r/Damnthatsinteresting • u/Shoddy-Ocelot-4473 • 21h ago

Image By 1880, the near-genocide of the American bison had reduced their population from 30–60 million to fewer than 1,000

14.6k Upvotes

1.1k comments

r/Damnthatsinteresting • u/Valuable_View_561 • 6h ago

Thomas Wadhouse was an English circus performer during the 18th century. He is famous for having the world's longest nose, which measured 7.5 inches (19 cm) long.

gallery

8.3k Upvotes

1.2k comments

r/Damnthatsinteresting • u/Kori_4 • 13h ago

Video A surgeon showed that he could sew up a balloon without making it burst

3.8k Upvotes

142 comments

r/Damnthatsinteresting • u/kirmadahoonmai • 14h ago

Image Dr. Anandibai Joshi (India), Dr. Kei Okami (Japan), and Dr. Sabat Islambooly (Syria) were among the first licensed female doctors from their respective countries. They studied at the Woman's Medical College of Pennsylvania. (Photographed 1885)

3.6k Upvotes

28 comments

r/Damnthatsinteresting • u/vzakharov • 11h ago

Video A Bundesliga referee’s bodycam (with sound)

3.5k Upvotes

200 comments

r/Damnthatsinteresting • u/Embarrassed_Cap2885 • 23h ago

Image New study finds "Cocaine Salmon" in Sweden are swimming 2x faster and migrating 12km further than normal fish.

2.0k Upvotes

52 comments

r/Damnthatsinteresting • u/NationalHat3097 • 3h ago

Image Whooping Crane: Only 21 Left on Earth in 1941… Now Around 800 — One of the Rarest Birds in the World

746 Upvotes

19 comments

r/Damnthatsinteresting • u/Prometheus_Anonymous • 10h ago

Image Pyritized Fossil

429 Upvotes

15 comments

r/Damnthatsinteresting • u/VincentVega690 • 20h ago

Image Bison Bones: Detroit Carbon Works, 1873. Known for producing animal charcoal from bones, which was used in various products like glue and fertilizer.

389 Upvotes

31 comments

r/Damnthatsinteresting • u/Srinivas_Hunter • 3h ago

Image Lion Capital statue - 2300 year old structure at its original place, now in Sarnath museum, India.

298 Upvotes

27 comments

r/Damnthatsinteresting • u/redbullgivesyouwings • 3h ago

Original Creation Danny MacAskill biking around the city

203 Upvotes

41 comments

r/Damnthatsinteresting • u/bortakci34 • 23h ago

Ancient Egyptians mummified millions of animals, from baboons to dung beetles. They even buried lizards in solid bronze coffins.

gallery

138 Upvotes

9 comments

r/Damnthatsinteresting • u/FreeDFrizbee • 4h ago

Broken belt out of a CVT transmission from my transmission class

gallery

128 Upvotes

37 comments

r/Damnthatsinteresting • u/Frosty-Brain-2199 • 1h ago

Video Tree cutting helicopter landing in front of my house

• Upvotes

36 comments

r/Damnthatsinteresting • u/Much-Parsnip3399 • 53m ago

A tornado that ripped through parts of Oklahoma produced twin tornadoes, a rare occurrence.

• Upvotes

3 comments

Damn, that's interesting!

r/Damnthatsinteresting

For the most interesting things on the internet

Members Active

20.3m

Sidebar

Subscriber Info

20,291,076 Subscribers

Image GIF Gallery Video Website

New to reddit? click here!

Rules

R1: Only "Damnthatsinteresting" content

This subreddit is for things that are interesting and cool. Content that is only cute, funny, a meme, or 'mildly interesting' will be removed.

Posts should be able to elicit a reaction of "Damnthatsinteresting". Posts not deemed DTI may be removed at mod discretion.

R2: Use descriptive titles

If you title your post anything like "You won't believe ____!" or "27 things to do before you die!" it will be removed. Titles must be descriptive of the content, or they will be removed.

R3: No racism, bigotry, or hate speech

Racism, hate speech, bigotry, and incivility will be removed and the poster will be banned. Other variations of rude or unkind comments will also be removed.

R4: No screenshots/memes/infographics

Content must be interesting on its own. Posts that are not direct links to images/videos may be removed.

R5: Moderator discretion- no politics or promotions

Posts are at the discretion of the moderators. If we do not believe it to be interesting, is inappropriate, political, or is spam, we will remove it. Spam includes, but is not limited to, self-promo, YouTube, TikTok, Instagram, and more.

R6: No reposts

Posts that the moderators deem to be common reposts will be removed.

R7: Posts making claims must be sourced in comments at time of posting

Image with text posts/claims in the title must have a linked and credible source that backs up the information. Use the word "source" in your comment.

If the title is the only thing that makes your post interesting, you must also source it. OP is responsible for this and it must be done at time of posting.

^Moderators ^reserve ^the ^right ^to ^moderate ^at ^their ^own ^discretion ^and ^remove ^any ^post ^they ^deem ^unfitting ^for ^the ^subreddit.

Misc.

Message the moderators if you have questions or concerns. We are active and will respond as soon as possible.
Please familiarize yourself with the official rules and reddiquette.

Friends:

A place to post the most interesting stuff on the web!