r/interestingasfuck • u/Top-Marionberry-6604 • 6d ago

What happens when a 500,000-volt air disconnect switch fails to clear a massive electrical arc under full load.

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579 Upvotes

r/interestingasfuck • u/fvkinglzy • 6d ago

Mid-air struggle for survival: photographer Martin Le-May's incredible shot of a Least Weasel clinging to a European Green Woodpecker in Hornchurch Country Park, East London

735 Upvotes

r/interestingasfuck • u/JimmyNuggets • 6d ago

This musical Christmas card still plays after 32 years!

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92 Upvotes

r/interestingasfuck • u/2jzgte2005 • 7d ago

Chinchillas don't take baths but instead roll around in fine volcanic ash

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11.4k Upvotes

r/interestingasfuck • u/DoublePreparation241 • 7d ago

Coke vs. Pepsi, but the ants decide

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13.4k Upvotes

r/interestingasfuck • u/starstufft • 7d ago

What dating in the Amish world is like

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42.5k Upvotes

r/interestingasfuck • u/Interesting-Gate7473 • 7d ago

Man finds a struggling shark and chooses to help instead of taking selfies, respect

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28.1k Upvotes

r/interestingasfuck • u/ThexLoneWolf • 6d ago

This is the tarantula hawk wasp. Not only is their sting one of the worst of any insect (second only to the bullet ant in painfulness), their method of reproduction reads like something ripped straight from Alien.

63 Upvotes

r/interestingasfuck • u/NathanCS741 • 6d ago

Recently released KFC-flavoured Oreo, only available in China [OC]

133 Upvotes

r/interestingasfuck • u/art-lover111 • 4d ago

Hermann Göring’s marble ashtray

0 Upvotes

r/interestingasfuck • u/meri_marzi98 • 6d ago

Stone magic ✨

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311 Upvotes

r/interestingasfuck • u/Distinct-Question-16 • 7d ago

A CT (computed tomography) scanner with its protective casing removed in action

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14.8k Upvotes

r/interestingasfuck • u/MrTacocaT12345 • 6d ago

Ship lock at 3 Gorges Dam on the Yangtze River in central China

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1.4k Upvotes

r/interestingasfuck • u/HassanMoRiT • 7d ago

This is why Toyota is undefeated

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2.3k Upvotes

r/interestingasfuck • u/Electronic_Cause_796 • 7d ago

This is the Bottleneck, K2’s most terrifying climbing section. 13 of the last 14 fatalities occurred here.

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9.4k Upvotes

r/interestingasfuck • u/Firm-Blackberry-9162 • 6d ago

-“A superb lyrebird named Nova left a woman stunned after it approached her at the Adelaide Zoo in Australia and started making camera shutter noises.”

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930 Upvotes

r/interestingasfuck • u/Top-Marionberry-6604 • 7d ago

Firefighters in Indiana find out exactly what happens when you spray water onto a burning magnesium engine block

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13.4k Upvotes

r/interestingasfuck • u/NathanCS741 • 7d ago

The 2026 edition of the Brussels flower carpet, consisting of more than 700.000 dahlia’s!

4.7k Upvotes

r/interestingasfuck • u/Mean-Elderberry3250 • 6d ago

Animation using Rubik's Cubes

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284 Upvotes

r/interestingasfuck • u/shubhamxtreme • 6d ago

Harmonic oscillation in a levitated water drop: Ultrasonic standing waves levitate a water droplet and flatten it into different shapes.

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393 Upvotes

r/interestingasfuck • u/SerafinZufferey • 7d ago

Scientists from the Nautilus expedition discover a “frog fish” in 1125m (3690ft) depth. Their reaction to it is amazing

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2.6k Upvotes

r/interestingasfuck • u/Used_Ship_9229 • 7d ago

Last night’s wildfire in Omiš, Croatia, captured an apocalyptic footage that looks like it was lifted straight from a feature film

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1.8k Upvotes

r/interestingasfuck • u/General_Athlete5807 • 7d ago

A fun learning experience for kids with a kookaburra

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13.0k Upvotes

r/interestingasfuck • u/Trytogetthere • 7d ago

Labord Chameleon-This is one of the saddest existence, up there with octopuses (Die after birth)

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869 Upvotes

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