Damn Interesting is an ad-free, spare-time project intended to promote knowledge and education. We preside over a growing collection of legitimately fascinating information culled from the past, present, and anticipated future. We tend to write about timeless topics, so we leave each article’s discussion open indefinitely. New insights are always welcome.
We writers must divide our time with full-time jobs, school, significant others, offspring, eating, sleeping, personal hygiene, et cetera. Consequently we don’t have a consistent posting schedule…we research and write when life allows. Due to this unavoidable irregularity we strongly recommend subscribing to our updates via email, Twitter, or Facebook so you can be notified when new articles are published.
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Damn Interesting was founded by Alan Bellows in September of 2005, and he is the ongoing designer, developer, head writer, and managing editor. If you enjoy the site, please consider buying the eBook version, making a donation, buying some logo merchandise, or purchasing some of our recommended media. Any of those actions will net us a little money to help pay our considerable hosting costs.
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 a copy. Because money.
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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. (
204 articles)
Cynthia Wood did not bother writing a bio. (
27 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. (
24 articles)
Marisa Brook lives in Toronto, Canada. She collects postcards, fridge magnets, lapel pins, interesting rocks, and linguistics degrees. (
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)
Zack Jordan did not bother writing a bio. (
2 articles)
Stephanie Benson did not bother writing a bio. (
2 articles)
