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Author: Alan Bellows • Page 12/34

Alan Bellows is the founder/designer/head writer/managing editor of Damn Interesting.
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Spring Break, Damnit

The Damn Interesting writing staff is presently indulging in a much-needed holiday. We will return in one week-- on...
Written by Alan Bellows • 02 Apr 2007 • Read →
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The Fall of the Eastland

At a pier on the Chicago River on 24 July 1915, as the passenger steamer SS Eastland prepared to embark across lake M...
Written by Alan Bellows • 29 Mar 2007 • Read →
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The Farewell Dossier

In 1982, operatives from the USSR's Committee for State Security--known internationally as the KGB--celebrated the pr...
Written by Alan Bellows • 26 Mar 2007 • Read →
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A Fluke of Nature

As the sun rises over a grassy pasture, and the morning light glints from the countless clinging drops of dew, a sing...
Written by Alan Bellows • 22 Mar 2007 • Read →
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Damn Schedule

Yes, we here at Damn Interesting acknowledge that we've not been squeezing out articles without our once-vigorous reg...
Written by Alan Bellows • 21 Mar 2007 • Read →
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The Flying Saucers of North America

Under the cover of darkness on 07 October 1959, a convoy of military vehicles escorted a flatbed truck through the ab...
Written by Alan Bellows • 17 Mar 2007 • Read →
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Damn Distractions

In the North American fur-trading days, many trappers came to rely on a high-calorie, long-endurance foodstuff known...
Written by Alan Bellows • 09 Mar 2007 • Read →
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Chuck Bonnet and the Hallucinations

On Charles Bonnet Syndrome, a common but not commonly known hallucination disorder
Written by Alan Bellows • 06 Mar 2007 • Read →
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Damn Downtime

Apologies for the nasty patches of downtime recently... our hosting provider seems to have experienced some heavy tec...
Written by Alan Bellows • 25 Feb 2007 • Read →
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Davy Crockett: King of the Atomic Frontier

On 17 July 1962, a caravan of scientists, military men, and dignitaries crossed the remote desert of southern Nevada...
Written by Alan Bellows • 21 Feb 2007 • Read →
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