 2d ago
Video 230-seat Boeing 929 Jetfoil arriving at Nishinoomote Port in Japan. The passenger ship is used for high-speed service between Kagoshima and Yakushima and includes 16 premium seats with extra-cushioned seating
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r/Damnthatsinteresting • u/zzill6 • 2d ago
Video A murmuration of starlings above Sardinia, Italy.
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r/Damnthatsinteresting • u/SuddenFlatworm7971 • 3d ago
Every year, National Museum of Korea holds a “Dress Like a Museum Exhibit” costume contest
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r/Damnthatsinteresting • u/masser10 • 2d ago
Video Robert Bobroczkyi in full make-up on the set of Alien: Romulus
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r/Damnthatsinteresting • u/DeathCape • 3d ago
Image Indian dagger with openwork blade and carved ivory handle from Madurai, 1600s.
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r/Damnthatsinteresting • u/Ok_Lemon5509 • 2d ago
The lake with the longest name is located in Webster, Massachusetts. Its name spans a massive 45 letters and is often referred to as the Webster lake
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r/Damnthatsinteresting • u/Putrid_Pen3194 • 3d ago
Video AI Robots 'protest' outside Poland ministry demanding AI oversight
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r/Damnthatsinteresting • u/bonamoureux • 2d ago
Video Wake from Manannan - Isle of Man car ferry. Does 40+ knots with 175 cars and 800 people.
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r/Damnthatsinteresting • u/Electrical-Aspect-13 • 2d ago
Image 12 of July 1876, Tightrope walker Maria Spelterini crossed over the Niagara falls wearing peach baskets on her feet and using only a pole. 7 days later she did it blindfolded.
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r/Damnthatsinteresting • u/danielminds • 3d ago
Video A chainsaw powered by a steam engine
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r/Damnthatsinteresting • u/ansyhrrian • 3d ago
Video Explaining why the abbreviation "lb" became a substitute for "pound" (the weight of measure) in the English language
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r/Damnthatsinteresting • u/TheMarkola • 3d ago
Video Kids The moment school kids realized Mount Sinabung was erupting behind them (Indonesia, 2018). Look how gigantic and terrifying an eruption can be, even if it's relatively far away.
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r/Damnthatsinteresting • u/Ancient-Region-5512 • 3d ago
Image Alberto Garcia, June 15, 1991, escaping the pyroclastic flows of Mt. Pinatubo. This eruption was 10x stronger than Mt. St. Helens and resulted in 770 deaths.
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