Video: The Strange Physics Behind the Oberth Effect [9:27]
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MwJUN0a3IJg&utm_source=DamnInteresting
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An asteroid discovered days ago will narrowly miss Earth
https://www.cnn.com/2026/05/18/science/asteroid-earth-close-pass?utm_source=DamnInteresting
https://www.cnn.com/2026/05/18/science/asteroid-earth-close-pass?utm_source=DamnInteresting
Researchers in Ireland uncover medieval book in Rome with oldest English poem
https://apnews.com/article/old-english-manuscript-poetry-bede-caedmon-hymn-latin-italy-106769c014901cf06d8a56839d56ac90?utm_source=DamnInteresting
https://apnews.com/article/old-english-manuscript-poetry-bede-caedmon-hymn-latin-italy-106769c014901cf06d8a56839d56ac90?utm_source=DamnInteresting
Your Feed Is the Product of a Stealth Marketing Campaign
https://www.vulture.com/article/social-media-feeds-chaotic-good-projects-clipping.html?utm_source=DamnInteresting
This dangerous bird has a secret hiding in plain sight
https://refractor.io/biology/worlds-dangerous-bird-helmet/?utm_source=DamnInteresting
https://refractor.io/biology/worlds-dangerous-bird-helmet/?utm_source=DamnInteresting
On this day 1899, Nikola Tesla arrived in Colorado Springs to conduct groundbreaking wireless electricity experiments
http://www.damninteresting.com/teslas-tower-of-power/
http://www.damninteresting.com/teslas-tower-of-power/
Voice notes on vinyl records? It used to be all the rage
https://www.cbc.ca/radio/thecurrent/voice-mail-vinyl-records-9.7199495?utm_source=DamnInteresting
https://www.cbc.ca/radio/thecurrent/voice-mail-vinyl-records-9.7199495?utm_source=DamnInteresting
Did a hitman kill a New York gallerist? Art world rocked by murder-for-hire trial
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/may/17/brent-daniel-sikkema-trial-murder-for-hire-trial?utm_source=DamnInteresting
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/may/17/brent-daniel-sikkema-trial-murder-for-hire-trial?utm_source=DamnInteresting
