For over 30 years, Daryl Davis has converted white supremacists to stop supporting racism. He has converted over 200 White supremacists to leave the KKK. He has multiple books in how Love succeeded over racism. He treats them with respect, and confronts their belief systems.5yr ⋅ Techon6000 ⋅ r/Damnthatsinteresting
After Minnie Cox, the first black female postmaster was forced out of her post in Mississippi because she was black, President Theodore Roosevelt continued to pay her salary and punished the town by rerouting their mail 30 miles away until they gave her back the position.5yr ⋅ Techon6000 ⋅ r/Damnthatsinteresting
In Finland, you are given a top hat and sword when you get a PhD diploma.5yr ⋅ Techon6000 ⋅ r/Damnthatsinteresting
In 1959, police were called to a segregated library when a 9yr-old Ronald Mcnair refused to leave. He later got a PhD in Physics from MIT, and died in 1986, one of the astronauts aboard the space shuttle Challenger. The library that refused to lend him books is now named after him.5yr ⋅ Techon6000 ⋅ r/Damnthatsinteresting
The Itsukushima shrine appears on this dish when sauce is poured on it.5yr ⋅ Techon6000 ⋅ r/Damnthatsinteresting
Interstate 70 in Colorado has a mile marker of 419.99 since mile marker 420 kept getting stolen.4yr ⋅ Techon6000 ⋅ r/Damnthatsinteresting
This is Mohamed Rafiq, a 65 year old hero who overpowered a would be mosque shooter in Bærum, Norway, preventing any deaths.5yr ⋅ Techon6000 ⋅ r/interestingasfuck
Antonio Basco lost his only living relative, his wife Margie, to the Walmart shooting in El Paso. Having no family or friends in the area, he posted a message on Facebook inviting the town to her memorial. On Friday, hundreds of people showed up to make sure he didn’t have to say goodbye alone.5yr ⋅ Techon6000 ⋅ r/interestingasfuck
Another opposition rally for fair elections in Moscow. Rallies that you will never see on Russian networks or TV.5yr ⋅ Techon6000 ⋅ r/pics
When the Nazi party held its first book burnings, 1 of the works destroyed was a play by Heinrich Heinie saying the famous phrase When they burn the books, they will also in the end burn the people5yr ⋅ Techon6000 ⋅ r/interestingasfuck
Marion Stokes began taping whatever was on television in 1979 and didn't stop until her death in 2012. She recorded over 71,000 VHS and Betamax tapes anrld are the most complete collection preserving this era of TV. They are being digitized by the Internet Archive.5yr ⋅ Techon6000 ⋅ r/interestingasfuck
[James Harden] Nobody can take me out. I'm zoned in right now. People can say negative things or make their little smart remarks or comments. That won't stop me.5yr ⋅ Techon6000 ⋅ r/rockets
This is Mohamed Rafiq, a 65 year old hero who overpowered a would be mosque shooter in Bærum, Norway, preventing any deaths.5yr ⋅ Techon6000 ⋅ r/HumansBeingBros
This is Mohamed Rafiq, a 65 year old hero who overpowered a would be mosque shooter in Bærum, Norway, preventing any deaths.5yr ⋅ Techon6000 ⋅ r/BeAmazed
Gameboy game Boktai has a small solar panel on the cartridge, and needs to be exposed to the sunlight in order to charge the in-game gun5yr ⋅ Techon6000 ⋅ r/interestingasfuck
This is Mohamed Rafiq, a 65 year old hero who overpowered a would be mosque shooter in Bærum, Norway, preventing any deaths.5yr ⋅ Techon6000 ⋅ r/HumansAreMetal
This is Mohamed Rafiq, a 65 year old hero who overpowered a would be mosque shooter in Bærum, Norway, preventing any deaths.5yr ⋅ Techon6000 ⋅ r/Damnthatsinteresting
When adjusting for inflation, John D Rockefeller is the richest man in the world with a net worth 10 times that of Bill Gates.4yr ⋅ Techon6000 ⋅ r/Damnthatsinteresting
