Comments for Damn Interesting https://www.damninteresting.com/ Fascinating true stories from science, history, and psychology since 2005 Sun, 17 Sep 2023 20:40:32 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.3.1 Comment on The Inexplicable Voynich Manuscript by jarvisloop https://www.damninteresting.com/curio/the-inexplicable-voynich-manuscript/#comment-74651 Sun, 17 Sep 2023 20:40:32 +0000 https://www.damninteresting.com/?p=22#comment-74651 This casts doubt on aliens ever being able to decode television broadcasts or the devices on the Pioneer crafts.

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Comment on Atomic Annie and Her Nuclear Projectile by jarvisloop https://www.damninteresting.com/curio/atomic-annie-and-her-nuclear-projectile/#comment-74650 Sun, 17 Sep 2023 19:08:40 +0000 https://www.damninteresting.com/?p=213#comment-74650 Note to self: Finished.

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Comment on The Boat Designed to Capsize by jarvisloop https://www.damninteresting.com/curio/the-boat-designed-to-capsize/#comment-74649 Sun, 17 Sep 2023 19:05:24 +0000 https://www.damninteresting.com/?p=226#comment-74649 Note to self: Finished.

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Comment on Half-Brothers in the Womb by jarvisloop https://www.damninteresting.com/half-brothers-in-the-womb/#comment-74648 Sun, 17 Sep 2023 12:57:28 +0000 https://www.damninteresting.com/?p=723#comment-74648 Note to self: Finished.

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Comment on Strange Brew by Nick https://www.damninteresting.com/curio/strange-brew/#comment-74647 Tue, 12 Sep 2023 23:10:55 +0000 https://www.damninteresting.com/?post_type=nugget&p=7403#comment-74647 Knowing some of the other 1957 era opinions of what was safe, I will take “well within the permissible limits for emergency use.” with a salt lick.

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Comment on The Spanish Flu Epidemic by jarvisloop https://www.damninteresting.com/curio/the-spanish-flu-epidemic/#comment-74646 Tue, 12 Sep 2023 13:35:04 +0000 https://www.damninteresting.com/?p=357#comment-74646 The possibility of the flu causing the demise of homo sapiens brings to mind a line from one of Stephen King’s short stories. A particularly bad flu strain had killed billions, and civilization was over. A couple of teens had painted the following on a wall: It was just the flu.

Yep. That’s generally how we view the flu. It’s just the flu. Nothing bad.

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Comment on An Impostor in the Family by jarvisloop https://www.damninteresting.com/an-impostor-in-the-family/#comment-74645 Sun, 10 Sep 2023 12:12:18 +0000 https://www.damninteresting.com/?p=793#comment-74645 I’m glad that I finally had time to read this article. Out of all the neuroses and psychoses I think that I might have, I can take this one off the list.

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Comment on Giving the Bird the Bird by surfjay https://www.damninteresting.com/giving-the-bird-the-bird/#comment-74644 Fri, 08 Sep 2023 16:02:08 +0000 https://www.damninteresting.com/?p=85540#comment-74644 I switched to Spoutible.com. It’s great!

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Comment on Breaking a Bit by jarvisloop https://www.damninteresting.com/breaking-a-bit/#comment-74643 Mon, 04 Sep 2023 19:53:21 +0000 https://www.damninteresting.com/?p=86440#comment-74643 Interesting game. I doubt that I will ever come even remotely close to your score.

Hmm… Maybe I’ll be able to find a cheat site or find an AI that specializes in Wordwhile.

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Comment on Breaking a Bit by jarvisloop https://www.damninteresting.com/breaking-a-bit/#comment-74642 Mon, 04 Sep 2023 19:46:46 +0000 https://www.damninteresting.com/?p=86440#comment-74642 Speaking of Harding, my wife and I visited his preserved house in Marion, Ohio, on 08.30.23. It is an interesting house, but of much greater interest is the truly huge monument that a local group had erected. It is larger and more grandiose than many of the Founding Fathers’ monuments. Frankly, I find it to be ridiculous, considering that he served only 29.5 months. Also, the man’s morals and character make the monument even more absurd.

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