Damn Interesting

Author: Alan Bellows • Page 1/34

Alan Bellows is the founder/designer/head writer/managing editor of Damn Interesting.
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Breaking a Bit

After a rough August, we're taking a much needed break. In the meantime here is a word game we made.
Written by Alan Bellows • 04 Sep 2023 • Read →
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Giving the Bird the Bird

A Brief Note From an Ex-X User
Written by Alan Bellows • 07 Aug 2023 • Read →
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Journey to the Invisible Planet

The tangled history of humanity’s search for the solar system’s uncharted planets.
Written by Alan Bellows • 13 Jun 2023 • Read/Listen →
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This is Dang Interesting

To whom it may concern, we now have a (mostly) profanity-free mirror site.
Written by Alan Bellows • 02 Jan 2023 • Read →
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Devouring the Heart of Portugal

In 1924 a bankrupt businessman in Portugal launched an audacious international scheme to become one of the wealthiest men in the world.
Written by Alan Bellows • 03 May 2022 • Read/Listen →
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To Hell With Facebook

The earliest known version of the idiom "the straw that broke the camel's back" was written by the English philosophe...
Written by Alan Bellows • 12 Jul 2021 • Read →
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The Traveler and His Baggage

In Nazi-occupied Paris, “Dr. Eugène” offered Jews an alternative to deportation, slavery, and death camps. But the escape network was not what it seemed.
Written by Alan Bellows • 03 Jun 2021 • Read/Listen →
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Pushing the Envelope

As is often the case with people in dangerous professions, the Apollo astronauts found that life insurance policies w...
Written by Alan Bellows • 14 Apr 2021 • Read/Listen →
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The Anticipated Future of the Moon

When the Earth was young, shortly after the moon formed, our planet was spinning so fast that a day was approximately...
Written by Alan Bellows • 15 Feb 2021 • Read/Listen →
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It Makes One’s Head Swim

On 17 December 1967, Harold Holt--at that time the Prime Minister of Australia--decided to go for a swim. He and his...
Written by Alan Bellows • 20 Jan 2021 • Read/Listen →
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