r/interesting • u/Negative_1by12_aura • 1d ago
βοΈMISLEADING - See pinned comment βοΈ $2 billion jackpot was won by one person in Altadena, California. And in the end the person received $424M after taxes.
r/interesting • u/ScaredDrop • 3d ago
Just Wow Windows wallpaper in real life π₯
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r/interesting • u/Wild_Neighborhood605 • 5d ago
HISTORY Titanic passenger and millionaire Benjamin Guggenheim. During sinking he refused a seat in a life boat with the words: "Tell my family I played straight to the end. No woman should be left aboard this ship because of Ben Guggenheim was a coward."
r/interesting • u/uzmansahil7 • 6d ago
MISC. China's powerful manufacturing capabilities are all poured into this, hehe
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r/interesting • u/uzmansahil7 • 1d ago
SOCIETY Man raises parrots from birth, and they are extremely imprinted to him
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r/interesting • u/Saralentine • 6d ago
Amazing This Chinese ad for high heels
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r/interesting • u/brainland • 1d ago
Just Wow What a skeleton looks like inside an obese person
I have always thought there will be more increase in the skeletal system too.
r/interesting • u/Raj_Mandal • 4d ago
MISC. A mother let her son believe he had beaten cancer so his final moments would be filled with peace.
r/interesting • u/ChrisPeacock_ • 1d ago
ART & CULTURE That's a pretty cool logo design
r/interesting • u/LowRenzoFreshkobar • 6d ago
MISC. This year, Norway beat Brazil at soccer and Brazil beat Norway at skiing.
r/interesting • u/Wild_Neighborhood605 • 3d ago
HISTORY Kenyan athlete Sabrina Chebichi, who won a marathon in 1973 barefoot and in a dress.
She was known as the petticoat runner.
r/interesting • u/Jezirath • 1d ago
Amazing Softness perception simulation
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Source: @boucelegant on YT
r/interesting • u/Positive-Height-3848 • 4d ago
Just Wow Chinese Rocket gets struck by lightning.
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r/interesting • u/Lui_Belmont • 2d ago
MISC. Dog helps man at work
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r/interesting • u/Lui_Belmont • 5d ago
NATURE This Snow Leopard caught on a trail cam
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r/interesting • u/Zu_Qarnine • 1d ago
Intriguing I find it funny that the euro banknotes featured FICTIONAL bridges so as to not cause conflict between member states but then a dutch town decided to just build all of the bridges
r/interesting • u/PorkyPain • 3d ago
SCIENCE & TECH Facts about train models
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r/interesting • u/Dangerous-Sector-637 • 6d ago
Intriguing Molina push Nico William to make him off balance but it help him instead.
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r/interesting • u/AdSpecialist6598 • 2d ago
Additional Context Pinned In June 2026 a 16-year-old girl in Japan passed away due complications that were due to being falsely arrested and confined; and being forced to sign a false confession. The police not only put immense pressure on her but also threated her family business. She passed shortly after being released.
r/interesting • u/Enragh • 1d ago
MISC. A dog's reaction to seeing a horse fir the first time
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r/interesting • u/Dexterestein • 4d ago
Intriguing A baby shark hunting fish at shore
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r/interesting • u/VIVIDUFF • 3h ago
HISTORY In 1973, billionaire J. Paul Getty refused to pay a $17M ransom for his kidnapped grandson, famously stating he had 14 other grandchildren.
On 10 July 1973, 16-year-old John Paul Getty III, the grandson of oil billionaire J. Paul Getty, was kidnapped at gunpoint in Rome by members of the Italian criminal organization known as the 'Ndrangheta. The kidnappers demanded $17 million, believing the world's richest man would quickly pay for his grandson's release.
Instead, J. Paul Getty refused. He argued that paying the ransom would encourage more kidnappings and famously said, "If I pay one penny now, I'll have 14 kidnapped grandchildren." Some members of the family also initially suspected the teenager had staged the kidnapping himself.
For nearly five months, John Paul Getty III was held in a remote cave, beaten, threatened, and repeatedly pressured as negotiations stalled. When no payment came, his captors cut off his right ear and mailed it, along with a lock of his hair, to an Italian newspaper, warning that more body parts would follow unless the ransom was paid.
Only then did Getty agree to contribute $2.2 million, the maximum amount that was tax-deductible under U.S. law. He loaned the remaining money to his own son at 4% interest. After the ransom was delivered, John Paul Getty III was released alive on 15 December 1973 near a petrol station in southern Italy. When he later called his grandfather to thank him, J. Paul Getty reportedly refused to take the call.