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100 Fascinating Facts About Earth

The best Spaceball.

100 Fascinating Facts About Earth

9 Rockin' Facts About Earthquakes

Earthquakes don't cause giant cartoonish chasms to open up, but they can tear up the landscape like this.

9 Rockin' Facts About Earthquakes

A Massive Volcanic Eruption in Alaska May Have Doomed the Roman Republic

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A Massive Volcanic Eruption in Alaska May Have Doomed the Roman Republic

11 Explosive Facts About Mount St. Helens

A column of ash and volcanic gas erupts from Mount St. Helens on May 18, 1980.

11 Explosive Facts About Mount St. Helens

Two Bombs Dropped Near a Hawaiian Volcano Decades Ago Were Found Intact in a Lava Tube

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10 Steamy Facts About Old Faithful

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7 Mysterious Geological Formations That Still Baffle Scientists

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Australia’s Sacred Uluru Monolith Is Closing to Tourists for Good This Weekend—So Tourists Are Rushing to Climb It

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9 Monumental Facts About Chimney Rock

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The World’s Eighth Lava Lake Was Just Discovered on a Remote Sub-Antarctic Island

Mount Michael from above.

What Caused Pangea to Break Apart?

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Scientists Solve an Ancient Stonehenge Mystery: Where the Massive Rocks Came From

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10 Discoveries and Inventions That Are More Recent Than You Think

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There Are 72,000 Tons of Diamonds Hiding Throughout This Town in Germany

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A 2.63-Carat Diamond Was Unearthed by a Grandmother at an Arkansas State Park

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Michigan Rock Hunter Discovers Glowing 'Yooperlites' on Lake Superior Beach

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