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100 Interesting Facts We Learned in 2020

They definitely learned something new in 2020.

100 Interesting Facts We Learned in 2020

Mt. Everest Just Got a Tiny Bit Taller, After Years of Disputes Between China and Nepal

Mount Everest has increased in stature.

Mt. Everest Just Got a Tiny Bit Taller, After Years of Disputes Between China and Nepal

How African Dust Storms Create the Caribbean’s Beautiful Beaches—and Protect Them from Hurricanes

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How African Dust Storms Create the Caribbean’s Beautiful Beaches—and Protect Them from Hurricanes

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.

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

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11 Explosive Facts About Mount St. Helens

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

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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