“The Smiling Disaster Girl” Zoe Roth sold her original photo for nearly $500,000 as a non-fungible token (NFT) at an auction in 20211mo ⋅ winterchampagne ⋅ r/Damnthatsinteresting
The extinct turnspit dog was a small cooking canine bred to run in a wheel for open-fire roasting1mo ⋅ winterchampagne ⋅ 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 USD1mo ⋅ winterchampagne ⋅ r/Damnthatsinteresting
The Skywhale, a monumental sculpture commissioned for the centenary of Canberra, has been described as “the Hindenboob,” ; “terrifyingly nipply”1mo ⋅ winterchampagne ⋅ r/Damnthatsinteresting
In 1994, Bill Gates bought Leonardo da Vinci’s Codex Leicester for US$30,802,500 (equivalent to $63,320,092 in 2023) at Christie’s auction house. It was the most expensive manuscript ever sold1mo ⋅ winterchampagne ⋅ r/Damnthatsinteresting
The world’s skinniest house is Keret House located in Warsaw, Poland. Squeezed between two existing structures, it narrows to a mere 72 centimeters (28 inches) at its thinnest point, and widens to 122 centimeters (48 inches) at its widest1mo ⋅ winterchampagne ⋅ r/Damnthatsinteresting
St Bartholomew's in West Smithfield, London is the world’s oldest continuously working hospital founded in 11231mo ⋅ winterchampagne ⋅ r/Damnthatsinteresting
Miracle fruit is a type of berry native to tropical Africa that, when eaten, causes sour foods (such as lemons and limes) subsequently consumed to taste sweet. This effect is due to miraculin, a taste modifier3d ⋅ winterchampagne ⋅ r/Damnthatsinteresting
The original concept of the Nakagin Capsule Tower in Tokyo was that individual capsules would be repaired or replaced every 25 years. The building was demolished in 2022 due to failure to meet seismic codes, asbestos concerns, and deterioration1mo ⋅ winterchampagne ⋅ r/Damnthatsinteresting
The Temple of a Million Bottles is a Buddhist temple made of over 1.5 million empty green Heineken bottles and brown Chang beer bottles. It was completed in 1986 in Khun Han, Thailand3wk ⋅ winterchampagne ⋅ r/Damnthatsinteresting
The world’s largest rubber band ball named “Megaton” was created by Florida man, Joel Waul. It weighs 9,032 lbs (4,097 kgs), is 6’7” high, and is composed of 700,000 rubber bands of all sizes3wk ⋅ winterchampagne ⋅ r/Damnthatsinteresting
The Saola, aka the Asian unicorn due to its elusiveness, is the world’s largest rarest mammal1mo ⋅ winterchampagne ⋅ r/Damnthatsinteresting
Minor workers of the exploding ant species Colopobsis explodens can actively rupture their body wall. Apart from leading to the ants’ imminent death, the ‘explosion’ releases a sticky, toxic liquid from their enlarged glands, in order to either kill or hold off the enemy”2wk ⋅ winterchampagne ⋅ r/Damnthatsinteresting
Who’s this visitor in my backyard? A murder of crows panics when he/she arrives2mo ⋅ winterchampagne ⋅ r/animalid
The world’s most expensive pen is the one-of-a-kind Fulgor Nocturnus by Tibaldi sold at $8 million in Shanghai (2020). It has 945 black diamonds and 123 rubies2wk ⋅ winterchampagne ⋅ r/Damnthatsinteresting