You Won't Believe These Astounding Nature Photos Are Real

Yellowstone National Park

The most common tree in Yellowstone National Park is the lodgepole pine, pictured above, which covers roughly 80% of the park. Yellowstone encompasses 3,472 square miles, meaning that it's larger than Rhode Island and Delaware combined. It is also home to over 500 active geysers.

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The More You Know

  • The magnetic North Pole is moving.
  • Commercial flights were allowed to fly any course to their destination and would often detour over points of interest. This ended in 1956 when two planes crashed mid-flight over the Grand Canyon.
  • For every human on Earth, there are 1.6 million ants.
  • Surfaces near the equator move much faster than those in other locations on Earth.
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Post originally appeared on Upbeat News.