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A Pregnant Pause

In January of 1963, husband and wife George and Charlotte Blonsky submitted a patent application for a revolutionary invention. George, a mining engineer...
Written by Alan Bellows • 29 Mar 2019 • Read →
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The Voyager Golden Record Experience

Announcing our online audiovisual interactive version of the Voyager golden records.
Written by Alan Bellows • 31 Oct 2016 • Read →
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The First Ten Years

We pause to observe the tenth anniversary of our site's founding.
Written by Alan Bellows • 10 Sep 2015 • Read/Listen →
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May Have Settled

It was early in the morning on the 1st of May 1832 in New York City. The ordinarily gentle horse-drawn traffic of the up-and-coming metropolis seemed a b...
Written by Alan Bellows • 27 Jun 2014 • Read →
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The Damn Interesting Article Accelerator

We here at Damn Interesting don't manage to post new articles quite as often as we'd like. We relish researching and writing, but until recently there we...
Written by Alan Bellows • 26 Feb 2014 • Read →
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Can I Borrow a Feeling?

In 1973, a trio of psychologists convened in a preschool classroom to perform a diabolical experiment upon unsuspecting children. Lepper, Greene, and Nis...
Written by Alan Bellows • 30 Apr 2012 • Read →
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Apocalypse on the Set

We are pleased to announce that Damn Interesting contributor Ben Taylor has just published a shiny new book that is sure to be the first in what we hope ...
Written by Alan Bellows • 02 Feb 2012 • Read →
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Writer on the Storm

As you may have noticed, until about a week ago the Damn Interesting web server was about as sturdy as a pair of paper pajamas. A sustained orgy of traff...
Written by Alan Bellows • 16 Nov 2011 • Read →
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It’s About Damn Time

(This post's content expired, but its husk remains here as a historical curiosity).
Written by Alan Bellows • 25 Aug 2011 • Read →
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Something’s Afoot at Damn Interesting

We at Damn Interesting are happy to announce that we have officially returned from our spontaneous hiatus. One might describe the sensation as "delighte...
Written by Alan Bellows • 15 Jul 2009 • Read →
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A Series of Unfortunate Hacks

For the past several weeks, Damn Interesting has been repeatedly violated by a gaggle of Russian hackers. Their strange probes sought out all unprotecte...
Written by Alan Bellows • 21 Nov 2008 • Read →
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Damn Deadlines

As the manuscript-delivery deadline approaches for our Damn Interesting book, we must take drastic action to avoid being sucked into a temporal vortex of...
Written by Alan Bellows • 17 Jul 2008 • Read →
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Some Damn Interesting News

On 25 January 2007, the Damn Interesting authors boldly-- some might say prematurely-- announced our intentions to expand our project into the medium of ...
Written by Alan Bellows • 24 Mar 2008 • Read →
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Damn Write (Reloaded)

Once again, we here at Damn Interesting are in search of proficient purveyors of intriguing information. But as a bit of a departure from our previous w...
Written by Alan Bellows • 18 Aug 2007 • Read →
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Damn Radio Activity

If you live in the Miami area and you own one of those fancy new AM radio receiver sets, you're in luck. I'll be doing a short interview on Sports Talk ...
Written by Alan Bellows • 13 Apr 2007 • Read →
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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 09 April 2007-- with more pasteurize...
Written by Alan Bellows • 02 Apr 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 regularity. Following some recent auth...
Written by Alan Bellows • 21 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 as pemmican, a recipe which was borr...
Written by Alan Bellows • 09 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 technical difficulties at their data ce...
Written by Alan Bellows • 25 Feb 2007 • Read →
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Dead Trees and G-Strings

The history of Damn Interesting is a rich tapestry of events. In September 2005, the site sprang into existence. Then we wrote a bunch of stuff. Now, som...
Written by Alan Bellows • 25 Jan 2007 • Read →
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