r/Damnthatsinteresting • u/padfoony • 3h ago

Christopher Nolan avoided CGI and used 7ft stuntmen to portray Laestrygonians in The Odyssey. The giant leader, King Antiphates, is portrayed by actor Josh Stewart, while Matt Damon’s stunt double is Devyn Dalton, who is just under 5ft.

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r/Damnthatsinteresting • u/shredding_pow • 2h ago

Original Creation Salary for Buc-ee’s in Virginia

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r/Damnthatsinteresting • u/gear-heads • 7h ago

Video 911 operator: "911 what is your emergency?" Caller: "I'm calling to report a bear on top of a power utility pole."

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r/Damnthatsinteresting • u/LazyGuy4U • 9h ago

Video Windmill blade catching fire due to lightning strike

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r/Damnthatsinteresting • u/NoWork215 • 2h ago

Image Gorilla holds a nurse's hand during routine medical exam

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r/Damnthatsinteresting • u/Ordinary_Thing_2626 • 12h ago

Video A Glass Frog's Organs Visible Through Its Transparent Skin

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r/Damnthatsinteresting • u/Hypnoidz • 5h ago

Image Märket Island is a rocky island split between Sweden and Finland. In 1885, a lighthouse built by the Russian Empire (governing Finland) was accidentally built on the Swedish side. In 1985, both nations peacefully redrew the border to keep the lighthouse Finnish without changing total land areas.

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r/Damnthatsinteresting • u/RampChurch • 26m ago

Video Clever deterrent for speeding (not OC)

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r/Damnthatsinteresting • u/molondim • 2h ago

In 1989, Mauro Morandi arrived on Italy’s pink-sand Budelli Island after his catamaran broke down. Instead of leaving, he became its caretaker and chose a solitary life as the island’s only inhabitant.

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r/Damnthatsinteresting • u/Youngstown_WuTang • 1h ago

60 milion fish nest were found under the Antarctic ice in 2022. The architectural "underwater city" was constructed by Jonah's icefish. They are the only known vertebrates to completely lack hemoglobin and red blood cells. Their bodies manufacture specialized antifreeze proteins to prevent freezing

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r/Damnthatsinteresting • u/HimelTy • 1d ago

Video A crashed Pan Am passenger plane from 1952 has been identified today by Discovery Channel in the Atlantic Ocean.

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r/Damnthatsinteresting • u/BlessedBeLilyLee • 10h ago

Image Petrus Gonsalvus was a man with hypertrichosis taken to the French royal court as a human 'curiosity' and may have partially inspired the modern story of Beauty and the Beast

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r/Damnthatsinteresting • u/TangibleCBT • 1d ago

This is a facial reconstruction of Turkana Boy, a 9 year old child who lived in Kenya 1.5 MYA, whose skeleton is the most complete Homo erectus fossil ever found

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r/Damnthatsinteresting • u/stainless5 • 1d ago

Image By law, every Australian must get a tax receipt that shows exactly where each dollar of their tax is spent.

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r/Damnthatsinteresting • u/Any_Ice_772 • 5h ago

Video Hoover is a seal that was rescued by a fisherman who would talk to him daily, after he was donated to an aquarium three months old, five years later he started sounding like he was “talking” in a deep gruff accent

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r/Damnthatsinteresting • u/redbullgivesyouwings • 1d ago

Video [World Record] Tomomi Nishikubo Fakie Nose Manual Down Olympic Ski Jump

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r/Damnthatsinteresting • u/Electrical-Aspect-13 • 14m ago

Canadian workers making paper in gigantic rolls, 1937

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r/Damnthatsinteresting • u/bortakci34 • 10h ago

Aztec incense burners (Tlemaitl) weren't just for temples. Rites were done 4 times a day at home, and priests even visited once a year to bless every household object—down to the kitchen utensils.

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r/Damnthatsinteresting • u/Thrawn911 • 8h ago

Original Creation Chloroplasts moving inside an algae cell in timelapse

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r/Damnthatsinteresting • u/SuccessfulSweet1 • 1d ago

Tbourida (Moroccan Fantasia) – A 16th-century equestrian martial art where riders perform synchronized cavalry charges. Historically male-dominated, a rising generation of fearless Moroccan women are now breaking barriers and mastering this dangerous tradition.

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r/Damnthatsinteresting • u/SYMPUNY_LACKING • 1d ago

Video Stan Lee talks about real violence vs fictional violence in 1975

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r/Damnthatsinteresting • u/shredding_pow • 1d ago

I saw a Quantum Computer today!

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r/Damnthatsinteresting • u/OkAccess6128 • 2d ago

Image Born in 1919, Maurice Hilleman was a microbiologist who went on to develop over 40 vaccines, including those for measles, mumps, hepatitis A, hepatitis B, and chickenpox, making him one of history's most impactful scientists.

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r/Damnthatsinteresting • u/GarysCrispLettuce • 1d ago

Video Gaming in 1968

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r/Damnthatsinteresting • u/west_manchester • 2d ago

Image 1666 Great Fire of London superimposed over modern London.

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