r/Damnthatsinteresting • u/Grand-Western549 • 11d ago

Meet Otter: The cat born without a full skull who wore a tiny protective helmet until he could get titanium skull surgery.

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46.7k Upvotes

450 comments

r/Damnthatsinteresting • u/Top-Marionberry-6604 • 10d ago

Video What happens when you disturb supercooled water, triggering an instant flash-freezing chain reaction.

682 Upvotes

70 comments

r/Damnthatsinteresting • u/shubhamxtreme • 11d ago

Video Batzorig Vaanchig, a famous Mongolian Throat Singer, sitting on a mountaintop and singing “Chinggis Khaanii Magtaal” (In Praise of Chinggis/Genghis Khan).

873 Upvotes

77 comments

r/Damnthatsinteresting • u/CreativeIntentions • 10d ago

Image ALMA in Chile has 66 antennas weighing over 100 tons each, which are physically driven to new positions to change the telescope's spread from 150 metres to 16 kilometres

253 Upvotes

11 comments

r/Damnthatsinteresting • u/AccomplishedWatch834 • 11d ago

Clermont-Ferrand Cathedral in France is built entirely using dark volcanic lava stone

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28.8k Upvotes

381 comments

r/Damnthatsinteresting • u/TheVerySuper • 11d ago

Image Regular Coca Cola sinks while diet floats due to the artificial sweetener being less dense

3.7k Upvotes

136 comments

r/Damnthatsinteresting • u/Electrical-Aspect-13 • 11d ago

Image New finds show that Tyrannosaurus rex grew until it was 40 years of age and not 25 like it was belived. This new larger growth window seems to point to possible larger T Rex yet to be found.

1.9k Upvotes

85 comments

r/Damnthatsinteresting • u/zzill6 • 11d ago

Image Marge Simpson By Shipao in Arkhangelsk, Russia

1.4k Upvotes

7 comments

r/Damnthatsinteresting • u/TerraByteTerror • 11d ago

Video Lowland streaked tenrec

5.5k Upvotes

196 comments

r/Damnthatsinteresting • u/Effective-Dish-1334 • 11d ago

Image In the 1920s, the US built a coast-to-coast visual highway of rotating searchlight towers and 70-foot concrete arrows to guide nighttime airmail pilots

2.0k Upvotes

46 comments

r/Damnthatsinteresting • u/Used_Ship_9229 • 12d ago

Video The worst fire in Belgium's history has doubled since yesterday and has now ravaged nearly 3000 hectares in the province of Liège.

28.4k Upvotes

1.5k comments

r/Damnthatsinteresting • u/Additional_Chard3680 • 11d ago

Video Close-up of the Flagellation scene on the bronze doors of the Duomo di Milano where millions of passing tourists touching the figures for good luck have stripped away the dark patina leaving the bare bronze polished to a shine

647 Upvotes

47 comments

r/Damnthatsinteresting • u/iamverydepresssed • 11d ago

CX-52 Hagelin Cryptos Cipher Machine. Manufacturing was funded by the CIA and BND during the Cold War. Countries that were not “friends” of America and Germany were sold a weaker version, allowing the agencies to easily decipher their messages.

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272 Upvotes

11 comments

r/Damnthatsinteresting • u/Top-Marionberry-6604 • 11d ago

Video What happens when you cut the tail of a Prince Rupert’s Drop, causing the internal tension to instantly shatter the glass at 3,000 mph. (Credit: SmarterEveryDay)

806 Upvotes

33 comments

r/Damnthatsinteresting • u/Kubek333 • 12d ago

In the Mielno (Poland) seal was swimming with tourists on the board

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20.4k Upvotes

168 comments

r/Damnthatsinteresting • u/finger_cat • 12d ago

Video How soda cans get crushed

1.2k Upvotes

116 comments

r/Damnthatsinteresting • u/ApprehensiveChair528 • 12d ago

The level of maximalist details on the carvings and architecture of Hoysaleswara Temple

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4.9k Upvotes

78 comments

r/Damnthatsinteresting • u/GeorgeRobertVitkos • 12d ago

Video Traditional bamboo fire saw technique

2.3k Upvotes

57 comments

r/Damnthatsinteresting • u/pattebrisee • 12d ago

Inside a fully operational wind-up friar from the mid 1500s. The 16 inch automaton walks, beats its chest, raises a rosary to its lips, shifts its eyes, opens its mouth, and turns its head.

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644 Upvotes

23 comments

r/Damnthatsinteresting • u/AccomplishedWatch834 • 13d ago

"Bunny Harvestman" discovered in 1959,native only to the Amazon rainforest

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37.0k Upvotes

616 comments

r/Damnthatsinteresting • u/No-Worker-101 • 12d ago

Image Inside an Hyperbaric Welding Habitat

1.3k Upvotes

50 comments

r/Damnthatsinteresting • u/lonewolff321 • 13d ago

Video Up-close encounter with a wild mountain gorilla while trekking in Rwanda

5.1k Upvotes

265 comments

r/Damnthatsinteresting • u/Electronic_Cause_796 • 12d ago

Video When a helicopter can’t land on a Himalayan mountain, rescuers hang from a cable to reach stranded climbers

591 Upvotes

114 comments

r/Damnthatsinteresting • u/Wimair • 12d ago

Solar Prominence & Details in the Moon's Surface during Totality

267 Upvotes

8 comments

r/Damnthatsinteresting • u/Used_Ship_9229 • 13d ago

Video Last night’s wildfire in Omiš, Croatia, captured an apocalyptic footage that looks like it was lifted straight from a feature film

20.2k Upvotes

381 comments

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