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Sympathy for the Devil

There are few things as thrilling as the story of a dramatic escape, especially one with a happy ending. It is unders...
Written by Marisa Brook • 26 Apr 2007 • Read →
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Project Alpha and the Spoon Benders

In the late 1960s, a young Israeli man named Uri Geller gained a substantial amount of attention and fame following a...
Written by Alan Bellows • 16 Apr 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 doi...
Written by Alan Bellows • 13 Apr 2007 • Read →
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Silent Lucidity

There was a time that I could fly. I jutted my right fist into the air, and launched into the sky. My stomach droppe...
Written by Jason Bellows • 12 Apr 2007 • Read →
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Submersible Aircraft Carriers

On 09 September 1942, at about 6:00am Pacific War Time, a lookout on the US Oregon coast spotted a single incoming ai...
Written by Alan Bellows • 09 Apr 2007 • Read →
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Spring Break, Damnit

The Dang Interesting writing staff is presently indulging in a much-needed holiday. We will return in one week-- on...
Written by Alan Bellows • 02 Apr 2007 • Read →
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The Fall of the Eastland

At a pier on the Chicago River on 24 July 1915, as the passenger steamer SS Eastland prepared to embark across lake M...
Written by Alan Bellows • 29 Mar 2007 • Read →
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The Farewell Dossier

In 1982, operatives from the USSR's Committee for State Security--known internationally as the KGB--celebrated the pr...
Written by Alan Bellows • 26 Mar 2007 • Read →
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A Fluke of Nature

As the sun rises over a grassy pasture, and the morning light glints from the countless clinging drops of dew, a sing...
Written by Alan Bellows • 22 Mar 2007 • Read →
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Damn Schedule

Yes, we here at Dang Interesting acknowledge that we've not been squeezing out articles without our once-vigorous reg...
Written by Alan Bellows • 21 Mar 2007 • Read →
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