Frankenstein's monster as described in the 1818 novel by Mary Shelley. Sculpture by John Wrightson.2mo ⋅ iowafarmboy2011 ⋅ r/Damnthatsinteresting
Desmond Thomas Doss was a United States Army corporal who served as a combat medic with an infantry company in World War II. He refused to carry any firearm whatsoever, and went on to save 75 men in the Okinawa and would earn the Medal of Honor for it.1yr ⋅ CatFan499 ⋅ r/Damnthatsinteresting
The preserved body of Balto, the sled dog that made the final 53-mile stretch through an Alaskan blizzard to deliver life-saving medicine to children.6mo ⋅ Green____cat ⋅ r/Damnthatsinteresting
Venezuela has the weakest currency in the world as of now. With 1,000,000.00 Venezuelan Bolivar valued at close to $1.1yr ⋅ CrashAndDash9 ⋅ r/Damnthatsinteresting
The lower dungeon in Warwick Castle. It’s an ‘oubliette’ where prisoners were dropped and forgotten about5mo ⋅ thebigchil73 ⋅ r/Damnthatsinteresting
An insane size difference between Andre the Giant and a nurse.8mo ⋅ NoUsername1230 ⋅ r/Damnthatsinteresting
I just inherited an 1864 Steinway and Sons style 1 rococo grand piano!9mo ⋅ ejchristian86 ⋅ r/Damnthatsinteresting
Joe Arridy (1915-1939), a.k.a. the “Happiest Prisoner on Death Row” was a mentally challenged man who was wrongfully accused and arrested for murder and rape. This is a photo of him giving his toy trains, given by Warden Roy Best, to a fellow inmate preceding his execution.11mo ⋅ GloomyWoodpecker9386 ⋅ r/Damnthatsinteresting
I really can appreciate how Disney is able to hide this from plain sight.11mo ⋅ 4reddityo ⋅ r/Damnthatsinteresting
This 1,400 year old Gingko tree that looks like an explosion1yr ⋅ Canes-Venaticii ⋅ r/Damnthatsinteresting
A trapped miner wrote this letter to his wife before dying in the Fraterville Mine Disaster in 1902.1yr ⋅ bendubberley_ ⋅ r/Damnthatsinteresting
The Vaquita is the world’s smallest species of porpoise. Sadly, they are critically endangered with a population of only about 10.1yr ⋅ pepparoni_pig ⋅ r/Damnthatsinteresting
The unfinished sculpture of Lakota Warrior Crazy Horse. Construction was started in 1948 and the best estimate for completing works, including the body and the horse he will be riding is 2037.1yr ⋅ Status-Victory ⋅ r/Damnthatsinteresting
Shanghai’s residents have endured an extreme COVID lockdown since the end of March — and metal fencing is being installed to keep people inside their homes.2yr ⋅ wrapityup ⋅ r/Damnthatsinteresting
Ferdinand Waldo Demara Jr. pretended to be a naval surgeon during the Korean War and preformed over 17 successful operations before he was exposed for being an imposter.1yr ⋅ CatFan499 ⋅ r/Damnthatsinteresting
In 1994, American teen Michael Fay was charged with more than 50 counts of vandalism in Singapore and sentenced to 6 strokes from a four-foot-long, six-inch-wide rattan cane. The number of strokes was reduced from 6 to 4 after President Clinton wrote to Singapore's PM for leniency1yr ⋅ flyingcatwithhorns ⋅ r/Damnthatsinteresting
Kopp-Etchells effect, happens when dust hits the rapidly moving blades.1mo ⋅ DIABLOVS ⋅ r/Damnthatsinteresting
Possibly the world’s first customer service complaint, nearly 4,000 years old.1yr ⋅ abbiebe89 ⋅ r/Damnthatsinteresting
A Sicilian farmer showing to an American soldier where the Germans retreated - August 19431yr ⋅ Homunculus_316 ⋅ r/Damnthatsinteresting
In Hangzhou, China, there is a building that houses over 30,000 people.1yr ⋅ LucidCunning ⋅ r/Damnthatsinteresting
In Finland, you are given a top hat and sword when you get a PhD diploma.2yr ⋅ BrokenRights ⋅ r/Damnthatsinteresting
This opal looks like it holds its own sky inside it, found in Queensland Australia3yr ⋅ My_Memes_Will_Cure_U ⋅ r/Damnthatsinteresting
Australia’s Christmas Island has bridges for crabs to prevent them for being crushed under the wheels of cars during the mass migration1yr ⋅ 2vitorgfgdf676 ⋅ r/Damnthatsinteresting
Paul Rudd and Jeffrey Dean Morgan Own a Candy Store Together2yr ⋅ LeidbagBaggins ⋅ r/Damnthatsinteresting
Earlier today, russian Luna 25 mission crashed into the moon after experiencing a software glitch.8mo ⋅ _Hexagon__ ⋅ r/Damnthatsinteresting
The skull of a Purussaurus, one of the biggest crocodiles to have ever lived3yr ⋅ anthonyhui ⋅ r/Damnthatsinteresting
Polish doctor Eugene Lazowski saved 8,000 Jews during the Holocaust by injecting dead typhus cells into them, allowing them to test positive for typhus despite being healthy. Germans were afraid of the highly contagious disease and refused to deport them to concentration camps.2yr ⋅ ameen__shaikh ⋅ r/Damnthatsinteresting
Willem Arondeus was a homosexual dutch artist who bombed the Amsterdam public records office in WW2 to hinder the Nazi effort to identify Dutch Jews. He was caught and sentenced to death, his last words were “Let It Be Known that Homosexuals Are Not Cowards”.1yr ⋅ ProperlyEnhanced ⋅ r/Damnthatsinteresting
The idea for what would become the George Foreman grill was originally offered to Hulk Hogan. He declined. Foreman has made over $500 million from this product alone8mo ⋅ mikeyv683 ⋅ r/Damnthatsinteresting
In 1992, John Thompson was home alone when he had both his arms ripped off in a farming accident. However he still managed to get up and dial for help by holding a pencil in his mouth. He survived and both his arms were reattached.1yr ⋅ TheDeadpoolGirl ⋅ r/Damnthatsinteresting
This is what happens when domestic pigs interbreed with wild pigs. They get larger each generation2mo ⋅ Mrcinemazo9nn ⋅ r/Damnthatsinteresting
It's so cold in Chicago that Lake Michigan is steaming. The water is that much warmer than the air.3mo ⋅ chiboulevards ⋅ r/Damnthatsinteresting
The five most common regrets shared by people nearing death according to Bronnie Ware.2yr ⋅ butchYbutch__ ⋅ r/Damnthatsinteresting
Sometimes, if the heat and humidity are high, corn can be infected by a fungus that causes the kernels to expand and become the delicious delicacy known as huitlacoche, which is eaten, usually as a filling, in quesadillas and other tortilla-based foods, and in soups.2yr ⋅ GoldenChinchilla ⋅ r/Damnthatsinteresting
On a Portland commuter train Micah Fletcher and two other men defended two women-one wearing a hijab -from a man spewing anti-Muslim abuse. The assailant stabbed all three men. Two died, and Fletcher suffered a deep neck wound.1yr ⋅ StandardConcert1467 ⋅ r/Damnthatsinteresting
After a lifetime of having shitty teeth, I decided to do something about it 2 years ago. Here's the finished product - I'm finally all done!2yr ⋅ obvnotlupus ⋅ r/Damnthatsinteresting
French visitor offered Australian citizenship after defending locals during Bondi mall attack1wk ⋅ IsThisAUserName86 ⋅ r/Damnthatsinteresting
Ladder 3 was one of the first firefighter units to show up at the World Trade Center on September 11, 2001.1yr ⋅ thestrible ⋅ r/Damnthatsinteresting
You get more pizza in one 18” than you do in two 12” pizzas.1yr ⋅ chickenwithchips ⋅ r/Damnthatsinteresting
Birthplaces of the 100 Fastest 10,000m runners of all time. 1mo ⋅ Emanuele810 ⋅ r/Damnthatsinteresting
The “snow” in the Wizard of Oz movie was 100% pure asbestos1yr ⋅ drkmatterinc ⋅ r/Damnthatsinteresting
U.S. Still Spends More on Military Than Next Nine Countries Combined1yr ⋅ Witlok ⋅ r/Damnthatsinteresting
The Cosquer cave is a Palaeolithic decorated cave, located in France, that contains numerous cave drawings dating back as far as 27,000 years BP. The cave has more than 200 parietal figures and is also the only decorated cave whose entrance opens under the sea.1yr ⋅ sonicagain ⋅ r/Damnthatsinteresting
Reality Tv series ‘River Monsters’ was over because Jeremy Wade captured every large freshwater fish variety , therefore the show had no more content left. ( show was on Animal Planet)1yr ⋅ Kaos2018 ⋅ r/Damnthatsinteresting
The “Dancing Mania Plague” was a social phenomenon during the medieval times which caused more than thousands of people to dance erratically, until they collapsed from exhaustion or died. It was widespread in many countries throughout Europe, and the true cause still hasn’t been identified.1yr ⋅ waitingforthesun92 ⋅ r/Damnthatsinteresting
Average number of sexual partners men have around the world1yr ⋅ Electrical-Cow-5147 ⋅ r/Damnthatsinteresting
This is a photo of the surface of asteroid 162173 Ryugu. Taken at night by Hyabusa-21yr ⋅ Tatu649 ⋅ r/Damnthatsinteresting
1926 photo of Dr. Eduard Bloch, a Jewish Austrian physician who was the Hitler family's personal doctor. He treated Adolf Hitler's mother for breast cancer, reducing or sometimes eliminating her medical bills. Hitler later declared him an Honorary Aryan & allowed him to escape to the US1mo ⋅ drkmatterinc ⋅ r/Damnthatsinteresting
Before alarm clocks existed, people used nails fixed onto candles to wake up. they knew hoe to calculate the burning time and put the nail at right position. as the candle melted, nail fell, made a noise and woke its owner.2yr ⋅ DieWith-Memories ⋅ r/Damnthatsinteresting
This armour of an unfortunate 19 yo soldier of Napoleon's army in the battle of Waterloo2yr ⋅ pfedan ⋅ r/Damnthatsinteresting
NASA is monitoring an asteroid that could collide with Earth on Valentine's Day in 2046. A '1 in 400' chance.1yr ⋅ lonely_fucker69 ⋅ r/Damnthatsinteresting
Germans collecting church bells in Prague to smelt down for the war effort3wk ⋅ OptimalReaction9 ⋅ r/Damnthatsinteresting
This photo of Auschwitz prisoner Helena Cintronova, was taken by SS Guard, Franz Wunsch, who fell in love with her when she was chosen to sing for him on his birthday. After the war, she would testify at his trial on his behalf where he was later acquitted. They would never meet again. 2wk ⋅ Salty-Photo-57 ⋅ r/Damnthatsinteresting
Hydrosaurus, aka the Sailfin Dragon, is found in the rainforests of the Philippines1yr ⋅ MrBonelessPizza24 ⋅ r/Damnthatsinteresting
How Gandalf looks taller than Frodo in the Lord of the rings movies. It’s called forced perspective.2mo ⋅ Acexpurplecore ⋅ r/Damnthatsinteresting
An ethicist suggested the U.S. have nuclear launch codes implanted in a volunteer that the President would have to kill before launch. A Pentagon official was worried it would prevent a launch.1yr ⋅ blankname9630 ⋅ r/Damnthatsinteresting
Scientists have revived a plant from the Pleistocene epoch. This plant is 32,000 years old!2yr ⋅ --CoCaCoLa-- ⋅ r/Damnthatsinteresting
Built in 1939, Þridrangar lighthouse is possibly the most isolated lighthouse in the world.1yr ⋅ steady_as_a_rock ⋅ r/Damnthatsinteresting
During totality a massive solar prominence became visible to the naked eye2wk ⋅ Flowing_Sand ⋅ r/Damnthatsinteresting
Dale Creek Bridge, a iron bridge in Sherman, Wyoming, USA. A dangerous crossing that required trains to slow down to 4 mph. 1885.3wk ⋅ thenewyorkgod ⋅ r/Damnthatsinteresting
The world’s largest family was composed of 94 children, all sired by one man called Zionnghaka, along with 39 wives.1yr ⋅ OCDcuber ⋅ r/Damnthatsinteresting
A Peruvian elongated skull with metal surgically implanted after returning from battle, estimated to be from about 2000 years ago. The broken bone surrounding the repair is tightly fused together indicating it was a successful surgery.3yr ⋅ Dullahen ⋅ r/Damnthatsinteresting
phones confiscated during cell searches at just one California prison1yr ⋅ Ipunishdogabusers ⋅ r/Damnthatsinteresting
