The world has seen some serious s**t. From a giant rock from outer space annihilating millions of years' worth of reptilian life to naked apes descending from the trees and, in the blink of an eye, inventing TikTok, Earth's been a happening place for quite some time now. And on that perfectly warm, perfectly wet planet we call home, there's still a lot happening.

That said, it can be a little hard to keep track of it all. To see past the broad strokes we see in the headlines and get a feel for all the weird, wonderful, small things that are all too easy to miss out on.