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5.7k votersMind-Blowing Facts About Planet Earth That Will Make You Question EverythingLearning a few amazing facts about Earth can remind humanity how lucky we are to call this planet home. One of the biggest of thes...

1.5k votersThe Most Stunningly Gorgeous Places on EarthWhen you’re busy living your every day life—going from home to work to back home again—it can be tough to remember how much beauty...

10k viewsBeautiful Patterned Landscapes That Almost Don't Look RealIn this modern world of skyscrapers and city skylines, it's sometimes easy to forget exactly how beautiful nature can be. Here you...

2.2k votersReal Landscapes That Look Like They're From Another PlanetAs any good fan of sci-fi knows, few things can make or break the allure of an alien planet or a strange dimension like a great at...

199 voters13 Rivers That Changed The Flow Of HistoryOf the tens of thousands of rivers that cross the Earth’s surface, a select few determined the course of human history. From the v...

42.3k viewsEarth History in 11 Easy StepsGetting a little tired of this Earth? Think you might want to get a shiny new one? Maybe one with less plastic bits floating in th...

1.0m views25 Things You Didn't Know About AntarcticaIt's the coldest, windiest, and (arguably) loneliest place on the planet: Antarctica. But did you know that the bottom of the worl...

246 votersSecret Natural Swimming Holes To Add To Your Travel ListThe next time you take a road trip, why not add a few beautiful swimming holes to your list of stops? This collection of secret sp...

1.1k votersThe Most Damaging Invasive Species in the WorldEcosystems on our planet are, as we have learned over and over as a species that seems to live outside them, much more fragile tha...

86.6k viewsWhat Would Life Be Like If Earth Was Actually Flat?Regardless of the stories told in many elementary and middle schools, when Christopher Columbus set sail across the Atlantic Ocean...

1.3k votersThe Strangest Places On EarthA serene bay filled with glowing plankton, shining like a field of stars. A lake so pink you wouldn't expect to find it in nature....

17.8k viewsWhen Every Non-Renewable Resource Will Run Out, And How Humanity Will DealGiven the multitude of products made from non-renewable resources, it is concerning that many of Earth's essential commodities are...

1.1k votersThe Most Important Environmental Issues TodayEnvironmental pollution and global warming are harsh and honest realities of the 21st century. The continued reliance on fossil fu...

111.4k viewsEarth's Big Five Mass Extinction EventsIn honor of the discovery of particles found in Permian rocks that might have clues to the cause of the Permian die-off, I'm listi...

102.7k viewsWhat Will Actually Happen If All the Polar Ice MeltsThe Earth hasn't always been partially covered with ice. During the Eocene Epoch 50 million years ago, the planet was actually ice...

11.5k viewsSurprising Things That Are Rapidly Killing The EnvironmentOver the past couple of decades, people have begun to take much more notice of the damage that humanity is doing to the planet. Wh...

26.1k viewsFascinating Things You Didn't Know About SaltYou might think you know a little something about salt. It comes in grains, it's the only rock humans eat, it's called sodium chlo...

424 votersThe World's Most Unreal Geological FormationsOur planet has built some pretty cool stuff over the past 4+ billion years. The mechanisms it employs to push up and tear down its...

24.3k viewsThe Making Of Planet Earth Is Even More Mind-Blowing Than The Series ItselfThe Planet Earth series has been a massive hit for the BBC for over a decade. The production costs are huge, and each season takes...

6.3k viewsHow All The World's Natural And Man-Made Wonders Are Being Affected By Climate ChangePoliticians around the world have been at odds for decades over the issue of climate change. While the vast majority of scientists...