Comments for Damn Interesting https://www.danginteresting.com/ Fascinating true stories from science, history, and psychology since 2005 Mon, 18 Nov 2024 23:29:15 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.7.1 Comment on 1600 Years Before the Steam Engine There Was the Steam Engine by JarvisLoop https://www.danginteresting.com/curio/1600-years-before-the-steam-engine-there-was-the-steam-engine/#comment-75143 Mon, 18 Nov 2024 23:29:15 +0000 http://www.danginteresting.com/?p=135#comment-75143 Note to self: Finished re-reading.

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Comment on Aches on a Plane by JarvisLoop https://www.danginteresting.com/aches-on-a-plane/#comment-75134 Sun, 17 Nov 2024 14:43:39 +0000 http://www.danginteresting.com/?p=3089#comment-75134 Finished.

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Comment on Undark and the Radium Girls by MyFingersStillGlow https://www.danginteresting.com/undark-and-the-radium-girls/#comment-75127 Fri, 15 Nov 2024 21:41:26 +0000 http://www.danginteresting.com/?p=660#comment-75127 With respect to the non-radium glowing paints people shared their experiences with; phosphorus can also be quite bad for you and you shouldn’t really play with it.

I used to play with it, too. I was taught a party trick involving a matchbox and a coin where you would end up with a waxy residue which you could rub with your fingers to make it glow. “Never did me any harm”, “didn’t know any better”, etc… the usual.

Look at the British Post Office scandal to see that companies will still do deliberate cover-ups and subject their employees to on-going harm in order to save face.

Or look at the 2008 Chinese Milk scandal for a more hopeful case, where a major shareholder reported itself to its own government after finding itself unable to instigate a public recall internally.

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Comment on The Crabs of Christmas by JarvisLoop https://www.danginteresting.com/the-crabs-of-christmas/#comment-75108 Sat, 09 Nov 2024 03:26:17 +0000 http://www.danginteresting.com/?p=917#comment-75108 This reminds me of an article that I read about termites. Several decades ago, scientists noted that termites were increasing in huge numbers worldwide and that they were particularly flatulent. Ordinarily, flatulence is not much more than low humor but not this time. In this case, the scientists claimed that the termites’ flatulence was quite likely the cause of global warming.

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Comment on The Wrath of the Killdozer by C mane https://www.danginteresting.com/the-wrath-of-the-killdozer/#comment-75107 Sat, 09 Nov 2024 03:03:51 +0000 http://www.danginteresting.com/?p=972#comment-75107 Whistlin Diesel on youtube is currently building one with the same machine. Should be cool to see.

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Comment on Raiders of the Lost Lake by JarvisLoop https://www.danginteresting.com/raiders-of-the-lost-lake/#comment-75080 Wed, 06 Nov 2024 21:41:11 +0000 http://www.danginteresting.com/?p=449#comment-75080 Both astounding and disturbing.

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Comment on Giving the Bird the Bird by Jerr https://www.danginteresting.com/giving-the-bird-the-bird/#comment-75048 Mon, 28 Oct 2024 16:27:13 +0000 https://www.danginteresting.com/?p=85540#comment-75048 buh bye

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Comment on Foreign Exchange(s) by Gazelem https://www.danginteresting.com/foreign-exchanges/#comment-75041 Thu, 24 Oct 2024 20:21:44 +0000 http://www.danginteresting.com/?post_type=upcoming&p=12469#comment-75041 When I saw the title of this article I was suspicious. I started to look it over and I saw the name Harry Dexter White I was alarmed expecting a writer to praise this guy oblivious to the fact that he was a soviet agent who had a major role in walking us into WW II. It was really gratifying to see such an informational and skilled explanation of an important trend in history that isn’t always recognized. Well done.

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Comment on The Star Dust Mystery by rexxmac https://www.danginteresting.com/the-star-dust-mystery/#comment-75039 Thu, 24 Oct 2024 16:17:30 +0000 http://www.danginteresting.com/?p=876#comment-75039 no I don’t. all this is bullshit.
The origional ” STENDEC” was from a bonafide UFO on a British airfield. I read the origional book of transcripts of air traffic controlers and witnesses. But now it has all been ” dissolved” into a completley different random story. I can no longer find the origional story.
This smacks of a government cover up and ” google” screwing with actual facts to make a profit from bullshit.

Does Anyone else have some memory of the ” real ” story ?

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Comment on Breaking a Bit by Jason C https://www.danginteresting.com/breaking-a-bit/#comment-74963 Sat, 12 Oct 2024 18:35:46 +0000 https://www.danginteresting.com/?p=86440#comment-74963 Did you guys retire?

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