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With high-resolution images all over the globe, Google Earth has captured many sporting events actually in-progress, so today we proudly present - The Top 10 different sports you can actually see people playing on Google Earth! As a bonus, we've…

Welcome to the third in a series that has seen competitive homeowners across the globe vying to emulate the affluence of their immediate neighbours - Keeping up with the Joneses Part 3! (Also see part 1 and part 2) This…

Not to get too political for a website dedicated to things from above, but today I’d like to look into the United Kingdom’s devolved assemblies, if you’ll join me… Back in 1999, after a couple of referendums, the UK government…

Back in the 1850s, Britain was worried that France would try and invade, so Lord Palmerston (the Prime Minister of the time) decided to build the Palmerston Forts to defend Portsmouth's dockland, four of which were built out at sea.…

Near Ystrad Mynach in south Wales, we find a fantastic 200 metre long earth-sculpture of Sultan the Pit Pony. This is the UK’s largest figurative earth sculpture, and although I'm not sure there's actually much competition for that particular title,…

Aliens have been trying to communicate with us puny humans for years now, usually via the confusing medium of drawing circles in Britain's fields. But a recent trend shows them branching out into more direct forms of communication with actual…