McDonald’s once invented bubblegum-flavored broccoli to encourage kids to eat healthier,but it never made it on to the menus because the child testers were confused by the taste.3wk ⋅ MeeranQureshi ⋅ r/Damnthatsinteresting
Woman does a service for people who were rejected by their families..1yr ⋅ sublimedharrier ⋅ r/Damnthatsinteresting
Future president Teddy Roosevelt can be seen in this picture of Lincoln's funeral1yr ⋅ TriGN614 ⋅ r/Damnthatsinteresting
The first ATACMS missile from the US and launched by Ukraine was made in 1996 - it's 27 years old. It took out almost an entire Russian helicopter base and caused the single biggest loss of aviation equipment for Russia since WW2.6mo ⋅ Battle-Chimp ⋅ r/Damnthatsinteresting
In 2021, it was selected for preservation in the United States National Recording Registry by the Library of Congress as being culturally, historically, or aesthetically significant.2yr ⋅ Here-For-The-Comment ⋅ r/Damnthatsinteresting
A photoshoot of car crash survivors for a New Zealand road safety campaign to demonstrate how seat belts saved their lives8mo ⋅ odneh_ ⋅ r/Damnthatsinteresting
Graffiti left on the tomb of Ramses V in Egypt by ancient greek tourists (when the tomb was only a few hundred years old). I visited and did not like anything but the sarcophagus and I cannot read the hieroglyphs.10mo ⋅ Mattau93 ⋅ r/Damnthatsinteresting
An article published by The New York Times dated December 8th, 19031yr ⋅ throwramamamamamama ⋅ r/Damnthatsinteresting
Although he did not perform the 'black power' salute, Peter Norman, an Australian, was later blacklisted from appearing at any future Olympics because he supported black rights. He was ostracized and went into severe depression and took to substance abuse.2yr ⋅ autie91 ⋅ r/Damnthatsinteresting
The speed of light is an interesting thing but sound even more so1yr ⋅ AliTheDuck_ ⋅ r/Damnthatsinteresting
How babies used to travel on airplanes in the 1950s8mo ⋅ Guilty_Positive3082 ⋅ r/Damnthatsinteresting
Building a tunnel under a highway in one weekend in the Netherlands3yr ⋅ WorldTheAround ⋅ r/Damnthatsinteresting
Japanese Shinto Kannushi blessing AX-5, the first Japanese build F-35A.6mo ⋅ Saturn_Ecplise ⋅ r/Damnthatsinteresting
jeremy bentham died in 1832 but his preserved body is on display at university college london1yr ⋅ Electrical_Name_4481 ⋅ r/Damnthatsinteresting
Director James Cameron has visited the wreck of the Titanic 33 times10mo ⋅ Svengoolie92 ⋅ r/Damnthatsinteresting
A letter my late grandfather received from J. Robert Oppenheimer for his work on the Manhattan Project9mo ⋅ MyrnaMinkoff1 ⋅ r/Damnthatsinteresting
Germany now has the first fully hydrogen-powered passenger rail service. The trains operate with low noise and the only emissions are steam and condensed water.1yr ⋅ Pazluz ⋅ r/Damnthatsinteresting
Hatuey, a legendary warrior who preferred to go to hell rather than to go to heaven (source below)6mo ⋅ avrock1 ⋅ r/Damnthatsinteresting
1900 Brothel Candles. Popular in European brothels between 1880 and 1905. Used as a timer, once the wax is consumed, the session ends1yr ⋅ drkmatterinc ⋅ r/Damnthatsinteresting
Someone Put Four Skeletons at a Table in an Arizona Lake For Divers to Stumble Across4yr ⋅ Desert_Dweller_602 ⋅ r/Damnthatsinteresting
This is Terrible Tommy Silverstein. He spent 36 years in solitary confinement, and because of his violent actions, the BOP designed and built an ADMAX prison where he had his own specially designed cell7mo ⋅ downandout39 ⋅ r/Damnthatsinteresting
Airline traffic during yesterday's drone & missile attacks in the region 1wk ⋅ naisf7 ⋅ r/Damnthatsinteresting
Nancy Pelosi (age 20) attending JFK's inauguration in 1961 1mo ⋅ Expert-Cantaloupe-94 ⋅ r/Damnthatsinteresting
The Concord supersonic jet, which operated from 1976-2003, could fly from New York to London in just over 3 hours, at speeds up to Mach 2.6mo ⋅ Seahawks1991 ⋅ r/Damnthatsinteresting
n 1992, 24-year-old Chris McCandless' emaciated body was found by moose hunters after he left society to live in an abandoned bus in the wilds of Alaska. He lived on squirrels, mushrooms, and berries for 113 days before accidentally eating toxic potato seeds.2yr ⋅ husker3in4 ⋅ r/Damnthatsinteresting
Stowaway spent 11 days on an oil tanker’s rudder as it sailed from Nigeria to the Canary Islands11mo ⋅ truly-immaculate ⋅ r/Damnthatsinteresting
The CIA once kidnapped Soviet spacecraft overnight, took it apart, studied it, reassembled it, & sent it back without them realizing. This happened around 1959, when the Soviet Union was regularly exhibiting technological artefacts at science conventions across the globe.4d ⋅ Late_One_716 ⋅ r/Damnthatsinteresting
Zebra foals imprint on their mother’s unique pattern of stripes. Keepers wear a special coat so the orphan foal will automatically recognize whoever wears it as his caregiver7mo ⋅ mistyxx977 ⋅ r/Damnthatsinteresting
Road service employees are dismantling road signs across Ukraine in order to complicate navigation for the invading Russian troops.2yr ⋅ informationtiger ⋅ r/Damnthatsinteresting
A Herd Of Deer Relaxing By Cherry Blossom Trees In Nara, Japan3yr ⋅ karmagheden ⋅ r/Damnthatsinteresting
35 minute time exposure of illegal fireworks being set off in Los Angeles4yr ⋅ Kurokage199 ⋅ r/Damnthatsinteresting
When he was 26, “Pistol Pete” Maravich said “I don’t want to play 10 years in the NBA and die of a heart attack at age 40” in an interview. He went on to play 10 years in the NBA, and died of a heart attack at age 40.1yr ⋅ 22Fingers ⋅ r/Damnthatsinteresting
Small gargoyle biting a bigger gargoyle - Salisbury Cathedral, UK6mo ⋅ thebigchil73 ⋅ r/Damnthatsinteresting
A friend of mine is having heated floors installed throughout her home.1yr ⋅ the-crow17 ⋅ r/Damnthatsinteresting
The letter that George H.W. Bush left for Bill Clinton when he took over as president2yr ⋅ Antscannabis ⋅ r/Damnthatsinteresting
Drivers in Beijing pay ppl to deal with traffic for them10mo ⋅ zhangyuandyou ⋅ r/Damnthatsinteresting
After $2 billion spent on its design and construction, “Desertron” or the Superconducting Super Collider was cancelled in 1993 due to rising cost estimates of up to $12 bn USD6d ⋅ winterchampagne ⋅ r/Damnthatsinteresting
My dad is a house painter and recently started framing left over paint from the inside of work buckets. He calls it bucket aht ('art' but we're from Maine). I hope you guys think it's as interesting as I do!3yr ⋅ LoveMeSomeGoodLife ⋅ r/Damnthatsinteresting
Current situation at George Bush International (IAH) Southwest Airlines really dropped the ball1yr ⋅ marcusbsa1987 ⋅ r/Damnthatsinteresting
4 types of tigers in the same photo: Golden Tiger, Snow White Tiger, Bengal Tiger and White Tiger1yr ⋅ therra123 ⋅ r/Damnthatsinteresting
The Size Of This Flag Flown On A Spanish Ship At The Battle Of Trafalgar (1805) Compared To The Size Of People Around It10mo ⋅ ElPolloPayaso ⋅ r/Damnthatsinteresting
Gee’s golden langur. Researchers have said that this monkey works hard to avoid human interactions, making them extremely difficult to observe in the wild.1yr ⋅ SoberClassZorro ⋅ r/Damnthatsinteresting
The actual blood vessels of two people who donated their bodies to science2yr ⋅ rohit_sai1289 ⋅ r/Damnthatsinteresting
A normal Silverback Gorilla can deadlift 1800 lb and they are around 8 times stronger than a human male , they walk relying on there hands like feet and can crush a crocodiles skull with their grips.1yr ⋅ Kaos2018 ⋅ r/Damnthatsinteresting
Letter sent by the FBI to Martin Luther King, Jr. in 1964 urging him to commit suicide. It was part of a package which also contained an alleged tape recording of King's sexual indiscretions.7mo ⋅ snazzydetritus ⋅ r/Damnthatsinteresting
My energy bill in California in before and after installing solar panels and a home battery4mo ⋅ Mdizzle29 ⋅ r/Damnthatsinteresting
I restored, enhanced, and colorized this 155+ year-old portrait of a girl in a striped dress (~1865)1yr ⋅ Haxdawg ⋅ r/Damnthatsinteresting
The Cameron Highlanders in 1914 before going to war, and in 1918 after the armistice9mo ⋅ uniformjiqui45 ⋅ r/Damnthatsinteresting
Boardwalk has secured $1.5B in funding today which will make it America's tallest skyscraper at 1,907ft in Oklahoma City1mo ⋅ YUGIOH-KINGOFGAMES ⋅ r/Damnthatsinteresting
A group of sailors surround the ship's cat Convoy as he sleeps inside a miniature hammock aboard the HMS Hermione, 1941.7mo ⋅ black_mamba006 ⋅ r/Damnthatsinteresting
If you ever get lost in the Milky Way galaxy, this is your map to get back to EARTH.8mo ⋅ ChordalDistortion ⋅ r/Damnthatsinteresting
I'm either gonna stick you and leave you bleeding or I'm gonna tattoo you. Tattoo given to convicted child molestor/murderer Anthony Ray Stockelman by his victims cousin.1yr ⋅ MartinysBBQ ⋅ r/Damnthatsinteresting
A cease and desist letter I received from Funimation back in 2003.1yr ⋅ SpaZMonKeY777 ⋅ r/Damnthatsinteresting
During the prohibition era, the wine industry released “grape bricks” which was concentrated grape juice with a “warning” that literally had the directions to make wine. It read “after dissolving a brick in a gallon of water, do NOT place in a cupboard for 20 days because it will turn to wine”.2yr ⋅ tandyman234 ⋅ r/Damnthatsinteresting
Paris Hilton Wearing An Anti-Paparazzi Scarf That Ruins Photos By Affecting Flash Photography3yr ⋅ mtlgrems ⋅ r/Damnthatsinteresting
A Berber Village in Matmata, Tunisia Still Inhabited by More Than 2000 Berbers.2mo ⋅ Humble_Energy_6927 ⋅ r/Damnthatsinteresting
Some farmers use lasers to scare away birds. They don't harm or target the birds and travel in a designated pattern to protect the crops6mo ⋅ solateor ⋅ r/Damnthatsinteresting
When your joke backfires and you accidentally advance women's rights3yr ⋅ karmagheden ⋅ r/Damnthatsinteresting
This guy in Antarctica captured the only solar eclipse in 20212yr ⋅ Ok_Criticism1946 ⋅ r/Damnthatsinteresting
George Moore (The Living Skeleton) vs. Fred Howe (The Fat Man), two circus performers, 1897.10mo ⋅ Seahawks1991 ⋅ r/Damnthatsinteresting
One Of The Easter Island Moai Statues That Was Carved But Never Erected. It Would Have Stood 72ft Tall (The Tallest Standing Is 33ft High) And Weighed More Than 2 Boeing 737's. This Also Shows How The Figures Were Carved9mo ⋅ 4reddityo ⋅ r/Damnthatsinteresting
Collision physics of truck hitting the security barrier.11mo ⋅ PROXeR__OiShi ⋅ r/Damnthatsinteresting
After an accident this tiger had its tooth replaced with a gold one.4yr ⋅ Here-For-The-Comment ⋅ r/Damnthatsinteresting
Your plane is not being held together with duct tape - it’s aluminum speed tape designed for high-speed adhesion during temporary repairs until a permanent fix can be made8mo ⋅ frituurgarnituur ⋅ r/Damnthatsinteresting
A drone shot that shows how far the netherlands is below sea level11mo ⋅ mike-wkp ⋅ r/Damnthatsinteresting
This watermelon accidentally grew between these wooden planks.2mo ⋅ liangjianyi7 ⋅ r/Damnthatsinteresting
