Travel guides can tell you a lot about a country. But locals often have stories and facts you won’t find anywhere else.

For years it’s been a barren salt flat. But now, due to floods hundreds of miles away, Australia’s Kati Thanda-Lake Eyre appears set to fill for only the fourth time in 160 years.

Every week, one or two species of Australian invertebrate go extinct. Many species on the brink live in cities – where we can ...

Ostrich’s Brain Size vs. Eyeball An Ostrich face. Image by Andrey tikhonovskiy via Unsplash Number 8 on the top 10 interesting facts about animals is an ostrich’s brain is smaller than its eyeball.

10 hidden Earth facts that you might not know Strange hidden blobs inside Earth from an ancient planet created moon Earth is incredibly old and about a third as old as the universe itself.

Here is a list of 10 incredible parrot facts. This post was updated on May 28, 2025 to include the artificial insemination success of New Zealand’s Kākāpō parrots. 1.

Discover interesting details about Australia’s tallest and most treasured bird—the emu. Live updates: Padilla shoved out of Noem presser; Democratic governors clash with House GOP 'Star Trek ...

While the world seeks to learn more about the first American pontiff, we’ve listed 10 fun facts about him to get you up to speed. Academic history Raised in Chicago, the Pope attended St. Augustine ...

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Discover 10 fascinating facts about Keanu Reeves as he turns 60 Keanu Reeves was born on September 2, 1964, in Beirut, Lebanon (Monica Schipper/Getty Images) Keanu Reeves has been a prominent figure ...

Few animals symbolize their continent quite like kangaroos, which serve as global icons for Australia. Despite their international fame, kangaroos are also commonly misunderstood, both at home and ...

To mark the 30-year anniversary of Kennedy Onassis’ passing, here are 10 surprising facts you may not have known about her. Jackie Kennedy Onassis was a “superior” student with “an ...