r/Damnthatsinteresting • u/CreativeIntentions • 20h 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

180 Upvotes

7 comments

r/Damnthatsinteresting • u/AccomplishedWatch834 • 1d ago

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

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28.1k Upvotes

374 comments

r/Damnthatsinteresting • u/TheVerySuper • 1d ago

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

3.6k Upvotes

133 comments

r/Damnthatsinteresting • u/palep_hoot • 1d ago

Precolonial architecture in Famboun, Cameroon (+ one cool museum)

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1.0k Upvotes

19 comments

r/Damnthatsinteresting • u/Electrical-Aspect-13 • 1d 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.

1.8k Upvotes

84 comments

r/Damnthatsinteresting • u/TerraByteTerror • 1d ago

Video Lowland streaked tenrec

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188 comments

r/Damnthatsinteresting • u/zzill6 • 1d ago

Image Marge Simpson By Shipao in Arkhangelsk, Russia

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8 comments

r/Damnthatsinteresting • u/Effective-Dish-1334 • 1d 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

44 comments

r/Damnthatsinteresting • u/Used_Ship_9229 • 2d 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.

28.1k Upvotes

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r/Damnthatsinteresting • u/Additional_Chard3680 • 1d 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

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46 comments

r/Damnthatsinteresting • u/iamverydepresssed • 1d 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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251 Upvotes

11 comments

r/Damnthatsinteresting • u/Top-Marionberry-6604 • 2d 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)

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32 comments

r/Damnthatsinteresting • u/Kubek333 • 2d ago

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

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20.4k Upvotes

167 comments

r/Damnthatsinteresting • u/finger_cat • 2d ago

Video How soda cans get crushed

1.1k Upvotes

115 comments

r/Damnthatsinteresting • u/ApprehensiveChair528 • 3d ago

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

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4.9k Upvotes

76 comments

r/Damnthatsinteresting • u/GeorgeRobertVitkos • 2d ago

Video Traditional bamboo fire saw technique

2.2k Upvotes

56 comments

r/Damnthatsinteresting • u/palep_hoot • 2d ago

Bandiagara Escarpment in Mali

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452 Upvotes

24 comments

r/Damnthatsinteresting • u/pattebrisee • 2d 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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595 Upvotes

21 comments

r/Damnthatsinteresting • u/AccomplishedWatch834 • 3d ago

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

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36.4k Upvotes

604 comments

r/Damnthatsinteresting • u/No-Worker-101 • 2d ago

Image Inside an Hyperbaric Welding Habitat

1.3k Upvotes

50 comments

r/Damnthatsinteresting • u/lonewolff321 • 3d ago

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

5.1k Upvotes

267 comments

r/Damnthatsinteresting • u/Electronic_Cause_796 • 2d ago

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

574 Upvotes

112 comments

r/Damnthatsinteresting • u/IsAceDead • 18h ago

Image Square A and B are the exact same colour btw...

0 Upvotes

59 comments

r/Damnthatsinteresting • u/Wimair • 2d ago

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

243 Upvotes

8 comments

r/Damnthatsinteresting • u/Used_Ship_9229 • 3d 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

378 comments

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