GEO · 5 MIN8 Strange Borders That Are Actually Real
Some borders wander through living rooms, strand a town inside a foreign country, or split an island across an entire day. Here are eight of the strangest boundaries on Earth, and every one is real.
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GEO · 5 MINThe Highest, Deepest, Driest: 7 Extremes of Planet Earth
The highest, the deepest, the driest, and four more of them — seven of Earth's record extremes, with the real numbers behind each one.
GEO · 5 MIN8 Places on Earth That Look Like Another Planet
Salt flats that turn into a mirror, mountains striped like a paint chart, forests of trees that look drawn by an alien. Eight real places on Earth that look like another planet — and the plain science behind the strangeness.
GEO · 5 MINWhy Do We Have Time Zones? The Story of How We Split the Day
For most of history, every town set its own clock by the sun. Here's how railways, one stubborn engineer, and a conference in Washington gave the whole planet a shared sense of time.
GEO · 5 MIN9 Tiny Countries You’ve Probably Never Heard Of
Nine of the world's smallest countries — from the Vatican to Kiribati — and one memorable fact about each.
GEO · 5 MIN9 U.S. State Names Almost Everyone Mispronounces
Some state names are spelled one way and said another — and locals have strong feelings about it. Here are nine that trip up newcomers, and how to say them right.
GEO · 5 MINWhy Is the White House White? And Other Landmark Mysteries
Why is the White House white? Why did the Statue of Liberty turn green? Seven famous landmarks and the surprising answers hiding behind them — including a few 'facts' that aren't true.
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