Damn Interesting

All Items • Page 5/52
Curio/Podcast:

Signs and Space

Sign languages rely on the use of space (locations, motions, and handshapes) to express meaning or grammatical nuance...
Written by Marisa Brook • 21 Sep 2020 • Read/Listen →
Curio/Podcast:

During the Dark Times

In the European theater of World War 2, as early as 1943, the German Army deployed a small number of special Panther...
Written by Alan Bellows • 14 Sep 2020 • Read/Listen →
Curio/Podcast:

For Your Eyes Only

In the midst of World War II, the British Air Ministry began publicly extolling the virtues of carrot-eating. The vit...
Written by Marisa Brook • 07 Sep 2020 • Read/Listen →
Site News:

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 →
Long-Form/Podcast:

Dupes and Duplicity

The true story of the 18th century's greatest femme fatale, and the most unfortunate of her victims.
Written by Jennifer Lee Noonan • 04 Sep 2020 • Read/Listen →
Site News:

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 →
Long-Form/Podcast:

Chronicles of Charnia

When an ancient, unexpected imprint is discovered in a stone quarry, scientists endeavor to explain its mysterious origin.
Written by Matt Castle • 01 Jul 2020 • Read/Listen →
Long-Form/Podcast:

The Spy of Night and Fog

Noor Khan, a pacifist descendant of Indian Royalty became a famed World War II spy for Britain’s Special Operations Executive.
Written by Joseph A. Williams • 06 May 2020 • Read/Listen →
Long-Form/Podcast:

Radical Solutions

French mathematician Évariste Galois lived a full life. When he wasn't trying to overthrow the government, he was reinventing algebra.
Written by Marisa Brook and J. A. Macfarlane • 26 Mar 2020 • Read/Listen →
Long-Form/Podcast:

Private Wojtek’s Right to Bear Arms

One of Poland’s most beloved and honored World War II veterans was not Polish at all: he was a 500-pound brown bear named Wojtek.
Written by Erika Nesvold • 12 Dec 2019 • Read/Listen →
×
... in donations in the next ....