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 house shaped like a toilet to… a type of cabbage that smells like skunk spray!

SNAP IT! • 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.

Bizarre Inventions • Nine unusual products that were actually made

BRILLIANT BUGS! • Insects are extraordinary animals that are literally everywhere around us. Read on to discover why these superbly strange creatures are among the most successful species ever to have lived on planet Earth…

NOBODY KNOWS! • Scientists have lots of theories as to why human beings yawn. It could be to make us more alert. It could reduce stress. Or it could regulate the temperature of the brain. But as for exactly why yawning is a universal human behaviour…

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

COLOUR IT IN!

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

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: Alexander the Great and the Romans!

10 fascinating facts about March…

Puzzles & Games • Can you spot the names of 25 colours hidden in our jumbo word search puzzle? Good luck!

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

ALL AROUND THE WORLD! • Almost nothing in the universe is perfectly round, but our planet comes very close. Earth still has some imperfections, though. Here's how it compares to some other round objects that can be found both on Earth and in outer space…

SEND IT IN! My favourite invention • This fantastic poem and picture were sent in by Helena, age 8, the winner of our competition about world-changing inventions.

YOUR fact of the month… • Send your favourite fact to: facts@britannicamagazine.com

Draw your own space vehicle! • Use the moonscape below to design your own lunar rover. We’ve added the wheels to get you started! When you’ve finished, send your drawing to: editor@britannicamagazine.com

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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.