Surtsey is the world's youngest island. It was created in 1963 from an undersea volcanic eruption off the coast of Iceland, and has since been carefully studied to learn how plants and fauna start growing in a brand-new patch of land.

Useless Facts, Badly Drawn #405: Surtsey.
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