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Alan Bellows is the founder/designer/head writer/managing editor of Damn Interesting.
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The Damn Interesting Curio Cabinet

Announcing the newest entry in our podcast lineup: The Damn Interesting Curio Cabinet
Written by Alan Bellows • 06 Sep 2020 • Read →
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The Return of the Bandit

We made a diverting little browser game to mark the 40th anniversary of the events described in one of our most popular articles
Written by Alan Bellows • 26 Aug 2020 • Read →
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Permission to Grow

Beards have been banned in a number of military forces in history, from Qing Dynasty China to the modern-day Indian A...
Written by Alan Bellows • 22 Nov 2019 • Read →
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Sometimes a Cigar is Just a Cigar

Shortly after the abortive Bay of Pigs invasion of Cuba, U.S. President John F. Kennedy summoned his press secretary...
Written by Alan Bellows • 26 Sep 2019 • Read →
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Dead Reckoning

The 18th century misadventures of HMS Wager and her reluctant crew
Written by Alan Bellows • 12 Sep 2019 • Read/Listen →
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A Pregnant Pause

In January of 1963, husband and wife George and Charlotte Blonsky submitted a patent application for a revolutionary...
Written by Alan Bellows • 29 Mar 2019 • Read →
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Every Breath You Take

In June of 1965, a 27-year-old gentleman by the name of Angus Barbieri checked himself into the Maryfield Hospital in...
Written by Alan Bellows • 25 Jan 2019 • Read/Listen →
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Scraping Bottom

When Germany was divided in two after the Second World War, military leaders recognized the need for liaison between...
Written by Alan Bellows • 19 Mar 2018 • Read/Listen →
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Yankee Swap

One of the more controversial trades in baseball history was announced on 04 March 1973, just before the start of the...
Written by Alan Bellows • 04 Mar 2018 • Read →
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Echoes of NASA

On 13 May 1960, a NASA Thor-Delta rocket carried the agency's new Echo 1 satellite into a 1,000 mile orbit around the...
Written by Alan Bellows • 12 Feb 2018 • Read/Listen →
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