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Fascinating true stories from science, history, and psychology since 2005.

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On this day in 1953 the strange and tormented movie "The 5,000 Fingers of Dr. T." first appeared in theaters
https://www.damninteresting.com/a-debaculous-fiasco/?utm_source=DamnInteresting

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Silent Saviour: How Marcel Marceau Used Mime to Save Lives in WWII
https://www.messynessychic.com/2024/06/21/silent-saviour-how-marcel-marceau-used-mime-to-save-lives-in-wwii/?utm_source=DamnInteresting

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Videos Show That Leeches Can Jump in Pursuit of Blood
https://www.nytimes.com/2024/06/20/science/jumping-leeches.html?unlocked_article_code=1.1E0.hCBE.hbEw5KUNR8vp&utm_source=DamnInteresting

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The warrah enigma: Why Darwin was fascinated by this now extinct coyote-like creature
https://www.salon.com/2024/06/19/the-warrah-enigma-why-darwin-was-fascinated-by-this-now-extinct-coyote-like-creature/?utm_source=DamnInteresting

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Marge Simpson lookalike found on Ancient Egyptian sarcophagus
https://www.nme.com/news/tv/marge-simpson-lookalike-found-on-ancient-egyptian-sarcophagus-3766876?utm_source=DamnInteresting

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Pentagon ran secret anti-vax campaign to undermine China during pandemic
https://www.reuters.com/investigates/special-report/usa-covid-propaganda/?utm_source=DamnInteresting

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New method extracts lithium from seawater, to boost battery production
https://interestingengineering.com/energy/lithium-extracted-from-seawater?utm_source=DamnInteresting

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'It was the cleverest escape in the prison's 30 years': The men who broke out of Alcatraz with a spoon
https://www.bbc.com/culture/article/20240607-it-was-the-cleverest-escape-in-the-prisons-30-years-the-men-who-broke-out-of-alcatraz-with-a-spoon?utm_source=DamnInteresting

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Explore and Download 131,000 Maps from Vast Online Archive
https://mymodernmet.com/david-rumsey-map-collection-online-archive/?utm_source=DamnInteresting

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Russia Has Been Transmitting a Mysterious Radio Signal for 40 Years—And No One Knows Why
https://www.popularmechanics.com/military/a60857781/russia-radio-signal-the-buzzer-uvb-76/?utm_source=DamnInteresting

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The untold story of the Chinese Americans who helped create Yosemite
https://www.bbc.com/travel/article/20240513-the-untold-story-of-the-chinese-americans-who-helped-create-yosemite?utm_source=DamnInteresting

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On this day in 1963 scientists gave Earth a temporary ring using 480 million tiny copper needles
https://www.damninteresting.com/earths-artificial-ring-project-west-ford/?utm_source=DamnInteresting

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On this day in 1931 Harland Sanders was involved in a shootout in the “asshole of creation”
https://www.damninteresting.com/colonels-of-truth/?utm_source=DamnInteresting

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The Real Reason Behind The ‘Epidemic’ of Nearsightedness — And How To Fix It
https://www.inverse.com/health/real-reason-behind-epidemic-nearsightedness-how-to-fix-it?utm_source=DamnInteresting

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Lawyer Suing Boeing Surprised to Find Large Piece That Fell Off Boeing Plane Outside His House
https://futurism.com/the-byte/lawyer-suing-boeing-finds-plane-slide?utm_source=DamnInteresting

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Roman object that baffled experts to go on show at Lincoln Museum
https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-lincolnshire-68908558?utm_source=DamnInteresting

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Video: 'I Tried a Disney Secret Project!' [11:32]
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1KEtxTQUzxY&utm_source=DamnInteresting

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China’s Tiangong space station damaged by debris strike: report
https://www.space.com/china-tiangong-space-station-space-debris-measures?utm_source=DamnInteresting

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Discovery of the first fractal molecule in nature
https://phys.org/news/2024-04-discovery-fractal-molecule-nature.html?utm_source=DamnInteresting

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San Francisco woman describes tow truck trying to nab her moving car
https://abc7.com/tow-truck-san-francisco-specialty-towing-company-california/14647703/?utm_source=DamnInteresting

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The Space Force is planning what could be the first military exercise in orbit
https://arstechnica.com/space/2024/04/the-space-force-is-planning-what-could-be-the-first-military-exercise-in-orbit/?utm_source=DamnInteresting

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A new study suggests that advanced AI models are pretty good at playing dumb
https://futurism.com/the-byte/ai-plays-dumb?utm_source=DamnInteresting

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Earth, the Sun and a bike wheel: why your high-school textbook was wrong about the shape of Earth’s orbit
https://theconversation.com/earth-the-sun-and-a-bike-wheel-why-your-high-school-textbook-was-wrong-about-the-shape-of-earths-orbit-225200?utm_source=DamnInteresting

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Mississippi Considers Law Against Police Keeping Dead Bodies for "Personal Collections"
https://futurism.com/the-byte/law-police-dead-bodies-personal-collection?utm_source=DamnInteresting

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Some people may see more images per second than others, study finds
https://www.salon.com/2024/04/02/animal-rights-group-releases-hidden-camera-footage-that-reveals-cruelty-in-kentucky-poultry-farms/?utm_source=DamnInteresting

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Are Your Solar Eclipse Glasses Fake? Here’s How to Check
https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/eclipse-glasses-fake-counterfeit/?utm_source=DamnInteresting

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Video: Is English just badly pronounced French? [18:08]
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TUL29y0vJ8Q&utm_source=DamnInteresting

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Researchers show that introduced tardigrade proteins can slow metabolism in human cells
https://phys.org/news/2024-03-tardigrade-proteins-metabolism-human-cells.html?utm_source=DamnInteresting

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Watch Neuralink’s First Human Subject Demonstrate His Brain-Computer Interface
https://www.wired.com/story/neuralink-implant-first-human-patient-demonstration/?utm_source=DamnInteresting

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Watch: The first test of a magnetic levitation train on an existing track
https://thenextweb.com/news/watch-first-maglev-train-existing-track?utm_source=DamnInteresting

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The strange world of crocodile hairballs and the Queenslanders who collect them
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-03-10/crocodile-hairballs-bezoars-queenslander-collectors/103555802?utm_source=DamnInteresting

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The First Black Woman to Write, Produce, and Act in Her Own Film
https://www.saturdayeveningpost.com/2024/02/the-first-black-woman-to-write-produce-and-act-in-her-own-film/?utm_source=DamnInteresting

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