Damn Interesting

Author: Alan Bellows • Page 5/34

Alan Bellows is the founder/designer/head writer/managing editor of Damn Interesting.
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Ten Minutes in Lituya Bay

A remote bay in Alaska is home to an odd and occasionally catastrophic geology. In 1958, a handful of people experienced this firsthand.
Written by Alan Bellows • 30 Sep 2016 • Read/Listen →
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Titan the Bolts

On 18 September 1980, an Air Force airman was conducting routine maintenance high in the missile silo at a Titan II n...
Written by Alan Bellows • 13 Sep 2016 • Read/Listen →
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Unpresidented Situation

The framers of the United States Constitution explicitly forbade the United States from granting titles of nobility i...
Written by Alan Bellows • 27 Jun 2016 • Read/Listen →
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Law Suit

In 1993, in an effort to avoid bad press, a zoo in Toluca, Mexico sought to quickly and quietly replace a gorilla tha...
Written by Alan Bellows • 10 Jun 2016 • Read/Listen →
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Poster Child

In 1935, Sonne ins Haus (The Sun in the Home) was one of the few magazines allowed to circulate in Nazi Germany. The...
Written by Alan Bellows • 29 May 2016 • Read/Listen →
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Colonels of Truth

The tumultuous true story of the life of a fast food icon.
Written by Alan Bellows • 15 Mar 2016 • Read/Listen →
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Faxes From the Far Side

The 1950s-era Soviet mission to first photograph the far side of the moon.
Written by Alan Bellows • 23 Oct 2015 • Read/Listen →
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The First Ten Years

We pause to observe the tenth anniversary of our site's founding.
Written by Alan Bellows • 10 Sep 2015 • Read/Listen →
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A Special Note to the Writers at The Dollop

Dear The Dollop podcast: Please stop plagiarizing our content. Sincerely, the unwilling authors of some of your episodes.
Written by Alan Bellows • 09 Jul 2015 • Read →
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The Zero-Armed Bandit

The story of a treacherous contraption that appeared mysteriously in a Lake Tahoe casino.
Written by Alan Bellows • 16 Jun 2015 • Read/Listen →
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