Damn Interesting

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Alan Bellows is the founder/designer/head writer/managing editor of Damn Interesting.
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World’s First Face Transplant

In an operation that lasted several hours, a woman who had lost her nose, lips, and chin in a vicious dog attack has...
Written by Alan Bellows • 30 Nov 2005 • Read →
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Book Review: PostSecret

Everyone has a secret. Frank Warren has several thousand of them, pasted and scribbled on four-by-six inch postcard...
Written by Alan Bellows • 29 Nov 2005 • Read →
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Reflections on Global Warming

An interesting idea in reducing global warming has been suggested by a reader of New Scientist magazine. Mike Follow...
Written by Alan Bellows • 28 Nov 2005 • Read →
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The Gay-Detecting Fruit Machine

During the 1950s and 1960s, some otherwise freedom-loving governments waged secret wars against suspected homosexuals...
Written by Alan Bellows • 28 Nov 2005 • Read →
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The Boat Designed to Capsize

The US Navy has a nifty oceangoing research ship which performs a controlled capsize in order to perform scientific t...
Written by Alan Bellows • 28 Nov 2005 • Read →
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Lie Detectors

Law enforcement officers, secret agents, and counter-espionage personnel have most interesting toolboxes. Their occup...
Written by Alan Bellows • 27 Nov 2005 • Read →
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Quantum Mechanics and Immortality

Quantum Mechanics is a curious area of study which began in the early 20th century when scientists began to discover...
Written by Alan Bellows • 26 Nov 2005 • Read →
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Professional Farters

Joseph Pujol, a man of singular talent, was born in Marseilles, France in 1857. In his early youth it became clear th...
Written by Alan Bellows • 26 Nov 2005 • Read →
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CERN’s Large Hadron Collider

On the border of France and Switzerland, the CERN organization is building giant machine that they intend to use to s...
Written by Alan Bellows • 25 Nov 2005 • Read →
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Useful Information Which You Shouldn’t Ignore

Researchers at the University of Oregon have demonstrated that one's capacity for remembering things isn't derived so...
Written by Alan Bellows • 25 Nov 2005 • Read →
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