Author: Kinooze Learning
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More Forests in Brazil Now
There is some good news for our environment. The cutting down of trees of Amazon rainforests in Brazil has declined. Infact has dropped to its lowest level in 24 years. “It is the lowest deforestation rate since Brazil began its monitoringin 1988”, said Brazil’s Environment Minister Izabella Teixeira. Deforestation refers to the cutting, clearing, and removal of rainforests.…
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Huge Black Hole Found
A black hole is a place in space where gravity pulls so much that even light cannot get out. The gravity is so strong because the matter has been squeezed into a tiny space. It just swallows any light that is around it and thus it cannot be seen. Now Astronomers have spotted a massive black…
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The Olympic Swimmer
If birds had a swimming Olympics then ducks would participate as they are excellent swimmers. Ducks belong to Anatidae family of birds, which also includes swans and geese. However, ducks are much smaller than and different from them. While the duck is busy poking its beak at the bottom of the pond for food, you will see its tail and the big…
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Noah’s Ark
Long time ago there lived a truly good man named Noah. He was honest, helpful and hardworking. He loved God a lot, and God loved him back for his pleasant ways. One day God was looking down at Earth and became extremely sad. All the people on earth, other than Noah were dishonest, selfish and…
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The Maple Syrup
Jenny was extremely excited. The snow was melting, and the ice was thinning. It was that time of the year, when her dad took the kids to collect the sweet maple syrup from the maple tree. But this time it was more special. She was now seven and old enough to join them on this trip. She…
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Phantom Islands
Sounds eerie huh! Islands with phantoms and spirits loitering around? But there is nothing spooky about phantom islands except their name ;) Phantom island is a word that is commonly used for an island that is marked on historical maps, but does not exist in real. These historical maps were drawn a few centuries ago. But…
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Around the World Without Flying
Britisher Graham Hughes set a world record for being the most travelled person on the planet. He travelled across the world and visited 201 nations without even once boarding a plane!! So how did he do it? He either took a ground transport or walked on feet to visit every country in the world. His…
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Buildings On Mars
Space Exploration Technologies (SpaceX) CEO Elon Musk is planning to make a colony of 80,000 people on Mars and the ticket will only cost you half a million dollars. Have you ever wondered what do astronauts do when they are out of food supplies or equipment supplies? Or if they have to send some test samples back to…
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Celebrating Guru Nanak’s Birthday
Today Sikhs around the world are celebrating birthday of Guru Nanak, the founder of the Sikh religion.He was born on April 15, 1469 in the western Punjab village of Talwandi, about forty-five kilometres away from Lahore,Pakistan. The place of his birth is now known as Nankana sahib. His birthday is known as Guru Nanak Jayanti. Each year…
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Why is Equator Very Hot?
Our Earth receives all its heat mostly from the Sun. Since Earth is spherical in shape, sun rays fall on different places on Earth at different angles. This is the reason why every part of our planet is not equally hot. On the equator, the sun rays fall straight where as on either side of the equator they…
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Letter To Santa
To Santa@northpole.com Iwant Ineed an Ipad this Christmas. I want many many many many many many many colorful pens like my ma’am. I have been exceptionally nice all this year and will continue to be nice until Christmas. So, please get me a remote control truck. Don’t get Andy any remote control trucks. He is not nice as he does not…
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Dust Storm On Mars
NASA’s Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter (MRO) first spotted the Martian dust storm on Nov. 10 and has been tracking ever since. A global dust storm on Mars could have some difficulties for for the Opportunity and Curiosity rovers. If the current dust storm were to expand to cover the Red Planet, it will cover the rovers and affect…