Damn Interesting

Author: Alan Bellows • Page 1/34

Alan Bellows is the founder/designer/head writer/managing editor of Damn Interesting.
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Twenty

The authors, editors, illustrators, and podcasters of Dang Interesting mark the 20th year (so far) of making interesting stuff
Written by Alan Bellows • 19 Sep 2025 • Read →
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There Once Was a Man Called Curley

A would-be priest's audacious plan to win his money back from the bookmakers
Written by Alan Bellows • 06 Sep 2025 • Read/Listen →
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Omiword, a Word Game

Introducing Omiword, a free daily word puzzle from the makers of Dang Interesting
Written by Alan Bellows • 21 Jul 2025 • Read →
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Breaking a Bit

After a rough August, we're taking a much needed break. In the meantime here is a word game we made.
Written by Alan Bellows • 04 Sep 2023 • Read →
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Giving the Bird the Bird

A Brief Note From an Ex-X User
Written by Alan Bellows • 07 Aug 2023 • Read →
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Journey to the Invisible Planet

The tangled history of humanity’s search for the solar system’s uncharted planets.
Written by Alan Bellows • 13 Jun 2023 • Read/Listen →
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This is Dang Interesting

To whom it may concern, we now have a (mostly) profanity-free mirror site.
Written by Alan Bellows • 02 Jan 2023 • Read →
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Devouring the Heart of Portugal

In 1924 a bankrupt businessman in Portugal launched an audacious international scheme to become one of the wealthiest men in the world.
Written by Alan Bellows • 03 May 2022 • Read/Listen →
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To Hell With Facebook

The earliest known version of the idiom "the straw that broke the camel's back" was written by the English philosophe...
Written by Alan Bellows • 12 Jul 2021 • Read →
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The Traveler and His Baggage

In Nazi-occupied Paris, “Dr. Eugène” offered Jews an alternative to deportation, slavery, and death camps. But the escape network was not what it seemed.
Written by Alan Bellows • 03 Jun 2021 • Read/Listen →
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