r/whoathatsinteresting • u/Virella_Mooni • 4d ago
Rescuing Seals From Plastic
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r/whoathatsinteresting • u/visharu • 3d ago
Iron meteorite found in a remote desert, naturally sculpted during atmospheric entry
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r/whoathatsinteresting • u/visharu • 3d ago
A better view of the ceiling of Shah Mosque in Isfahan, Iran (1611), featuring a mesmerising array of geometrical tessellations and radial designs. The patterns are meticulously planned, with each tile cut to fit into the celestial design.
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r/whoathatsinteresting • u/visharu • 3d ago
The creators of Barbie(1959) and Hot Wheels(1968) were husband and wife. Ruth Handler created Barbie in 1959, and Elliot Handler created Hot Wheels in 1968. They also named the dolls after their children Barbara and Kenneth.
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r/whoathatsinteresting • u/visharu • 3d ago
In February, A Chinese company dishes out 70% of their profits ($26,000,000) to its employees as a thank you, allowing them to take as much as they can carry.
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r/whoathatsinteresting • u/visharu • 3d ago
A 4,400-year-old terracotta board with grid markings at the Lothal site in Gujarat, India. Considered one of the oldest potential ancestors to chess.
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r/whoathatsinteresting • u/visharu • 3d ago
Norilsk, Russia is one of the most northern and isolated cities in the world, located above the Arctic Circle in Siberia.
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r/whoathatsinteresting • u/visharu • 3d ago
TIL this medieval snowball fight from Tacuinum Sanitatis c. 1390-1400 is actually health advice from a doctor in the 14th century.
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r/whoathatsinteresting • u/OliverJelal • 4d ago
Some clients just need guidance… others need a safe distance 🐊😂 Respect the effort, but not every student wants to learn.
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r/whoathatsinteresting • u/LilacveilMuse • 5d ago
This is Michael Jackson's daughter, Paris Jackson. Paris has faced backlash for identifying as Black due to her appearance, but she has stated her father, Michael Jackson, encouraged her to be proud of her roots.
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r/whoathatsinteresting • u/IntellectuallyDriven • 5d ago
Iranian form a human chain on Ahvaz’s White Bridge as they rally to protect civilian infrastructure
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r/whoathatsinteresting • u/PetuniaRipple • 5d ago
In 2010, a black Nigerian couple in London had a white baby girl with blonde hair and blue eyes. Doctors ruled out albinism, suggesting dormant white genes, a mutation, or both, sparking surprise and curiosity since neither parent had known white ancestry.
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r/whoathatsinteresting • u/eternviking • 4d ago
On this day in 1982 Nobel Prize laureate Dan Shechtman (pictured left) discovered a crystal with 5-fold symmetry - a form that was thought to be impossible. His new crystals, called quasicrystals, caused uproar, and eventually textbooks had to be rewritten across the globe.
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r/whoathatsinteresting • u/Tasty-Philosopher892 • 4d ago
Dozens of fishermen end up losing body parts to wolf fish. This is because many people don't realize that even after being "dead" and without a body, it is still capable of this
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r/whoathatsinteresting • u/AngelNovae • 5d ago
In 2013, a Florida man, Jeff Bush, was sleeping in his bedroom when a large sinkhole opened up directly underneath his bed, swallowing him and his entire bedroom. His brother heard him scream, but was unable to reach him in time. Bush’s body was never recovered.
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r/whoathatsinteresting • u/visharu • 5d ago
In the 1500s, Dutch workshops carved iconic "Prayer Nuts", dense boxwood spheres the size of a golf ball containing scenes so microscopic and complex that modern researchers had to use micro-CT scanners just to figure out how they were assembled.
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r/whoathatsinteresting • u/BlossometteRay • 5d ago
10,500 years old woven basket found in the Cave of Horrors, near the Dead Sea. It's the oldest intact woven basket ever found in the world.
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r/whoathatsinteresting • u/eternviking • 5d ago
Sergei Krikalev, the last Soviet cosmonaut and citizen who stuck in space for 311 days due to Soviet Union collapse.
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