Damn Interesting is a growing collection of legitimately fascinating information culled from the past, present, and anticipated future. This site was founded, designed, and developed by Alan Bellows in September of 2005.
We don’t have a regular posting schedule here…we write as often as life allows, and each article appears only when our editors decide that it’s shiny and delicious. Due to this irregular schedule we recommend subscribing to our updates via email, Twitter, Facebook, etc so you can be notified when new articles are published.
We tend to write about timeless topics, so we leave each article’s discussion open indefinitely. New insights are always welcome.
In 2009 we published a collection of some of our best articles (and a few new, exclusive ones) through Workman Publishing. It’s entitled Alien Hand Syndrome, and we feel that everyone should own one copy at a minimum.
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Past and Present Contributors
Alan Bellows is the founder, developer, designer, and managing editor of Damn Interesting, and he likes the Oxford comma. (
198 articles)
Cynthia Wood did not bother writing a bio. (
24 articles)
Greg Bjerg was born and raised in Iowa and graduated with a degree in Journalism from Drake University. Sadly, he passed away on 20 March 2011. (
23 articles)
Marisa Brook is a graduate student studying psycholinguistics; this makes her both a psycholinguist and a psycho linguist. (
13 articles)
Matt Castle is a writer and contributing editor for Damn Interesting, and not quite an anagram of 'Clam Taste'. (
9 articles)
Christopher S. Putnam is a writer and bomb-disposal expert for the Damn Interesting A-Team. He posts from an undisclosed location in Saskatchewan, Canada. (
7 articles)
Josh Harding did not bother writing a bio. (
6 articles)
Bryan Lowder is a bioengineer living with his family in Utah. He enjoys imagining that he has hobbies such as microcontroller programming, writing, mushroom culturing, and holography. (
5 articles)
Richard Solensky Currently working for his county government as an "office assistant", Richard has a Master's degree in astronomy and is a long-time member of a medieval re-creation society. (
4 articles)
Scott Cianciosi is a writer and teacher currently living in South Korea. At night, he dons a cape and fights crime on the streets of Seoul. (
3 articles)
Ben Taylor Is about to see his first non-fiction book get published. Apocalypse on the Set explores the odyssey of nine disastrous film productions. apocalypseontheset.com (
2 articles)
Zack Jordan did not bother writing a bio. (
2 articles)
Stephanie Benson did not bother writing a bio. (
2 articles)
If your fancy is tickled by the prospect of becoming a regular contributor to Damn Interesting, feel free to send us a writing sample in a standard format (link to existing works online, text file, OpenOffice document, MS Word document, etc). We’ll take a good look at your jib and determine whether its cut is pleasing.
