Damn Interesting Curio Cabinet

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Short-form objects of fascination from the editors of Damn Interesting.

75 Episoder

Capital, Punished
10.6.2021
Located 350 km (217 miles) southeast of Puerto Rico, the British island of Montserrat is sometimes called 'The Emeral...
A Taste of Italy
14.5.2021
In the mid-1800s, Italy was consumed by two parallel fights: one to rid itself of Austrian domination (a holdover fro...
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Pushing the Envelope
14.4.2021
As is often the case with people in dangerous professions, the Apollo astronauts found that life insurance policies w...
The Comforts of the Throne
18.3.2021
In the days when hunting was a more common pursuit than it is today, those involved in the job cultivated a taxonomy...
The Anticipated Future of the Moon
15.2.2021
When the Earth was young, shortly after the moon formed, our planet was spinning so fast that a day was approximately...
A Grubby Niche
1.2.2021
It is down to geological and evolutionary happenstance that there are no monkeys on the island of Madagascar: a fact...
Haydn and Seek
25.1.2021
It can be tough to give the boss a hint, but it was even more difficult back in the days of domestic servitude when t...
It Makes One's Head Swim
20.1.2021
On 17 December 1967, Harold Holt--at that time the Prime Minister of Australia--decided to go for a swim. He and his...
Buzzing on the Green
12.1.2021
Popeye the Sailor is well known for his penchant for spinach, and the popularity of the character led to generations...
A Day on Venus
16.12.2020
Compared to Earth, our astronomical next-door neighbor Venus is 95 percent as large, 28 percent closer to the sun, an...

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Damn Interesting Curio Cabinet

Damn Interesting

75 Episoder

Capital, Punished

A Taste of Italy

Pushing the Envelope

The Comforts of the Throne

The Anticipated Future of the Moon

A Grubby Niche

Haydn and Seek

It Makes One's Head Swim

Buzzing on the Green

A Day on Venus