r/Damnthatsinteresting • u/Top_Leadership9575 • 5h ago

Image LION MAN OF HOHLENSTEIN STADEL. A 40,000 year old human lion sculpture carved from mammoth ivory. One of the oldest known works of figurative art.

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r/Damnthatsinteresting • u/bortakci34 • 4h ago

The oldest known sentence written in the Canaanite alphabet, found on a 3,800-year-old ivory comb, translates to: "May this tusk root out the lice of the hair and the beard.

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r/Damnthatsinteresting • u/brat_3434 • 43m ago

Video 3D animated Chinese workplace safety awareness video

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r/Damnthatsinteresting • u/TheMarkola • 6h ago

Video A hoary marmot’s warning whistle can hit nearly 100 dB (the kids felt it)

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r/Damnthatsinteresting • u/Inside-Size-8253 • 6h ago

Video PlayStation 5 with HDMI 2.1 to a 1949 black-and-white television

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r/Damnthatsinteresting • u/blorri • 8h ago

Video Blackboards of the future

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r/Damnthatsinteresting • u/Ophelia_Y2K • 3h ago

Original Creation How beauty standards for women and trends in beauty have changed from the 1850s-2020s

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r/Damnthatsinteresting • u/drlouies • 4h ago

Video Constructing a deep well.

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r/Damnthatsinteresting • u/solateor • 17h ago

Video 230-seat Boeing 929 Jetfoil arriving at Nishinoomote Port in Japan. The passenger ship is used for high-speed service between Kagoshima and Yakushima and includes 16 premium seats with extra-cushioned seating

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r/Damnthatsinteresting • u/zzill6 • 17h ago

Video A murmuration of starlings above Sardinia, Italy.

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r/Damnthatsinteresting • u/SuddenFlatworm7971 • 1d ago

Every year, National Museum of Korea holds a “Dress Like a Museum Exhibit” costume contest

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r/Damnthatsinteresting • u/DeathCape • 23h ago

Image Indian dagger with openwork blade and carved ivory handle from Madurai, 1600s.

21.3k Upvotes

r/Damnthatsinteresting • u/masser10 • 17h ago

Video Robert Bobroczkyi in full make-up on the set of Alien: Romulus

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r/Damnthatsinteresting • u/StoneCalm_ • 1h ago

Video Red lipped bat fish

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r/Damnthatsinteresting • u/Putrid_Pen3194 • 1d ago

Video AI Robots 'protest' outside Poland ministry demanding AI oversight

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r/Damnthatsinteresting • u/west_manchester • 1d ago

Image Street art in Poznań

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r/Damnthatsinteresting • u/Ok_Lemon5509 • 3h ago

The lake with the longest name is located in Webster, Massachusetts. Its name spans a massive 45 letters and is often referred to as the Webster lake

57 Upvotes

r/Damnthatsinteresting • u/Electrical-Aspect-13 • 20h ago

Image 12 of July 1876, Tightrope walker Maria Spelterini crossed over the Niagara falls wearing peach baskets on her feet and using only a pole. 7 days later she did it blindfolded.

853 Upvotes

r/Damnthatsinteresting • u/danielminds • 22h ago

Video A chainsaw powered by a steam engine

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r/Damnthatsinteresting • u/Lazy-Formal895 • 6m ago

Video Man Rescues an Octopus and taught him to play Piano.

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r/Damnthatsinteresting • u/ansyhrrian • 21h ago

Video Explaining why the abbreviation "lb" became a substitute for "pound" (the weight of measure) in the English language

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r/Damnthatsinteresting • u/TheMarkola • 1d ago

Video Kids The moment school kids realized Mount Sinabung was erupting behind them (Indonesia, 2018). Look how gigantic and terrifying an eruption can be, even if it's relatively far away.

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r/Damnthatsinteresting • u/bonamoureux • 5h ago

Video Wake from Manannan - Isle of Man car ferry. Does 40+ knots with 175 cars and 800 people.

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r/Damnthatsinteresting • u/Kronyzx • 2h ago

Video Hex Color Codes Explained

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r/Damnthatsinteresting • u/Ancient-Region-5512 • 1d ago

Image Alberto Garcia, June 15, 1991, escaping the pyroclastic flows of Mt. Pinatubo. This eruption was 10x stronger than Mt. St. Helens and resulted in 770 deaths.

3.3k Upvotes

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