Author: Kinooze Learning
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Christ The Redeemer
An icon of Rio de Janeiro.. Symbol of Brazilian Christianity.. Part of new seven wonders of the world.. This statue stands tall at the Corcovado Mountain near the city of Rio de Janeiro in Brazil. In Portuguese it is known as Cristo Redentor. You must be wondering what is so great about the statue. The greatness of the…
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Yoga
(Kaavya, 12 years old, shares the secret of her fitness in this wonderful article) The dictum ‘A healthy body has a healthy mind’ alarmed me. Was my body healthy? Taking a closer look I realized that for my body to be fiddle fit, I had to work out. I browsed thoroughly through all the options…
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Google Glass Not Coming This Year
Google Glass is not coming to a shop this year after all. So all of you have to wait until sometime next year to buy this gadget. Google engineers have confirmed that they are going to be testing the wearable gadget all through the year and making improvements to it before releasing it for sale…
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Nobody Messes with My Sister!
‘”Because it is my birthright!” I think this is true for all the siblings. Siblings! As protective as they are for each other they can be as mean. Especially during the summer vacations when they have to spend enormous amounts of time with each other, the home becomes a war zone and you have to…
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Man Survives Crocodile Attack!
Yes! A man was lucky enough to survive from the clutches of a saltwater crocodile. This french fisherman named Yoann Galeran was swimming near the town of Nhulunbuy when the incident occured. This crocodile which was 2.5m long bit him in the head, neck and shoulders. He fought furiously and escaped narrowly. He did need stitches for…
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Runny Nose when it is Cold!
Have you ever wondered why your nose runs when you are breathing in cold air? Well this is what happens inside your nose. You have to understand that on an average day a person produces almost under one litre of mucus. Eww! That is a lot of snot (another name for mucus). So most of…
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Earth like Planets Found
In a forever quest for looking at the Universe, the scientists have now found two Earth like planets revolving around their host star. Just like earth revolves around the Sun. This host star is 1200 light years away and is called Kepler-62, this star is located in the Constellation Lyra. The two planets are named…
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Happy Birthday to World’s Oldest Person
Japanese man Jiroemon Kimura, who is known as the world’s oldest living person celebrated his 116th birthday today. Mr Kimura was born on 19 April 1897. He worked as a postman until he was 65 years old. After that he took up farming and did so until he was 90. He is in Guinness World…
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Slithering Snakes
You often think that the legless squirmers will get tangled in their tail and fall flat on their face. But they don’t. These marvelous wonders just wriggle their way through. Actually most of their body looks like a tail except their head. They don’t have any legs or fins or wing so how do they move from…
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Food without Soil and Water
Is it a joke? Since when can we grow plants without soil and water and no plants no food right? A team of researchers at Virginia Tech lled by YH Zhang an associate professor, have been working on a formula to convert cellulose into starch. They were able to do so recently. Almost 20 to…
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Cupcakes
(Ananya, 8, through her poem expresses her fondness for creamy yummy cake treats.) I love this delicious snack, They are very tasty and yummy, I wish they were always behind my back, They would fill my hungry tummy! I love the cupcake’s chocolate smell, And the frosting on top too, Although they aren’t so good for…
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Massive Earthquake in Iran, Pakistan
An earthquake of 7.8-magnitude hit the south-eastern city of Khash, in Iran. This was one of the strongest earthquake to hit Iran in more than 50 years. Since the city of Khash was the epicentre of the earthquake, is very close to Pakistan, the earthquake was strongly felt there. Outer crust of Earth is broken up into…