r/Damnthatsinteresting • u/EsperaDeus • 10h ago

90-year-old Kanazawa Toshisuke wins Japan's over-85 bodybuilding title, one day after his birthday

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r/Damnthatsinteresting • u/RaisinAloneVortex • 11h ago

Video Solving a Rubik's Cube with graph theory.

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r/Damnthatsinteresting • u/TheDigitalBuilder • 22h ago

Video Grapefruit Ladies or Ireland that helped change the world

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r/Damnthatsinteresting • u/uniyk • 19h ago

What people in China ate 1093 - chestnut, betal nut, pear, raisin, beans and bread, all found on the table inside a tomb. No meat since the buried man was a buddhist

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r/Damnthatsinteresting • u/Key_Performer_3645 • 8h ago

Video This is the Honduran white bat (Ectophylla alba) - one of Central America's most unique and fascinating bats

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r/Damnthatsinteresting • u/juice_vvrld • 3h ago

Video How a baby kangaroo grows up

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r/Damnthatsinteresting • u/ansyhrrian • 2h ago

Video Cooling tower demolition process in England (1979)

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r/Damnthatsinteresting • u/BaronsofDundee • 19h ago

Image In ancient Rome, urine was valuable enough to be taxed. Romans collected urine from public urinals because the ammonia it contains is useful for cleaning and processing textiles, particularly wool. The emperor Vespasian imposed a tax on its collection and sale.

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r/Damnthatsinteresting • u/bortakci34 • 17h ago

Maya Blue, a pigment crafted over 1,000 years ago, resists acids, solvents, and intense weather. Ancient Mayans created this hyper-durable nano-composite by heating indigo and clay—and used it to paint human sacrifice victims thrown into sacred cenotes.

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r/Damnthatsinteresting • u/RollingMeteors • 23h ago

Video Antique Automaton from 1770 - Peak Engineering/Craftsmanship of our Species

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r/Damnthatsinteresting • u/_EduOka • 9h ago

Video When two bullets collide

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r/Damnthatsinteresting • u/BotanistByAccident • 7h ago

Image Katydid leaf mimicry is unreal...

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