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16 Towering Facts About Mount Everest

Mount Everest is the tallest and highest peak on Earth. Or is it? Here’s everything you need to know about the world’s most famous mountain.

Big Spring International Park in Huntsville, Alabama.

The 50 Best Places to Live in the U.S. Right Now

Huntsville, Alabama, has more to offer than a very important NASA space flight center.

13 Facts About Robert E. Peary, North Pole Explorer

Robert Peary was celebrated as the first man to reach the North Pole, but his 1909 achievement was controversial from the moment it was announced.

Chicago Is Giving Out Specially Designed Cans of Its Classic Lake Michigan Tap Water

The ‘Chicagwa’ cans, designed by Chicago-based artists, are filled with Lake Michigan’s finest drinking water.

Which Country Has the Longest Coastline?

Experts agree that Canada has the world's longest coastline, but the exact length is disputed.

25 Wild Facts About Alaska

4. There are many moose laws.

This Utah mountain is one of the geographic features to be renamed.

Hundreds of Mountains, Rivers, and Other Sites in the U.S. With Racist Names Are Being Rebranded

A racist and misogynist term for Native American women will no longer appear in the names of geographic sites managed by the federal government.

It's actually just one really big ocean.

How Many Oceans Are There, Really?

Thanks to the debate surrounding the validity of the Southern Ocean, it’s more than a one-word answer.

23 Sweet Facts About Alabama

They put us on the moon, gave us Mardi Gras, and collect all our unclaimed luggage. Thanks, Alabama!

Nikolaj Coster-Waldau and Joe Cole in Against the Ice.

The Harrowing Arctic Survival Story Behind Netflix's Against the Ice

Nikolaj Coster-Waldau is bringing Ejnar Mikkelsen’s death-defying Arctic expedition to the big screen. Here’s the history behind it.

Why Is Ukraine’s Capital City Now Called ‘Kyiv,’ Not ‘Kiev’?

‘Kyiv’ is not a new name for the capital of Ukraine—and the Kyiv-or-Kiev discussion isn’t new, either.

11 Facts About Sir Ernest Shackleton

Polar explorer Sir Ernest Shackleton's 1914 voyage to Antarctica was an epic failure, but he returned a hero.

The Rainiest City in Every Country

From Hilo, Hawaii to Londonderry, Northern Ireland, these are the rainiest cities in every country around the world.

10 Facts About Joshua Tree National Park

Only two hours outside Los Angeles, Joshua Tree National Park has always had a glamorous cachet. But it also has a fascinating history filled with Hollywood-style drama.

Cuyahoga Valley National Park in Autumn.

10 Facts About Cuyahoga Valley National Park

Ohio's Cuyahoga Valley National Park is one of the most-visited national parks in the United States.

Watch Stunning—and Slightly Terrifying—Drone Footage of the World’s Tallest Waterfall

See what it looks like to fly down Angel Falls—the inspiration for Paradise Falls in 2009’s ‘Up’—in glorious 5K.

The Appalachian Mountains have a long, fascinating history.

11 Facts About the Appalachian Mountains

The Appalachian Mountains occupy a towering spot in North American cultural identity, thanks in part to the Appalachian Trail. The rugged peaks have been influencing the continent for a lot longer than we’ve been around to appreciate them.

Alessandra Perilli with her bronze medal after the trap-shooting finals on July 29, 2021.

San Marino, a European Microstate, Just Became the Smallest Country Ever to Win an Olympic Medal

Thanks to shooter Alessandra Perilli, San Marino knocked Liechtenstein off a very specific—and very tiny—Olympic throne.

An aerial view of the river Thames at sunset.

11 Facts About the River Thames

The river Thames snakes its way through the center of London, continuing to waylay whales, inspire artists, sink ships, and occasionally flood areas of the British capital

11 Shipwrecks That Haunt the Great Lakes

The wreck of the SS Edmund Fitzgerald isn't the only ship to have met an early end on the Great Lakes.

The Kuroshio Current colliding with the Oyashio Current.

The Current That Carried Shipwrecked Sailors Across the Pacific

The Kuroshio Current has swept wayward ships from Japan's waters to the North American shore.

Egypt’s famous Luxor Temple is one of the world’s oldest temples.

10 of the World's Oldest Temples

Humans have been building temples for over 10,000 years. Luckily for history lovers, many of those ancient, sacred sites still exist.

It would be hard to fit the world's longest place name onto this small sign.

The 10 Longest Place Names in the World

At 85 letters, New Zealand's Taumatawhakatangihangakoauauotamateapokaiwhenuakitanatah is the world's longest place name.

Who among us hasn't altered international borders?

Advancing the Stone: Belgian Farmer Accidentally Invades France by Moving a 200-Year-Old Border Marker Onto French Land

France’s border with Belgium has remained mostly unchanged since 1820. But one farmer recently made his own little alteration.

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