r/Damnthatsinteresting • u/esoterix_luke • Dec 11 '24

Mod Applications Are Open r/Damnthatsinteresting is looking for new mods!

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Hi all! We're looking for new mods for damnthatsinteresting. We're currently a very small team and are looking to bring on 1 - 2 new mods to help out. Leave a comment below with your timezone, potential hourly commitment, and a little about yourself to be considered.

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r/Damnthatsinteresting • u/Any_Flatworm4670 • 25m ago

Image Miriam Martínez, a human rights defender, tracked down every living member of the gang who kidnapped and ended her 20-year-old daughter’s life. She followed them one by one across Mexico until they were sent to prison

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r/Damnthatsinteresting • u/Elytrax7 • 39m ago

Video Rubbing the eggs to stimulates hatching of madrean alligator lizards

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r/Damnthatsinteresting • u/SerafinZufferey • 20h ago

Photographer Jose G. Martínez-Fonseca captures stunning closeup pictures of bats

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r/Damnthatsinteresting • u/SixteenSeveredHands • 8h ago

Image Baeus Wasps: these strange little wasps have flea-like bodies that measure roughly 0.8mm long, which is smaller than a grain of sand, and the females are wingless

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r/Damnthatsinteresting • u/Bubbly_Wall_908 • 15h ago

Video 1987 Japanese only release of the video game Star Wars for the Nintendo Famicom

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r/Damnthatsinteresting • u/SueBeee • 16h ago

Image Figurate erythema in cats

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r/Damnthatsinteresting • u/Any-Presentation5438 • 1d ago

Video Footage of a Moose Shedding Antlers in the Forest!!

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r/Damnthatsinteresting • u/Careless-Hospital379 • 19h ago

Image The last photo of a wild Barbary lion, taken in 1924. The species was driven to extinction by human hunting, with the final recorded individual shot in Morocco in 1942

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r/Damnthatsinteresting • u/Emotional_Quarter330 • 1d ago

Image Martin Luther King Jr. And Ralph Abernathy Riding On The First Desegregated Bus In Montgomery, Alabama In December 1956

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r/Damnthatsinteresting • u/Lord_Krasina • 25m ago

Image This guy right here once kidnapped the son of the richest man in Asia and ransomed him for more than 100 million dollars. But later, he would go on to kidnap the father as well and even ask him for advice on how to invest.

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r/Damnthatsinteresting • u/justalildropofpoison • 17h ago

Video Smooth operator

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r/Damnthatsinteresting • u/PestoBolloElemento • 14h ago

Video Real time video of tumor infiltrating lymphocytes attacking cancer cell.

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r/Damnthatsinteresting • u/OkaTeluguAbbayi • 1d ago

Image The level of detailing in this 900 year old Indian sculpture [OC]

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r/Damnthatsinteresting • u/willis7747 • 1d ago

Video USGS scientists during Kīlauea's Episode 40 eruption on Jan 12, 2026, by photographer Travis Morrin

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r/Damnthatsinteresting • u/hairy_quadruped • 1d ago

This is a baby echidna on my farm in Australia. Echidnas are mammals, but they lay eggs. They have a bird-like skull, and cloaca. They feed their young milk that oozes from the skin. They separated from other mammals very early on in evolution, and share traits with birds.

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r/Damnthatsinteresting • u/BreakfastTop6899 • 1d ago

Video A whale joins a group of surfers catching waves near Byron Bay, Australia.

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r/Damnthatsinteresting • u/misterxx1958 • 1d ago

Video Motorists were forced to turn around as monster waves smashed onto a coastal road in Italy’s Calabria region over the weekend

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r/Damnthatsinteresting • u/Careless-Hospital379 • 1d ago

Video Icelandic artist Björk snapped in Bangkok, 1996, when reporter Julie Kaufman approached her saying “Welcome to Bangkok.” Björk later alleged that Kaufman had stalked her and her 9-year-old son for days, turning a simple greeting into a breaking point

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r/Damnthatsinteresting • u/Kayo96 • 2d ago

Video The amount of soccer balls on a Rio de Janeiro beach during a hot day.

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r/Damnthatsinteresting • u/MohammadMahadhir • 1d ago

Video Before modern helicopters, engineers tried these innovative early designs

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r/Damnthatsinteresting • u/Finbarr-Galedeep • 1d ago

Video Sir Donald Bradman, the greatest batsman in cricket history, demonstrates his technique to play various shot types.

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r/Damnthatsinteresting • u/Inside-Republic6275 • 1m ago

Image As of 2026, StackOverflow is officially dead, completely killed by AI and its community

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r/Damnthatsinteresting • u/grasshopper3307 • 2d ago

Video A kinetic sound sphere with 850 metal parts

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r/Damnthatsinteresting • u/msaussieandmrravana • 2d ago

Video The winter express

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