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!

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FACTopia! • Follow the trail of crazily connected facts all the way from taxis filled with hay to… the game of Oozeball!

SNAP IT! • Astonishing photos from around the world

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

How to chat… AFRICAN ELEPHANTS • African savanna elephants live in extended family groups led by a powerful female. Family members look out for each other, especially the little ones. They are the world’s biggest land animals and have very powerful voices - so get ready to SHOUT!

DO YOU SEE FACES IN THINGS?

…AND CAN YOU NAME THE HIDDEN ANIMALS?

COLOURS • Explore all the colours of the spectrum as you’ve never seen them before! Discover the ‘lost purple’, why the sea is blue and more…

HIDDEN PHRASES! • Each of these pictures represents a common expression. Can you work out what each visual clue is trying to say? Don’t worry if you get stuck, the answers are at the bottom of the page.

SOCKS! • Tall, short, striped or spotted… socks are sensational! Here are some startling facts about them you probably didn’t know.

PUZZLES & GAMES! • Inside this 10-page activity section, you will find quizzes to do, puzzles to solve and fun activities to try. And don’t worry if you get stuck - all the answers are on page 36.

EYE DON’T BELIEVE IT! • Amazing optical illusions that trick your brain…

50 THINGS YOU DIDN’T KNOW ABOUT LEGO! • Prepare to enter the awesome world of LEGO, as we tell the extraordinary story of how a collection of colourful plastic bricks conquered planet Earth.

MAP IT

AIRCRAFT IN NUMBERS… • The maximum take-off weight in tonnes of the Antonov An-225 Mriya. The heaviest aircraft ever made, it could transport a herd of 125 elephants!

HOW TO MAKE AN EGYPTIAN MUMMY • Learn the fascinating process of making a mummy, from mashing the brain and wrapping to accessorising!

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What on Earth! Magazine

Jokes & Riddles • Send your favourite joke or riddle to our jokes editor May at letters@whatonearth.co.uk. If your joke is featured in a future issue of the magazine, you will WIN a copy of Secret FACTopia!