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 talking like a pirate to… vegetables that give off sparks!

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.

High Jump • How high a human being could jump on nine different planets and moons

10 fascinating facts about september…

Can you throw a satellite into space? • Meet the SpinLaunch – the extraordinary new machine designed to hurl rockets and satellites straight up into space!

WELCOME TO THE ANIMAL GAMES! • Meet the greatest athletes of the animal kingdom and find out how they would measure up against the human world record-holders in each event. (Clue: the animals would win gold every time!)

THE OLDEST LIVING THINGS ON EARTH! • We celebrate some of the longest-living plants and animals on the planet, from 200-year-old giant tortoises to a type of underwater sponge that can live for more than 10,000 years!

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.

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Ask the experts

The BIG Britannica 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!

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, chosen with help from our friends at ComedyClub4kids.co.uk!