"You face your fear until it's just not scary anymore." The Academy Award-Winning Best Documentary, Free Solo, airs Thursday, Dec 26th at 9/8c on National Geographic. | National Geographic TV

497K views · 882 reactions | Explore the world through the lens of National Geographic. With award-winning photography and discoveries that help shape our world. | National Geographic History | Facebook

305K views · 1K reactions | Fernando Baptista, a graphics editor and artist at National Geographic for more than 10 years, shows us how he created a model of his hometown: Bilbao, Spain. https://on.natgeo.com/2lvr77g | National Geographic History | Facebook

Unlike Egyptian mummies, dinosaur mummies aren’t embalmed—they form when soft tissues like skin are preserved in a thin layer of clay. Paleontologist and Nat Geo Explorer Paul Sereno explains how these easy-to-miss impressions can reveal details that bones alone never could: https://on.natgeo.com/4oQ9cq7 | National Geographic History