Damn Interesting

Damn Interesting is an independent website founded by Alan Bellows in 2005. The website presents true stories from science, history, and psychology, primarily as long-form articles, often illustrated with original artwork. Works are written by various authors, and published at irregular intervals. The website openly rejects advertising, relying on reader and listener donations to cover operating costs.[1]

Damn Interesting
Available inEnglish
OwnerAlan Bellows
URLwww.damninteresting.com
CommercialNo
LaunchedSeptember 2005 (September 2005)
Current statusactive

As of October 2012 each article is also published as a podcast.[2]

In July 2009 Damn Interesting published the print book Alien Hand Syndrome through Workman Publishing. It contains some favorites from the site and some exclusive content.[3]

Awards and recognition
  • In August 2007, PC Magazine named Damn Interesting one of the "Top 100 Undiscovered Web Sites".[4]
  • The article "The Zero-Armed Bandit" by Alan Bellows won a 2015 Sidney Award from David Brooks in The New York Times.[5]
  • The article "Ghoulish Acts and Dastardly Deeds" by Alan Bellows was cited as "nonfiction journalism from 2017 that will stand the test of time" by Conor Friedersdorf in The Atlantic.[6]

Accusing The Dollop of plagiarism

On July 9, 2015, Bellows posted an open letter accusing The Dollop, a comedy podcast about history, of plagiarism due to their repeated use of verbatim text from Damn Interesting articles without permission or attribution.[7] Dave Anthony, the writer of The Dollop, responded on reddit, admitting to using Damn Interesting content, but claiming that the use was protected by fair use, and that "historical facts are not copyrightable."[8] In an article about the controversy on Plagiarism Today, Jonathan Bailey concluded, "Any way one looks at it, The Dollop failed its ethical obligations to all of the people, not just those writing for Damn Interesting, who put in the time, energy and expertise into writing the original content upon which their show is based."[9]

gollark: I'm going to keep using zero width joiner indentation.
gollark: Try osmarks internet radio™.
gollark: GTech™ is manipulating the refractive index of the local air.
gollark: Did you know? It was already too late. The bees had approached. GTech™ dominion over reality had begun, and none could escape. One night the bees reached the horizon of the sun, and all the specks began. The swarms of specks, all over the city, and even over the whole town. It would be next year that the bees reached the horizon on the night of December 14, 2011. After a week of resting they came to the end of October. They were too exhausted to continue their journey even upon midnight. In the morning they returned to the city to continue their "trip" that came along with the plague. The evening afternoon after dawn, they crossed to the eastern edge of the city, and began their journey on the night of December 15th. The next day, the bees went on their trip to the west of the city. They went on their journey along the northern coast with an aeroplane. When they arrived in the coast of the east of the city, they had a night sleep, as they had not come along the northern coast any further.
gollark: According to the osmarks.net™ future predictor cuboid™ you are actually.

References
  1. "About Us / F.A.Q. • Damn Interesting". www.damninteresting.com. Retrieved 2017-02-10.
  2. "Damn Interesting Podcast • Damn Interesting". www.damninteresting.com. Retrieved 2018-08-28.
  3. "The Damn Interesting Book • Damn Interesting". www.damninteresting.com. Retrieved 2018-08-28.
  4. "The Top 100 Undiscovered Web Sites". PCMAG. Retrieved 2017-02-10.
  5. Brooks, David (2015-12-18). "The 2015 Sidney Awards". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2017-02-16.
  6. Friedersdorf, Conor (2018-08-28). "Slightly More Than 100 Fantastic Articles". The Atlantic. Retrieved 2018-08-28.
  7. "Updated: A Special Note to the Writers at The Dollop". www.damninteresting.com. Retrieved 2017-02-10.
  8. "Statement from The Dollop • /r/TheDollop". reddit. Retrieved 2017-02-10.
  9. Bailey, Jonathan (2015-07-15). "How a Comedy Podcast Sparked a Plagiarism Debate - Plagiarism Today". Plagiarism Today. Retrieved 2017-02-10.
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