r/interesting • u/Main_Locksmith_2543 • 1d ago
r/interesting • u/cicadaearrings • 7h ago
NATURE Grandpa feeding sandhill cranes in his front yard
photo taken by me!
r/interesting • u/tyrion2024 • 1d ago
MISC. Heath Ledger refused to present at the 2007 Oscars because of a joke in the script about his and Jake Gyllenhaal's characters' love story in Brokeback Mountain (2005). Ledger said, "It's not a joke to me. I don't want to make any jokes about it" and "No. This is about love. Like, that's it, man".
r/interesting • u/Low_Weekend6131 • 7h ago
SCIENCE & TECH Collin furze built a 4d gaming setup that translates games into real life events
r/interesting • u/JumpAppropriate714 • 1d ago
Just Wow John Nash spent nearly 30 years battling schizophrenia. In 1994, he won the Nobel Prize for a mathematical theory he developed at just 21.
r/interesting • u/Honest-Pressure-1483 • 1d ago
SCIENCE & TECH How a torn achilles is repaired
r/interesting • u/PorkyPain • 1d ago
NATURE The great San Diego War, years of battles and skirmishes between 2 big ant colonies
Fun fact: Content creators on platforms like Instagram and Threads have made viral reels detailing this specific San Diego war.
For example, author Jason Pargin shared a breakdown of the San Diego conflict, and creators on Threads have posted videos outlining the exact border clash between the Lake Hodges Colony and the Very Large Colony.
The PBS nature series Deep Look features an episode called 'Winter is Coming For These Argentine Ant Invaders': that provides extreme close-up footage of Argentine ants fighting larger native species.
r/interesting • u/tyrion2024 • 1d ago
SOCIETY Prince Charles and Princess Diana only met in person 13x before getting engaged and when they were asked if they were in love, Charles said "whatever in love means". Then on the night before their wedding, he reportedly told her that he didn't love her in order to get everything out in the open.
r/interesting • u/AdSpecialist6598 • 1d ago
SOCIETY In 2016, after facing repeated job rejections following her graduation from Clemson University's Clemson LIFE program, Collette Divitto who has Down syndrome founded Collettey's Cookies in Boston to create meaningful employment opportunities for people with disabilities.
Here's an article that goes into more detail. Collette Divitto, Woman with Down Syndrome, Launches Colletteys Cookies
r/interesting • u/npcmalvin • 2d ago
Amazing The jump that became known as the “Fosbury Flop” the exact technique the crowd was laughing at is now used by virtually every elite high jumper in the world.
r/interesting • u/npcmalvin • 2d ago
Fascinating Chinese car company BYD has introduced a charging technology as fast as refueling with gasoline.
r/interesting • u/Impossible-Bee-5343 • 1d ago
ART & CULTURE Trying to do construction inside the butt of a massive public artwork (by@building180)
r/interesting • u/HomeNowWTF • 2d ago
SOCIETY Indian and Pakistan dispute at their border
r/interesting • u/AW8TE • 1d ago
NATURE Caley Isles coming into Ardrossan, Scottish west coast
r/interesting • u/Original_Media_6427 • 2d ago
Just Wow It was hard, but I did it. I’m finally cancer-free 🥲🥳❤️
It was hard, but I did it. I’m finally cancer-free 🥲🥳❤️
I don’t know if this post belongs here, but I just have to share it.
I’m so happy to have beaten cancer 🥲❤️
When I was 28, an MRI diagnosed a tumor. The tumor markers were negative, so we thought it was benign. Two months later, a PET-CT scan revealed a malignant tumor, and the biopsy confirmed Hodgkin’s lymphoma. Hodgkin’s lymphoma is a relatively common form of cancer and, fortunately, is very treatable. Still, the treatment was hell. The chemotherapy was so exhausting—it not only destroyed the cancer but also severely weakened my body—and the radiation therapy wasn’t easy either.
But yesterday, after a PET-CT scan, I got the results: I’m cancer-free. 🥲
I’m so incredibly happy. I’m so proud that I made it through all of this, and I’m looking toward the future with optimism.
I admire everyone who is currently battling cancer, and I want to tell you: “You’re a hero—don’t give up.” To everyone who is currently battling cancer, don’t forget one thing: You’re not alone. ❤️
r/interesting • u/tyrion2024 • 2d ago
MISC. Nine days after Star Wars opened in 1977, Alec Guinness (Obi-Wan Kenobi) wrote in his diary “Am pinning my hopes on Star Wars percentage which could bring me £100K or more if it does Jaws business, as predicted.” He ended up earning an estimated $95m for what amounted to 20 minutes of screen time.
r/interesting • u/Mindless-Cookie-5195 • 2d ago
SOCIETY We are not in the same shoes, so let be kind to others.☺️
Short but informative.☺️
r/interesting • u/Prince_of_Abolition • 2d ago
SOCIETY Lawyers beat a child killer in Multan, Pakistan.
The offender had hit the child with his car.
He was later then killed in "police shootout" allegedlly.
The child was working as an employee under the offender. He then decided to quit/run away. The offender could not stomach it because of his fragile ego and ran him over.
r/interesting • u/tyrion2024 • 2d ago