The Earth’s magnetic poles flip every few hundred thousand years.
✓ TRUE FACT
Magnetic reversals are irregular, but over geologic time the average interval is often cited on the order of ~200,000–300,000 years. The last full reversal (Brunhes–Matuyama) was about ~780,000 years ago.
🤯 "The Earth’s magnetic poles flip every few hundred thousand years. Even the planet needs a reset sometimes."