Claud Pearson

There's a five-story, blood-red waterfall in Antarctica.

In late May or early June of each year, the synchronous fireflies of the Great Smoky Mountains flash in sync. The light show is made up of males blinking for the females on the forest floor below.

People didn’t always say “hello” when they answered the phone. When the first regular phone service was established in 1878, Alexander Graham Bell suggested answering the phone with “ahoy."

Melbourne gave some of its trees email addresses so residents could report problems. Instead, the trees received love letters.

The aurora australis is the southern version of the aurora borealis. Tasmania, New Zealand, and Antarctica are a few of the best places to scope out the Southern Lights from land.

Unconsciously, native English speakers say adjectives preceding nouns in a specific order: opinion, size, age, shape, color, origin, material, and purpose. It's why saying "old green metal chairs" sounds normal, but "metal green old chairs" sounds weird.

Army ants that misinterpret the scent trails left by other ants will sometimes break from the crowd and march in circles. If enough ants join, they can form massive "death spirals."

Viking men wore makeup.

The paint that coats the White House and Buckingham Palace is made by the same German company.