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Why Uluru is red on the outside but grey within
Iron-bearing minerals in the exposed arkose oxidise at the surface, creating the rusty colour seen across the landscape.
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Why wombats leave cube-shaped clues behind
The strange geometry is real. Research shows the shape forms inside the intestine, not at the point of exit.
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