Iron is Fe on the periodic table because its Latin name is Ferrum.

Iron is the fourth most abundant element by mass in the Earth’s crust, and the most common beneath the crust due to the iron in the Earth’s core.

Pure iron is actually quite soft and malleable on its own, ironically.

Mainly as steel, which is iron and carbon, 90 percent of refined metal in the world is iron.

The reason your blood is red is because of iron, and it is also vital in the chlorophyll of plants.

Iron deficiency (anemia) is always harmful, but too much iron (like anything) is toxic and can catalyze the formation of damaging free radicals.

Ironically, stainless steel makes iron typically non-magnetic without some kind of alteration.

Iron-based meteorites were once called the “metal of the sky” by the ancient Egyptians.

The Inuit people of Greenland once crafted tools from the Cape York meteorite.

Liquid iron in the Earth’s outer core is the main source of the Earth’s magnetic field.