Author: Kinooze Learning
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Will the World End in 2012?
Is it true that the world is ending in 2012? This is how it all started. Sumerians who lived in ancient Mesopotamia (modern Iraq) believed that a planet named Nibiru existed. They predicted that Nibiru would hit Earth, and that will be the doomsday. The initial prediction was for May 2003. Well 2003 came and went,…
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Is My Child Too Easygoing?
This is a guest post by Ashma Gomber. Ashma is currently working with Hewlett Packard India. She is an electrical engineer by profession, an avid reader and a loving mother. I am sure most of us have wondered from time to time “Is my child too easy going”. Well, I can say that we…
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When Mount Everest was not Everest?
Yes, it is true! NASA, the US Space company had recently posted a picture of Mount Everest that was taken by Yuri Malenchenko from ISS. There was only one problem, it wasn’t the picture of Everest. It was actually a mountain named Saser Muztagh, in the Karakoram Range of the Kashmir region of India. A…
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Nile Like River Found on Titan
There is only one other place other than Earth that has stable liquid on its surface. For Earth, it is water, and for Titan it is hydrocarbons (chemicals like ethane and methane). A smaller version of the Nile River has been spotted on the largest moon of Saturn by ESA’s Cassini spacecraft. The river flows for more…
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Amazon Trees To Beat Global Warming
Global Warming that is a threat for everyone. It will not be able to effect some species of trees in the Amazon. Researcher have shown that these trees can survive the warmer temperatures. However, the severe drought conditions and forest fires will still remain a problem for the forests in Amazon. The scientists have drawn these conclusions based on…
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Never Published Fairy Tale Discovered
Do you know who H.C Andersen was? He was the author of the famous fairy tales like The Ugly Duckling, Emperor’s New Clothes, Thumblina and the Little Mermaid. Recently, a fairy tale titled ‘Tallow Candle’, hand written by Andersen, has been found at the bottom of a box in the National Archives,near the Danish writer’s home city. It was…
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How Old is The Cheese?
We do not know when exactly we started to make cheese. Now, there is some evidence that cheese has been here for almost 7,000 years. There are pieces of pottery discovered near a river in Poland. These vessels have little holes poked in them like a modern day strainer. Scientists have concluded that they were used…
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North Korea Launches Rocket, upsets Neighbours
North Korea successfuly launched a long-range missile. It insists that the launch was not a banned inter-continental missile test, but only a mission to place a scientific satellite in orbit. However, neighbouring countries Japan and South Korea along with The US are fearful that the launch is being used as cover for testing long range ballistic missiles. Long…
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Mysterious Magical Tree
This tree is called ‘The tree of life’ This tree is called ‘Bottle tree’ This tree is called ‘Monkey bread tree’ This tree is called ‘Upside down tree’ I am talking about The Baobab tree. This tree is found in dry areas of Madagascar (Africa) and in Australia. In fact, this tree is the National…
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Earth had A Close Call
Two asteroids ‘2012 XE54’ and ‘4179 Toutatis’ passed Earth really close. Yesterday 2012 XE54, a small asteroid and 4179 Toutatis, a lumpy shaped asteroid, almost 3 miles (5 km) long passed Earth. “4179 Toutatis” has passed Earth several times before, in 1992, 1996, 2000, 2004 and 2008. It is termed as a potentially hazardous object (PHO). PHOs…
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Why does the Sun Always have A Fever?
Do you know that a normal human being has a temperature of 98.6 degrees Fahrenheit or 37.0 degrees Celsius? When a person’s temperature goes above 98.6 Fahrenheit, we say that he has a fever. Well Sun’s temperature at the surface of the Sun is about 10,000 Fahrenheit or 5,600 Celsius, so the sun has a fever always.…
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Messi’s Record Breaking Goal
Lionel Messi scored a goal for the 86th time in year 2012 on Sunday. So what, you might ask? Here is what it is. He broke German great Gerd Mueller’s 40-year-old record for scoring most goals in a year. Mueller had scored a total of 85 goals in the year 1972. Lionel Messi is an Argentine footballer…