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Damn Interesting is, as far as I know, the original "collection of historical anecdotes" Web site in the vein of Atlas Obscura or Mental Floss. They've always f
by Hasknewbie 9y ago
Damn Interesting is, as far as I know, the original "collection of historical anecdotes" Web site in the vein of Atlas Obscura or Mental Floss. They've always favoured long-form, well-sourced articles, and they started doing it before it was cool and/or profitable -- the site was at one point left unmaintained for well over a year if I remember correctly. So yes, hats off to them for playing the long game, sticking to their formula, and not devolving into yet another ads-plagued list-icles Web site.
- MBCook 9y agoYep. At this point they also have a podcast which is the author reading the article and is a great lesson if you'd prefer to get it that way.
- rkuykendall-com 9y ago> the site was at one point left unmaintained for well over a year if I remember correctly Yes, once the book writing started, the site articles completely stopped. It felt like years to me, but have no evidence of that.