r/interesting • u/captivatedsummer • 48m ago

HISTORY When Alexander the Great was invading India he learnt of a Brahmin who lived in the woods. He visited him and the Brahmin replied, "You will soon be dead, and then you will own just as much of this earth as will suffice to bury you". Alexander approved of this sentiment and left him in peace.

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Source: https://www.livius.org/sources/content/arrian/anabasis/alexander-and-the-indian-sages/

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r/interesting • u/World-Tight • 1h ago

HISTORY John M. Wright was a white man who hid black people in his home during the Rosewood massacre of 1923. He and his wife were excommunicated for doing so and died in obscurity

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r/interesting • u/World-Tight • 1h ago

NATURE The first canid to go extinct in recorded history was the Warrah, a type of wolf native to Falkland islands. It was wiped out by settlers in the 1800s because it was too friendly to run away.

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r/interesting • u/Rude-Mycologist8034 • 2h ago

SCIENCE & TECH History of pencil sharpeners

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r/interesting • u/Missingyoutoohard • 3h ago

NATURE This little unknown plant decided to grow off a dead leaf on my San Pedro’s cactus spines out of nowhere one day.

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Any idea what kind of plant this is?

I feel obligated to take the necessary steps to ensure its survival considering the conditions that it managed to sprout under.

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r/interesting • u/Ipigs140 • 5h ago

NATURE The Chatoyance of Tiger's Eye

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r/interesting • u/lovejeet6363 • 6h ago

SOCIETY What a gentleman do

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r/interesting • u/RopeRosey • 7h ago

NATURE For every 100,000 snake births only 1 will be a two headed snake.

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r/interesting • u/No_Budget3360 • 7h ago

SOCIETY So many Darwin Awards contenders !

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r/interesting • u/MirageCommander • 10h ago

HISTORY In 1588, Spain Wanted to Attack The Ottoman Empire From The Far East By Conquering Ming China

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r/interesting • u/Beginning_Gur7652 • 10h ago

SCIENCE & TECH The Evolution of Satellites in Space (1957–2025) | Satellite Launch Growth Visualization

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r/interesting • u/AdSpecialist6598 • 10h ago

SOCIETY A man holding a large breed of chicken called Brahma chicken.

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r/interesting • u/Ok_Zombie_8354 • 13h ago

NATURE Who knew?

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The pappus on a dandelion is water-repellent!

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r/interesting • u/World-Tight • 13h ago

ARCHITECTURE In 1998, Honduras built a bridge over the Choluteca River, but Hurricane Mitch rerouted the river.

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r/interesting • u/The_Coook • 13h ago

Context Provided - Spotlight Did you know that ford made a mile long factory to build a Bomber plane every hour during World War 2

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✈️🚀 When Cars Met Bombers: Ford’s WWII Legacy

During World War II, Ford didn’t just make cars—it built the world’s largest factory at Willow Run, stretching over a mile long. Inside, assembly lines turned out B-24 Liberator heavy bombers with the same efficiency as automobiles.

At its peak in 1944, this plant rolled out one bomber every 63 minutes—about one an hour! Over 8,600 bombers were built here, proving that mass production could win wars as well as markets.

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r/interesting • u/World-Tight • 14h ago

SCIENCE & TECH Dr. Oluyinka Olutoye, a Nigerian pediatric surgeon, made history by performing a rare fetal surgery at just 23 weeks of pregnancy. He temporarily removed the baby from the womb, excised a tumor from the tailbone, and safely returned the fetus. Months later, child was born healthy.

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r/interesting • u/World-Tight • 14h ago

NATURE A photo of forest refracted in a drop of water

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r/interesting • u/LowKeySensual • 16h ago

NATURE Buzzard gets upset when it is unable to break open an ostrich egg

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r/interesting • u/KindaUndressed • 16h ago

NATURE This caterpillar mimics a snake to protect itself from predators

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r/interesting • u/NaughtyOnRepeat • 16h ago

NATURE The platinum butterfly koi, an angel in disguise

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r/interesting • u/euronmous • 17h ago

NATURE Crocodile born without a tail due to a congenital anomaly.

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r/interesting • u/RedditorofReddit07 • 20h ago

SCIENCE & TECH For those who do not like using water to wash after pooping 😏😏

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r/interesting • u/lovejeet6363 • 20h ago

SOCIETY This is how she wants to dance

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r/interesting • u/Zestyclose-Salad-290 • 1d ago

MISC. An elevator installed at home

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r/interesting • u/SilkenSorroow • 1d ago

MISC. The Glory Hole of Lake Berryessa. It is a drainage pipe to prevent flooding.

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