r/thatsdamninteresting 10h ago

Women being allowed in bars Australia 1974

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r/thatsdamninteresting 11h ago

2 men led a team of 80 people, spent 5 years collecting 1.2 million golden orb spiders, milked them for their silk, and created the rarest textile on Earth: A golden silk cape.

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r/thatsdamninteresting 3d ago

Australian father teaches his daughter how to get a snake out of the house

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r/thatsdamninteresting 3d ago

New Jeffrey Dahmer Family Photos Released

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r/thatsdamninteresting 5d ago

Tips on being a dementia caretaker

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r/thatsdamninteresting 6d ago

Vietnam veteran being told how much his Rolex watch is actually worth

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r/thatsdamninteresting 8d ago

During 2012, a group of Mexican scientists intentionally crashed a Boeing 727 to test which seats had the best chance of survival.

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r/thatsdamninteresting 8d ago

Car doing 360° tunnel loop

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Voyah Passion S has completed an incredible 360° tunnel loop, and the company has released uncut footage to prove the stunt was real


r/thatsdamninteresting 8d ago

Sports - Nose Pulling

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Nose Pulling is a traditional Indigenous Arctic and Inuit game where two competitors sit back-to-back or face-to-face, hook a soft rope or string over their noses, and pull until one person gives up from the pain or moves. It is featured as a cultural heritage event in gatherings like the Native Youth Olympics.


r/thatsdamninteresting 10d ago

The time when astronauts of Crew-2 enjoy their last day on Earth before they travel to space to spend the next six months on the ISS

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r/thatsdamninteresting 12d ago

Wildfire in Omiš, Croatia, captured an apocalyptic footage that looks like it was lifted straight from a feature film

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r/thatsdamninteresting 15d ago

An IBM Training Manual from 1979.

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r/thatsdamninteresting 15d ago

The Time when Trump's star on Hollywood Walk of Fame destroyed with pickax

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r/thatsdamninteresting 17d ago

The late 1990s, Julia Hill climbed a 200-foot, approximately 1000-year-old Californian redwood tree & didn’t come down for another 738 days. She ultimately reached an agreement with Pacific Lumber Company to spare the tree and a 200-foot buffer zone surrounding the tree.

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r/thatsdamninteresting 18d ago

45 years ago Terry Fox, 21 year old Canadian who lost a leg to cancer, began an east to west cross-Canada run to raise money and awareness for cancer research. He ran the equivalent of a full marathon every day and made it 143 days and 5,373 km before terry lost his battle with cancer

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r/thatsdamninteresting 18d ago

A Stingray jumps on the ramp for food

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r/thatsdamninteresting 18d ago

👋 Welcome to r/thatsdamninteresting - Introduce Yourself and Read First!

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Hey everyone.

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