Sand in the Gobi Desert forms circles resembling eyes! Geologists found this is due to wind erosion creating patterns on the surface.

The chemical reaction of photosynthesis converts CO₂ and H₂O into glucose and O₂ using chlorophyll.

The smallest bird in the world, the bee hummingbird from Cuba, is just 5 cm long. It weighs less than 2 grams but can flap its wings 80 times per second! These tiny creatures feed on nectar and loo...

Climate data indicates a 30% increase in ocean acidity since the start of the industrial era.

Crop circles appear in Wiltshire, England, sparking mysteries! Studies show most are created by humans as art projects or pranks.

Along the cliffs of Ireland, the Skellig Michael island, a 6th-century monastic site, perches 230 meters high. Monks lived in stone beehive huts. Star Wars filmed there in 2015.

In South Africa, ‘sand flowers’ bloom after rain. These plants survive in the desert by storing water.

A rare blue lobster, caught off Maine, stuns with its one-in-two-million odds. Its vivid hue stems from a genetic mutation altering shell pigments.

In Japan, a ‘fire garden’ on Hokkaido Island comes alive with lanterns. Flowers are illuminated, creating a magical glow.

The Tambora volcano in 1815 ejected 150 cubic kilometers of ash, causing the ‘year without a summer’ in Europe.

In the Indian Ocean, Socotra Island looks like an alien world with ‘dragon’s blood’ trees. Their red sap was used in ancient medicine.

The largest library in the world, the Library of Congress in the US, holds over 170 million books. If you read one book a day, it’d take 465,000 years to read them all! They even have books the s...

Black holes in space swallow everything, even light! Astrophysicists suggest the absorbed material turns into energy and is emitted as jets.

A rare ‘crystal dolphin’ in the Caribbean Sea shines in the sun. Its skin shimmers like glass.

The world’s longest tunnel, the Gotthard Base Tunnel in Switzerland, is 57 km long. It runs under the Alps, with trains speeding through at 250 km/h. Construction took 17 years and cost $12 billi...

In 2022, a new spider species was found in Australia that jumps 2 meters. Called the “jumping hunter,” it hunts insects like a cat and can spot prey from 5 meters away thanks to its huge eyes!<...

Genetic studies show that humans and chimpanzees diverged about 6-7 million years ago.

An ancient Roman road in Spain glows under UV light from fluorite minerals. Its 2,000-year-old stones reveal hidden patterns in the dark.

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