Comments for Damn Interesting https://www.damninteresting.com/ Fascinating true stories from science, history, and psychology since 2005 Thu, 05 Jun 2025 00:24:27 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.8.1 Comment on It Belongs in a Museum by JIMBO https://www.damninteresting.com/curio/it-belongs-in-a-museum/#comment-75881 Thu, 05 Jun 2025 00:24:27 +0000 https://www.damninteresting.com/?post_type=upcoming&p=54174#comment-75881 SOMEONE KNEW HOW TO “GET AHEAD”.

]]> Comment on The Most Boring Story Ever Told by JarvisLoop https://www.damninteresting.com/the-deepest-hole/#comment-75862 Sat, 31 May 2025 03:06:47 +0000 https://www.damninteresting.com/?p=567#comment-75862 jakhobh:

I cannot agree more.

]]> Comment on Bad Blood in Tuskegee by JarvisLoop https://www.damninteresting.com/bad-blood-in-tuskegee/#comment-75817 Sun, 18 May 2025 17:33:35 +0000 https://www.damninteresting.com/?p=843#comment-75817 Finished.

]]> Comment on Bad Blood in Tuskegee by Torsten Martinsen https://www.damninteresting.com/bad-blood-in-tuskegee/#comment-75811 Sat, 17 May 2025 13:07:49 +0000 https://www.damninteresting.com/?p=843#comment-75811 “Isak Dineson (the Dutch writer who’s memoir was made into the movie Out of Africa)”

Isak Dinesen (a male name) was a pen name of the Danish writer Karen Blixen. And yes, she got syphilis from her unfaithful husband, Baron Bror von Blixen-Finecke. She was treated with (among other things) mercury, and never fully recovered.

]]> Comment on Echoes of NASA by JarvisLoop https://www.damninteresting.com/curio/echos-of-nasa/#comment-75796 Tue, 13 May 2025 23:22:33 +0000 https://www.damninteresting.com/?post_type=nugget&p=7443#comment-75796 Tomorrow – May 14, 2025 – I will be 72, and my first granddaughter will be 7. And, believe it or not, my third granddaughter was also born on my birthday! She will be three.

]]> Comment on Dead Reckoning by salt pig https://www.damninteresting.com/dead-reckoning/#comment-75780 Fri, 09 May 2025 21:09:48 +0000 https://www.damninteresting.com/?post_type=upcoming&p=37058#comment-75780 The Antarctic Circumpolar Current flows from West to East as written in the text.

The audio dictates the current flow as East to West.

Ear regardless of starting coordinate, the audio is incorrect.

]]> Comment on The Most Boring Story Ever Told by jakhobh https://www.damninteresting.com/the-deepest-hole/#comment-75776 Thu, 08 May 2025 20:22:55 +0000 https://www.damninteresting.com/?p=567#comment-75776 It’s crazy how fast time flies.

]]> Comment on The Hobo Code by JarvisLoop https://www.damninteresting.com/curio/the-hobo-code/#comment-75770 Wed, 07 May 2025 02:08:40 +0000 https://www.damninteresting.com/?p=561#comment-75770 Yet another article that I missed when it first appeared. Thanks for the fresh link.

I first became aware of the hobos’ signs thanks to an episode of “Mad Men.”

Odd what I remember.

]]> Comment on The Hazards of Eating Bats by JarvisLoop https://www.damninteresting.com/the-hazards-of-eating-bats/#comment-75741 Sat, 26 Apr 2025 01:33:18 +0000 https://www.damninteresting.com/?p=281#comment-75741 This brings to mind the movie “Contagion.”

]]> Comment on Operation Midnight Climax by JarvisLoop https://www.damninteresting.com/curio/operation-midnight-climax/#comment-75718 Fri, 18 Apr 2025 21:54:10 +0000 https://www.damninteresting.com/?p=59#comment-75718 Eisenhower warned JFK about the CIA.

JFK wanted to terminate the CIA.

Look what happened.

The CIA is the actual government.

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