What on Earth! Magazine

What on Earth! Magazine, published in partnership with Encyclopaedia Britannica, is the UK’s fastest-growing children’s magazine, helping curious kids fall in love with reading, knowledge and learning. Covering all their favourite topics – from space, animals and the natural world, to history, machines and inventions – each issue is bursting with amazing facts, photos, quizzes, puzzles, jokes and more!

FACTopia! • Follow the trail of crazily connected facts all the way from a gross museum full of brains to… the last Egyptian pharaoh!

WOAH! SNAP IT! OOF! wOw! • Astonishing photos from around the world

Eureka! • The latest astonishing discoveries, inventions and scientific breakthroughs.

LISTIFIED! • Prepare to be amazed (and amused!) by the unusual facts crammed into these irresistible lists.

Journey to the Top of the Clouds • Ten common types of cloud and how to spot them.

10 fascinating facts about October…

25 INVENTIONS that change the world! • Human beings are the most ingenious species on the plane We just can't stop inventing things! Here we revisit some of history's biggest eureka moments and see how they shaped our world.

EVERY SECOND • Somewhere on the planet this very second, one aeroplane takes off, four babies are born, 8,000 scoops of ice cream are eaten and…

HOW MUCH DO THINGS WEIGH? • Earth is full of matter, including rocks, water and gases. All this stuff makes our planet a real heavyweight. See how Earth measures up against other objects in our solar system, then find out the mass of some of the world's heaviest trains, trucks and planes!

Mass or Weight?

Absolutely Everything! • Each month we feature an amazing story from world history taken from the bestselling book by Christopher Lloyd, with illustrations by Andy Forshaw.

SEND IT IN! • Send your favourite fact to: facts@britannicamagazine.com

Ask the experts • Readers ask. Experts answer. Send your questions to: experts@britannicamagazine.com

The BIG Brita nnica Quiz • Stretch your brain power with our tricky quiz. The first 20 questions are answered in the magazine, but the final five aren't. Don't worry if you don't know them all. Just check out the answers bottom right and test your grown-ups, too!

Paper shapes! • People have been folding paper to create two- and three-dimensional objects for centuries. The Japanese call this art form ‘origami’. Follow these step-by-step instructions to make your own amazing paper shapes. If you get stuck, watch a video that shows you how at britannicamagazine.co.uk/origami

Puzzles & Games • Stumped? Don't worry, you can find the answers to all the puzzles on page 34.

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Jokes & riddles • Tickle your ribs and tease your brain with our favourite gags and riddles, hand-picked by our jokes editor May.