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Alan Bellows is the founder/designer/head writer/managing editor of Damn Interesting.
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Hydrogen Injection Proven in Real-World Usage

As early as the 1970s, auto researchers have known that adding hydrogen to the ignition phase in a combustion engine...
Written by Alan Bellows • 16 Nov 2005 • Read →
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Just Your Average Playboy Playmate

Jason Salavon creates some interesting images using his "digital averaging" technique, and perhaps the most engrossin...
Written by Alan Bellows • 15 Nov 2005 • Read →
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Exploding Remote-Control Camera Turtles

An intrepid inventor from Russia named Alexei Burikov is pioneering a new front in weapons development: remote-contro...
Written by Alan Bellows • 14 Nov 2005 • Read →
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The History of Sealand

The Principality of Sealand is a unique little micronation with a colorful history. Located six miles off the eastern...
Written by Alan Bellows • 13 Nov 2005 • Read →
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The Killer Lakes of Cameroon

On the night of 15 August 1984, a truck sagging with the weight of a dozen passengers trundled along a misty road in...
Written by Alan Bellows • 11 Nov 2005 • Read →
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Tin Foil Hats Proven Ineffective

A study by researchers at MIT produced alarming results which throw the security of every paranoid person's thoughts...
Written by Alan Bellows • 10 Nov 2005 • Read →
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In Heavy Fog

On a Saturday morning in July of 1945, Army Air Corps bomber pilot Lt. Colonel William Smith was trying to fly his B-...
Written by Alan Bellows • 10 Nov 2005 • Read →
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History’s Worst Software Bugs

In a new article for Wired News, Simson Garfinkel describes what he deems to be the ten worst software bugs in histor...
Written by Alan Bellows • 09 Nov 2005 • Read →
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Vatican Sides With Darwin

In a press conference yesterday, Cardinal Paul Poupard, head of the Pontifical Council for Culture, made it perfectly...
Written by Alan Bellows • 08 Nov 2005 • Read →
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Subterranean Cities

In certain parts of the world, the ground is honeycombed with secret man-made tunnels and rooms. Many of these remain...
Written by Alan Bellows • 08 Nov 2005 • Read →
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