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 remembering your dreams to… the real shape of a rainbow!

SNAP IT! • Astonishing photos from around the world

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

LISTIFIED! • Prepare to be inspired and enlightened by the clever quotations crammed into these thoughtprovoking lists.

10 fascinating facts about February…

MYTHS AND MONSTERS • From Maui to Medusa, meet 10 legendary characters and creatures drawn from stories told by different cultures around the world.

10 amazing facts about… JELLYFISH! • Strange and beautiful, jellyfish are among the most unusual animals on Earth. Read on to discover why they are such extraordinary marine creatures…

The BIG Britannica Family Quiz • Test your family's brainpower by playing this special four-page edition of the Big Britannica Quiz! Regular readers of Britannica Magazine may have an advantage because some of the facts appeared in previous issues of the magazine. Don't worry if you don't know them all, though – the answers are at the end of the quiz. Good luck!

NOBODY KNOWS! • For thousands of years, people have spotted strange balls of light that glow, crackle and hover in the air during thunderstorms. Scientists have a name for these mysterious spheres – ball lightning. But as for when, where and why they appear…

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

Puzzles & Games • Stumped? Don't worry, you can find the answers to all the puzzles on page 42.

Picture Quiz • Can you work out what you are looking at in each of these seven photos?

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. This month: a mysterious disappearance of giant animals

FROM BIG TO SMALL! • Take a journey from giant galaxies to microscopic molecules…

SEND IT IN! Meet our School Quiz Cha mpions! • We celebrate the fantastic finalists who went head to head in our first national Schools Quiz Challenge.

YOUR fact of the month • The US secret service once trained a cat to be a spy. It was equipped with a tiny microphone and transmitter and trained to listen in on secret conversations.

Make your own Venetian mask! • In February, a giant fancy-dress party is held in Venice where the guests all wear beautiful masks. Now you can join the fun by making your own…

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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.