Comments for Damn Interesting https://www.damninteresting.com/ Fascinating true stories from science, history, and psychology since 2005 Fri, 07 Aug 2026 00:54:29 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.0.3 Comment on The Smoldering Ruins of Centralia by mcmoor https://www.damninteresting.com/the-smoldering-ruins-of-centralia/#comment-77913 Fri, 07 Aug 2026 00:54:29 +0000 https://www.damninteresting.com/?p=479#comment-77913 Curious if there’s other like this throughout the world and history. The condition sounds easy to trigger, and “City of Eternal Fire” sounds badass as hell.

]]> Comment on Ten Minutes in Lituya Bay by jarvisloop https://www.damninteresting.com/ten-minutes-in-lituya-bay/#comment-77886 Thu, 06 Aug 2026 02:25:28 +0000 https://www.damninteresting.com/?post_type=upcoming&p=11593#comment-77886 Nick:

Thanks! I am still here and doing well.

]]> Comment on A Possible Future by Alan Bellows https://www.damninteresting.com/a-possible-future/#comment-77746 Sat, 01 Aug 2026 16:05:08 +0000 https://www.damninteresting.com/?post_type=upcoming&p=129647#comment-77746 We’re coming up on one month since this fundraiser began, and we’re approaching 50% of the $40k goal. Thanks to everybody who has chipped in so far!

Did you see the fundraiser Andrew Callaghan started for Channel 5 the day after ours launched? His goal was $800k, and apparently they hit $1.2 million inside 24 hours. Hotchie motchie! Maybe I need to become a YouTuber.

]]> Comment on The Bridle on the Neck of the Sea by jarvisloop https://www.damninteresting.com/the-bridle-on-the-neck-of-the-sea/#comment-77649 Wed, 29 Jul 2026 02:58:04 +0000 https://www.damninteresting.com/?p=646#comment-77649 It’s been a while, and I am still here.

]]> Comment on From Where the Sun Now Stands by JarvisLoop https://www.damninteresting.com/from-where-the-sun-now-stands/#comment-77643 Tue, 28 Jul 2026 23:33:24 +0000 https://www.damninteresting.com/?post_type=upcoming&p=81736#comment-77643 Laolen:

Are you am Australian of convict bloodline or are you an Aborgine?

]]> Comment on The Killer Lakes of Cameroon by jarvisloop https://www.damninteresting.com/the-killer-lakes-of-cameroon/#comment-77612 Tue, 28 Jul 2026 03:11:06 +0000 https://www.damninteresting.com/?p=184#comment-77612 I am still here.

]]> Comment on A Possible Future by P https://www.damninteresting.com/a-possible-future/#comment-77582 Sun, 26 Jul 2026 23:36:22 +0000 https://www.damninteresting.com/?post_type=upcoming&p=129647#comment-77582 Alan, thank you for putting your brilliant mind to paper. I’ve enjoyed many of your articles over the years.

Donated.

Also, please don’t stop fighting to find a way to keep this dream alive – it’s a special corner of the world.

]]> Comment on The Gimli Glider by JarvisLoop https://www.damninteresting.com/the-gimli-glider/#comment-77499 Fri, 24 Jul 2026 03:20:00 +0000 https://www.damninteresting.com/?p=744#comment-77499 North End Mike:

Excellent information – thanks!

]]> Comment on Prepare for Ludicrous Speed by janchower https://www.damninteresting.com/prepare-for-ludicrous-speed/#comment-77424 Tue, 21 Jul 2026 20:55:29 +0000 https://www.damninteresting.com/?p=337#comment-77424 I feel like a time traveller reading this article…. The first comment was more than 20 years ago!

]]> Comment on A Possible Future by bullestock https://www.damninteresting.com/a-possible-future/#comment-77331 Sun, 19 Jul 2026 08:37:54 +0000 https://www.damninteresting.com/?post_type=upcoming&p=129647#comment-77331 Come on people, we can do this. I myself donated DKK1000 (around $150).

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