The planet we all call home is more amazing than we can imagine.

There are many interesting things that both frighten and fascinate us when it comes to the Earth, and they are related to strange landscapes, interesting animals and wonderful organisms.

In this article we list 7 interesting facts:

The earth's poles are turning

We all know that the North Pole is in the north, somewhere above Alaska, and that the South Pole is somewhere down, near the center of Antarctica. This will always be the case when it comes to the geographical poles of the Earth, but not when it comes to the magnetic poles. For the past 20 million years, the Earth's magnetic poles have rotated every few hundred thousand years, which means that if you had a compass in your hand about 800,000 years ago, it would show you that the north is in Antarctica.

Although scientists are pretty sure that this is really happening, it is still not entirely clear what causes these polar acrobatics. For now, the Earth's north pole is moving north at a speed of about 65 kilometers per year. Bearing in mind that the last gender reversal occurred 780,000 years ago, we are late for the reversal.

The largest living organism on earth is…

When it comes to the largest living thing on the planet, everyone thinks mostly of elephants, whales or trees. One would also remember coral reefs as the largest conglomerate creatures.

However, it turned out that the world record for the largest living organism on Earth has a somewhat less impressive appearance, but in terms of size, it makes the blue whale act like a dwarf. It's about mushrooms.

The title of the largest living organism on the planet belongs to the gingerbread mushroom that lives in the Blue Mountains in Oregon. This huge mushroom occupies about 965 hectares of land, which is as big as 1665 football fields.

Honey fungus is actually a common name for several different species of fungi of the genus Armillaria. These parasitic fungi colonize and kill many woody plants, which is why they were called "gardeners nightmares".

Some parts of the Earth look like we are on another planet

The place that many call "Hell on Earth", the Danakil Desert in Africa, is one of the driest, deepest and warmest places in the world. It is located in the African (Danakil) Depression, where Lake Asal is located, the lowest point in Africa at -155 m below the level of the Earth and is one of the most extreme places on our planet. However, even here there are places to live. The multicolored hydrothermal vents are home to ecosystems that astrobiologists now use as an analogue in the search for life outside of Earth.

One island has an "underwater waterfall"

On the southwest coast of Mauritius, there is a unique natural phenomenon, more precisely a unique optical illusion of an underwater waterfall. The main culprits are the currents that over time stacked the sand off the coast of Mauritius, creating cascades, or deposits that create the impression of water flowing into the middle of the ocean. In satellite images, it looks especially dramatic, as if an underwater current is rising along the coast of this paradise island.

Some clouds are alive

Sometimes, at dusk, dark clouds appear very close to Earth. As they swirl and change shape, they can look quite vivid, when in fact they are. Formed by a hundred or even a thousand starlings flying in a flock, these "clouds" are actually a phenomenon known as murmur. Scientists suspect that daptics fly in tandem when looking for a place to hide or avoid predators. However, it is still a mystery how exactly they achieve such exceptional acrobatic synchronization while flying.

There are also "underwater meadows" on Earth.

The most widespread seaweed in the world, known as Posidonia, after the Greek god Poseidon, is also known as one of the oldest living species on Earth. Genetic sequencing recently revealed that the extensive meadow of Posidonia, which grows on the coast of Spain, could be hundreds of thousands of years old. This means that before our modern human ancestors even left Africa, the first seaweeds began the process of cell division and cloning to survive the global spread of humanity.

There is a boiling river on Earth

The mysterious river, about 6.5 kilometers long, deep in the heart of the Amazon is so hot that the water in it is boiling. The mysterious boiling river, for which it is not known why it has such activity, since there are no volcanic activities in the Amazon, attracts the attention of both scientists and people. At its widest part, it is about 25 meters wide and about 6 meters deep. The water in the river is hot enough to make tea, and it can also cause third-degree burns.