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Fascinating true stories from science, history, and psychology since 2005. Managed by @AlanBellows. No longer maintained. @DamnInteresting@mastodon.cloud

Joined April 2007
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New Damn Interesting announcement: Giving the Bird the Bird damninteresting.com/giving-t…
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27 Jul 2023
Isles of Scilly remains are iron age female warrior, scientists say theguardian.com/science/2023…

Isles of Scilly remains are iron age female warrior, scientists say

DNA analysis of tooth enamel solves puzzle of 2,000-year-old grave on Bryher that contained sword and mirror

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27 Jul 2023
Tesla created secret team to suppress thousands of driving range complaints reuters.com/investigates/spe…
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Hep C has a secret strategy to evade the immune system. And now we know what it is npr.org/sections/goatsandsod…
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'How I Became A Modern Bootlegger' lithub.com/how-i-became-a-mo…

How I Became a Modern Bootlegger

It’s a little after midnight on a cold winter night. I’m in someone else’s van, driving down a highway I’ve never seen before. I’m on my way to pick up a load of marijuana and transport it across s…

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Why Insect Memories May Not Survive Metamorphosis quantamagazine.org/insect-br…

Insect Brains Melt and Rewire During Metamorphosis | Quanta Magazine

The reshuffling of neurons during fruit fly metamorphosis suggests that larval memories don’t persist in adults.

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Fluid Identity • Damn Interesting

When a caterpillar enters the chrysalis stage, it is not merely sprouting wings to become a moth or butterfly. Enzymes inside the chrysalis completely dissolve the entire caterpillar–brain, organs,...

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27 Jul 2023
Decades of public messages about recycling in the US have crowded out more sustainable ways to manage waste theconversation.com/decades-…

Decades of public messages about recycling in the US have crowded out more sustainable ways to...

New research shows that Americans may have absorbed public messaging about the importance of recycling too well.

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27 Jul 2023
Have We Gotten Dark Matter All Wrong? nautil.us/have-we-gotten-dar…
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The Biggest Volcano in The Solar System May Once Have Been an Island sciencealert.com/the-biggest…
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Paris to bring back swimming in Seine after 100 years bbc.com/news/world-europe-66…

Paris to bring back swimming in Seine after 100 years

Banned for a century because of filthy water, bathing is to resume in parts of the river.

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The Traveler and His Baggage • Damn Interesting

In Nazi-occupied Paris, “Dr. Eugène” offered Jews an alternative to deportation, slavery, and death camps. But the escape network was not what it seemed.

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27 Jul 2023
‘Overwhelmed’ Teen Missing Since 2019 Walks Into Police Station thedailybeast.com/overwhelme…

‘Overwhelmed’ Teen Missing Since 2019 Walks Into Cop Station

In videos obtained by The Daily Beast, Alicia Navarro, who is now 18, can be seen in a video interview with investigators, denying that anyone had hurt her.

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Elon Musk takes @x handle from its original user. He got zero dollars for it. mashable.com/article/elon-mu…

Elon Musk takes @x handle from its original user. He got zero dollars for it.

Here's how it went down.

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An Impostor in the Family • Damn Interesting

Imagine, if you will, that one by one your friends and family-- the people closest to you-- are being removed and replaced with exact duplicates. Although

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27 Jul 2023
The US government is taking a serious step toward space-based nuclear propulsion arstechnica.com/space/2023/0…

The US government is taking a serious step toward space-based nuclear propulsion

NASA is looking to go to Mars with this system."

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27 Jul 2023
Invisible supernovas called 'bosenovas' may be exploding all around us, new research suggests livescience.com/physics-math…

Invisible supernovas called 'bosenovas' may be exploding all around us, new research suggests

What happens when an invisible star dies? It erupts in an invisible explosion, of course. New research describes how these unseen 'bosenovas' may behave.

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27 Jul 2023
Home Taping Is Killing Music: When the Music Industry Waged War on the Cassette Tape During the 1980s, and Punk Bands Fought Back openculture.com/2023/07/home…

Home Taping Is Killing Music: When the Music Industry Waged War on the Cassette Tape During the...

The first time I saw the infamous Skullcassette-and-Bones logo was on holiday in the UK and purchased the very un-punky Chariots of Fire soundtrack. It was on the inner sleeve. “Home Taping Is...

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27 Jul 2023
‘Wait, am I the fool here?’: why our fears of being scammed are corrosive and damaging theguardian.com/science/2023…

‘Wait, am I the fool here?’: why our fears of being scammed are corrosive and damaging

The long read: Is our tendency to expect the worst of people preventing us from supporting those who really need help?

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