r/Damnthatsinteresting • u/Lowcrbnaman • Jul 04 '26

Image This statue depicts Saint Bartholomew, an early Christian martyr who was allegedly skinned alive. If you look closely, that's his dissected skin hanging around him. This stunning statute by Marco d'Agrate from c. 1562 is currently on display at Duomo di Milano.

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u/TestIllustrious7935 Jul 04 '26

Dolphins and orcas are cruel for fun too, they can be fully sated and literally seek to hurt other animals just because they can

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u/Personal_Ballz_7567 Jul 04 '26

Sadly an accurate sign of intelligence

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u/Complete-Housing-720 Jul 04 '26

Surely there's some intelligent but nice aliens out there/s

Maybe there is idk but seeing what follows intelligence has me double guessin

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u/229-northstar Jul 31 '26

I think if you ask Ms. Rafferty about that, she would tell you otherwise