All 3 woman in this 1885 photo are the first female licensed doctors in their respective countries: India, Japan & Syria.1yr ⋅ joeepeterson03 ⋅ r/Damnthatsinteresting
Turns out competitive aquascaping is a thing, and Serkan Cetinkol is really good at it.4yr ⋅ joeepeterson03 ⋅ r/nextfuckinglevel
Michael Tolotos lived for 82 years without ever knowing what a woman looks like. Link in comments1yr ⋅ joeepeterson03 ⋅ r/Damnthatsinteresting
🔥 4,000-year-old rock formation, made of high-density sedimentary rock in Saudi Arabia that appears to have been cut in half with laser-like precision. People have assumed aliens, but it's most likely weathering and erosions fault.1yr ⋅ joeepeterson03 ⋅ r/NatureIsFuckingLit
In 1960, David Latimer planted a garden inside of a bottle and sealed it shut. He opened the bottle and watered the plant in 1972 and sealed it for good. It has been a self sustaining ecosystem for 60 years.1yr ⋅ joeepeterson03 ⋅ r/Damnthatsinteresting
After visiting every gallery within a 200 mile radius and receiving “no” from all of them, a man known as My Dog Sighs lost sight of his dream. Banksy‘s stencilled Rat inspired him to try again, with a different approach. He's now one of the most respected street artists in the UK.4yr ⋅ joeepeterson03 ⋅ r/interestingasfuck
3D-scanned and printed Exo prosthetic leg made from titanium, designed by William Root.4yr ⋅ joeepeterson03 ⋅ r/nextfuckinglevel
This is what hanging 10 looks like. You gotta have all ten toes hanging over the nose of your board. 🌠The more ya know.4yr ⋅ joeepeterson03 ⋅ r/interestingasfuck
The wasp knife. injects a freezing cold ball of compressed gas, approximately the size of a basketball, at 800psi nearly instantly. The effects of this injection will drop many of the world’s largest land predators.1yr ⋅ joeepeterson03 ⋅ r/interestingasfuck
Cambodian artist Visoth Kakvei is arguably the king of doodling.4yr ⋅ joeepeterson03 ⋅ r/nextfuckinglevel
This is what happens when you put a highlighter in the microwave in case you were wondering.4yr ⋅ joeepeterson03 ⋅ r/interestingasfuck
Ramon Artagaveytia survived the sinking of a ship in 1871, leaving him traumatized afterwards. Some forty years later, he was finally able to overcome his fears and sail again, only to die on the Titanic.1yr ⋅ joeepeterson03 ⋅ r/Damnthatsinteresting
The TV show Mork & Mindy had to get a censor that spoke four languages because Robin Williams kept trying to sneak in swear words from other languages during filming. 19781yr ⋅ joeepeterson03 ⋅ r/OldSchoolCool
George Washington died in 1799 after doctors drained nearly 40% of his blood in an attempt to cure a sore throat. Also this photo gives us an idea of what he might look like if he lived today.1yr ⋅ joeepeterson03 ⋅ r/Damnthatsinteresting
24-year-old Rehan Staton, a former garbage collector was recently accepted into Harvard after receiving huge support from his colleagues to pursue his education.4yr ⋅ joeepeterson03 ⋅ r/nextfuckinglevel
Zack Nelson designed an off-road “wheelchair” so that his wife can go places she never imagined, it’s now up for mass-production.4yr ⋅ joeepeterson03 ⋅ r/nextfuckinglevel
Some myths claim that alligator snapping turtles are known to attack people, but this isn't the case. But with a bite force of 1,000 pounds, their powerful jaws can snap through bone.1yr ⋅ joeepeterson03 ⋅ r/natureismetal
Swiss company SolarImpact has come up with a solar-powered yacht with the ability to cruise the entire globe without needing to stop and refuel. the 78-foot electric boat features a giant solar array, which covers the boats top, generating up to 320 kWh on a sunny day4yr ⋅ joeepeterson03 ⋅ r/interestingasfuck
Nellie Bly went undercover as a patient in an insane asylum in order to expose abuses there in 1887. The following year, another assignment saw her turn the novel Around the World in Eighty Days into reality when she traveled around the globe herself — in just 72 days.3yr ⋅ joeepeterson03 ⋅ r/interestingasfuck
Award-winning special effects makeup artist Rick Baker's a 3D printed sculpture of an aged Popeye the Sailor Man4yr ⋅ joeepeterson03 ⋅ r/interestingasfuck
A group of divers near the Caribbean island of Dominica were engulfed in sperm whale poop, and we're able to document the ordeal. The whale just started blasting an ungodly amount of shit into the ocean while spinning in circles around them causing what one of the divers called a poonado.4yr ⋅ joeepeterson03 ⋅ r/interestingasfuck
🔥 The black heron uses a hunting method called canopy feeding—it uses its wings like an umbrella, creating shade that attracts fish.4yr ⋅ joeepeterson03 ⋅ r/NatureIsFuckingLit
There's an ancient Japanese pruning method from the 14th century that allows lumber production without cutting down trees called “daisugi”4yr ⋅ joeepeterson03 ⋅ r/nextfuckinglevel
Sam Bates, aka Smug, is an Australian street artist in Glasgow. Here's one of his pieces on High Street. It depicts St. Mungo in modern-day clothes, he was a missionary in the Scottish Kingdom of Strathclyde in the late sixth century, and the founder and patron saint of the city of Glasgow.4yr ⋅ joeepeterson03 ⋅ r/interestingasfuck
Zaretis Itys is a superb mimic of dead and dried out leaves. It even mimics bite marks from bugs!4yr ⋅ joeepeterson03 ⋅ r/interestingasfuck
Schofield Building, Cleveland, USA. Built In 1902, facade panelled over in the 60s and restored in 2017 to its original design.1yr ⋅ joeepeterson03 ⋅ r/ArchitecturePorn
Octopus carved from fallen redwood by Jeffrey Michael Samudosky4yr ⋅ joeepeterson03 ⋅ r/interestingasfuck
The sandbox tree, also known as the Dynamite Tree, is covered in spikes, full of poison, and grows exploding fruits. The fruit looks like little pumpkins, but when they fully mature they explode with a loud bang and fling their seeds at up to 150 mph.1yr ⋅ joeepeterson03 ⋅ r/Damnthatsinteresting
A quote made by Nikola Tesla shortly before his death in 1943. He died bankrupt and alone despite his achievements1yr ⋅ joeepeterson03 ⋅ r/Damnthatsinteresting
Samuel Silva, a 29-year-old Portugal-based attorney, describes his photorealistic drawings merely as a hobby, and only uses BIC Ballpoint Pens.4yr ⋅ joeepeterson03 ⋅ r/nextfuckinglevel
🔥 Mosquito Larvae - under a microscope.The larva hatches and lives in water until it attains its adult form.1yr ⋅ joeepeterson03 ⋅ r/NatureIsFuckingLit
In 1850, a Farmer Found a Secret Village Older Than The Great Pyramids of Egypt, Skara Brae aka the “Scottish Pompeii” Archaeologists estimate that 50-100 people lived in the village. The houses were connected to each other by tunnels. Each house could be closed off with a stone door.4yr ⋅ joeepeterson03 ⋅ r/interestingasfuck
🔥 Australian firehawks make wildfires worse on purpose for hunting reasons.1yr ⋅ joeepeterson03 ⋅ r/NatureIsFuckingLit
Spud Webb (5'7”) -Shortest player in the history of professional basketball to win the NBA slam dunk contest.4yr ⋅ joeepeterson03 ⋅ r/interestingasfuck
In captivity, ravens can learn to talk better than some parrots. They also mimic other noises, like car engines, toilets flushing, other animals and birdcalls. Ravens have been known to imitate wolves or foxes to attract them to carcasses that the raven isn't capable of breaking open.4yr ⋅ joeepeterson03 ⋅ r/interestingasfuck
🔥Bald Eagle nests are generally 5ft wide and 3ft deep, like this one. But the largest recorded Bald Eagle nest was much bigger, it was 9.5ft in diameter, 20ft deep and weighed almost 4,500 pounds.1yr ⋅ joeepeterson03 ⋅ r/NatureIsFuckingLit
Exiii Hackberry's 3D-printed prosthetic arm's costs $200 and could mean the world to amputees.4yr ⋅ joeepeterson03 ⋅ r/nextfuckinglevel
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 indicating it was successful. Link in comments.1yr ⋅ joeepeterson03 ⋅ r/Damnthatsinteresting
The tallest man in recorded history, Robert Wadlow's growth chart is insane4yr ⋅ joeepeterson03 ⋅ r/interestingasfuck
A mummified dog was found inside a tree trunk 20 years after it got wedged in while chasing a raccoon. The hunting dog, aptly named Stuckie, was discovered in a hollow stretch 28ft up by loggers chopping up the chestnut oak in Georgia, US, in 1980.4yr ⋅ joeepeterson03 ⋅ r/natureismetal
Cambodian artist Visoth Kakvei is probably the best doodler in the world.4yr ⋅ joeepeterson03 ⋅ r/interestingasfuck
Hungarian artist Fanni Sandor creates the most impressive, biologically accurate miniature animals I've even seen.4yr ⋅ joeepeterson03 ⋅ r/interestingasfuck
Probably the most beautiful and best preserved of its kind, the theater of Epidaurus was built in the 4th century BC by Polykleitos the Younger. Due to its excellent acoustics and condition, the ancient theater is still used today, most notably under the framework of the annual Epidaurus Festival.4yr ⋅ joeepeterson03 ⋅ r/interestingasfuck
Audie Leon Murphy received every military combat award for valor available from the United States Army, as well as French and Belgian awards for heroism. He was only19 when he received the Medal of Honor.1yr ⋅ joeepeterson03 ⋅ r/Damnthatsinteresting
Lewis Latimer, a son of slaves, helped Alexander Graham Bell patent the first telephone, he also patented a carbon filament for the incandescent light bulb in 1881. Thomas Edison, up until Lewis came around, couldn't get a bulb to light for more then a few minutes.4yr ⋅ joeepeterson03 ⋅ r/interestingasfuck
Obsidian blades are five hundred times sharper than the sharpest steel blade.4yr ⋅ joeepeterson03 ⋅ r/interestingasfuck
This gecko has been trapped in amber for 54 million years.1yr ⋅ joeepeterson03 ⋅ r/Damnthatsinteresting
Special edition BMW X6 that's been painted the world's blackest black known as Vantablack.4yr ⋅ joeepeterson03 ⋅ r/interestingasfuck
The Ankole-Watusi, also known as Ankole Longhorn, is a landrace breed of cattle originally native to Africa. Its large distinctive horns that can reach up to 8 ft (2.4 m) from tip to tip are used for defense and cooling by honeycombs of blood vessels. Ankole-Watusis weigh from 900 to 1,600 pounds4yr ⋅ joeepeterson03 ⋅ r/interestingasfuck
Crocodiles have 64 teeth, but they are constantly being replaced. A crocodile can go through over 3,000 teeth in a lifetime. Each tooth is hollow, with new ones growing inside the old ones. The new tooth appears once an old one is lost.4yr ⋅ joeepeterson03 ⋅ r/interestingasfuck
The Prague Astronomical Clock. The medieval clock was installed in 1410 and is considered to be the oldest operating astronomical clock in the world.1yr ⋅ joeepeterson03 ⋅ r/Damnthatsinteresting
Octopus carved from fallen redwood by Jeffrey Michael Samudosky.4yr ⋅ joeepeterson03 ⋅ r/nextfuckinglevel
Crotalaria cunninghamii This Green Bird plant grows in the North of Western Australia, and in Kings Park, Perth.4yr ⋅ joeepeterson03 ⋅ r/interestingasfuck
Brynjar Karl Bigisson, a 10-year-old boy from Reykjavik, Iceland, who is on the autism spectrum, decided to pay homage to the doomed liner with LEGOs. 700 hours (11 months) and 56,000 bricks later, he completed what had become the biggest LEGO Titanic replica in the world.4yr ⋅ joeepeterson03 ⋅ r/nextfuckinglevel
When Prestone approached Ringbrothers to build a car to commemorate its 90th anniversary they didn't disapoint. What they came up with is, in my opinion, one of the coolest cars ever, a 1,100 hp AMC Javelin AMX Defiant.4yr ⋅ joeepeterson03 ⋅ r/nextfuckinglevel
Burlesque dancer, Zorita with her pet snake, 1937 - Unknown Photographer4yr ⋅ joeepeterson03 ⋅ r/interestingasfuck
These two bullets were found after The Battle Of Gallipoli1yr ⋅ joeepeterson03 ⋅ r/Damnthatsinteresting
About a week I go I posted I was getting a cat, and that I named him Frank. Franks finally home! Meet Frank, again.4yr ⋅ joeepeterson03 ⋅ r/IllegallySmolCats
The mosquito is the single deadliest, most dangerous animal in the world and also one of the smallest. Mosquitoes are estimated to cause between 750,000 and one million human deaths per year.1yr ⋅ joeepeterson03 ⋅ r/natureismetal
In 1908 Jack Johnson became the first African American boxer to become heavyweight champion. He was impressively fearless, and truly lived life to the fullest in an era designed to prevent him from doing so.4yr ⋅ joeepeterson03 ⋅ r/interestingasfuck
The personnel halting and stimulation response rifle is a prototype non-lethal laser dazzler developed by the Air Force Research Laboratory's Directed Energy Directorate, U.S. Department of Defense. Its purpose is to temporarily disorient and blind a target.1yr ⋅ joeepeterson03 ⋅ r/Damnthatsinteresting
When they're alive, Snapdragons make beautiful flowers. But when the seed pods die, something peculiar happens... the dead flower heads resemble miniature human skulls. And if squeezed between the fingertips, the skull will open and close its mouth.4yr ⋅ joeepeterson03 ⋅ r/interestingasfuck
🔥It typically only takes 30-45 minutes for an Inland Taipan bite to kill a fully grown human. Given the fact that these snakes only live in remote locations, it is unlikely that you will survive the attack and reach medical attention in time.1yr ⋅ joeepeterson03 ⋅ r/NatureIsFuckingLit
Ceramic water pipes found near Epang Palace in China, from the 5th-3rd century BC.1yr ⋅ joeepeterson03 ⋅ r/Damnthatsinteresting
After 1000 years, the ancient Persian vertical-axis windmills are still operational.1yr ⋅ joeepeterson03 ⋅ r/Damnthatsinteresting
A letter to parents that was included in Lego sets in 19741yr ⋅ joeepeterson03 ⋅ r/Damnthatsinteresting
Crowded ship bringing American troops back to New York harbor after V-Day, 19451yr ⋅ joeepeterson03 ⋅ r/Damnthatsinteresting
Chand Baori is a stepwell built In The Abhaneri Village of Rajasthan, India, It is more 1,000 years old and is 100 feet deep with 13 floors and 3,500 symmetrically placed thin steps!1yr ⋅ joeepeterson03 ⋅ r/Damnthatsinteresting
Ancient Antarctica was actually a rainforest, a lush and verdant paradise, filled with flora and fauna.1yr ⋅ joeepeterson03 ⋅ r/Damnthatsinteresting
