Damn Interesting

Author: Alan Bellows • Page 13/34

Alan Bellows is the founder/designer/head writer/managing editor of Damn Interesting.
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Dead Trees and G-Strings

The history of Damn Interesting is a rich tapestry of events. In September 2005, the site sprang into existence. Then...
Written by Alan Bellows • 25 Jan 2007 • Read →
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Remember, Remember the 22nd of November

The story of the Max Headroom pirating incident, one of the few successful television intrusions in history, and still unsolved.
Written by Alan Bellows • 09 Jan 2007 • Read →
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The Fall of Galloping Gertie

In early 1940, engineers and construction workers put the finishing touches on what was to be the the longest man-mad...
Written by Alan Bellows • 04 Jan 2007 • Read →
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Undark and the Radium Girls

In 1922, a bank teller named Grace Fryer became concerned when her teeth began to loosen and fall out for no discerni...
Written by Alan Bellows • 28 Dec 2006 • Read →
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Damn Write

If you are a writer looking for a bucket you can wring your excess brain-juices into, please expose your fancy so we...
Written by Alan Bellows • 21 Dec 2006 • Read →
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Damn Additions

Due to popular demand (mostly from Misfit (he's very popular (this sentence narrowly averted collapsing into a black...
Written by Alan Bellows • 15 Dec 2006 • Read →
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The Daedalus Starship

In the winter of 1973, the men and women of the British Interplanetary Society convened in London to engage in some l...
Written by Alan Bellows • 14 Dec 2006 • Read →
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Parenthetical Apology

(Sorry for the delay everyone... only two days ago I made a change of employment which resulted in a dramatic modific...
Written by Alan Bellows • 13 Dec 2006 • Read →
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The Seizing of the Pueblo

In January 1968, the US Navy electronic surveillance ship USS Pueblo was quietly lurking off the east coast of North...
Written by Alan Bellows • 04 Dec 2006 • Read →
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Outer Space Exposure

In scores of science fiction stories, hapless adventurers find themselves unwittingly introduced to the vacuum of spa...
Written by Alan Bellows • 27 Nov 2006 • Read →
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