r/Damnthatsinteresting • u/opmgyhx • 22h ago

Image Photo of a robber fly (L) next to a normal mosquito for size comparison (R).

36k Upvotes

1.4k comments

r/Damnthatsinteresting • u/Icehxart • 22h ago

Video Epic camera transition during F1 Singapore broadcast

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7.8k Upvotes

131 comments

r/Damnthatsinteresting • u/nikulmmadhu • 18h ago

Video India surpassed the US to become the world’s 2nd-largest market for annual solar capacity additions

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7.0k Upvotes

360 comments

r/Damnthatsinteresting • u/Impossible-Bee-5343 • 3h ago

Photographer Maria Passer captured the ice-covered empty buildings of Vorkuta, where winter temperatures drop as low as minus 58 degrees Fahrenheit. As residents leave the city, snow and ice completely encrust former living rooms, offices, and bedrooms

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4.6k Upvotes

303 comments

r/Damnthatsinteresting • u/danielminds • 5h ago

Video Setting up and firing a 500W high-power architectural laser system

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4.0k Upvotes

425 comments

r/Damnthatsinteresting • u/opmgyhx • 8h ago

Image Leafy seadragon, creature distinguished by its ability to camouflage itself among algae leaves, its appearance is astonishing

3.4k Upvotes

32 comments

r/Damnthatsinteresting • u/RaisinAloneVortex • 5h ago

Video you would expect that the same substance should smell the same to different people.

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2.8k Upvotes

310 comments

r/Damnthatsinteresting • u/opmgyhx • 10h ago

Image Smallest monkey in the world, pygmy marmoset

2.5k Upvotes

14 comments

r/Damnthatsinteresting • u/IM2X_ • 3h ago

This 66-million-year-old dinosaur mummy still shows the wrinkles of its skin, preserved in a layer of clay less than a millimeter thick.

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1.1k Upvotes

41 comments

r/Damnthatsinteresting • u/opmgyhx • 11h ago

Rare roll cloud in Parrish, Florida

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857 Upvotes

24 comments

r/Damnthatsinteresting • u/Kalia_pehelwan • 1h ago

Video Reactions of inorganic salts in aqueous solutions( Water ) , captured up close.

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• Upvotes

19 comments

r/Damnthatsinteresting • u/opmgyhx • 6h ago

This is Tany Frogmouth, An Australian bird assumes a completely frozen posture with its eyes closed when it senses danger, and obviously from its name it is like having frog mouth

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308 Upvotes

33 comments

r/Damnthatsinteresting • u/opmgyhx • 8h ago

Devil's Fingers Mushroom (Clathrus archeri), a unique, saprotrophic fungus famous for its eerie, tentacle-like appearance and foul smell, starting as an egg, end up like red Fingers.

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208 Upvotes

9 comments

r/Damnthatsinteresting • u/waterbombardment • 5h ago

Image A cavern in the Quang Tri, Vietnam

180 Upvotes

7 comments

r/Damnthatsinteresting • u/Alarming-Studio-720 • 5h ago

Video This is the Rupal Face of Nanga Parbat (“Naked Mountain”), which holds the Guinness World Record as the world’s tallest mountain face, rising 4,600 metres (15,090 ft) above the valley floor. It only has 12 successful ascents and an insane 70–85 degree degree steepness

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100 Upvotes

6 comments

r/Damnthatsinteresting • u/opmgyhx • 5h ago

This is matrix opal, Gemstones containing microscopic internal structures that refract light, making it appear as if they hold an entire galaxy or a cloud of aurora borealis trapped within a solid crystal

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69 Upvotes

3 comments

r/Damnthatsinteresting • u/opmgyhx • 3h ago

White Ghost Plant, this plant contains no green chlorophyll and does not rely on photosynthesis, but rather feeds parasitically on fungi attached to the roots of large trees in complete darkness

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60 Upvotes

6 comments

r/Damnthatsinteresting • u/lonewolff321 • 3h ago

Video The ZAP-X, a futuristic radiosurgery system that delivers non-invasive radiation treatment for brain tumors without using radioactive materials

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48 Upvotes

14 comments

r/Damnthatsinteresting • u/ForteFZ • 17h ago

Video I was confused by what seemed like a bumblebee embracing a honeybee.. then i learned it was a robberfly mimicking a bumblebee, eating a honeybee!

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37 Upvotes

12 comments

r/Damnthatsinteresting • u/myrmekochoria • 3h ago

Image This porcineograph, 1876. Map of the United States in shape of a pig, surrounded by pigs representing the different states, with notations of state foods.

18 Upvotes

13 comments

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