Author: Kinooze Learning
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Witty, Humorous, or Nonsense poem
A limerick is a poem that will make you giggle non stop, You will laugh and laugh till you drop. As if you saw pigs that could fly, Or a fly eating fish fry. You will drop, wouldn’t you, you slop! Ha! The above poem might not make any sense, but it is definitely funny,…
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Nine Nights of Devotion – NavaRatri
“NavaRatri” means nine nights. In India we celebrate these nine days two times an year, once in the beginning of year and other at the arrival of winter. During these days we pray to the nine forms of Goddess “Shakti” which is believed to have created this world. Some of her names are “Durga“, “Maa…
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Faster than Sound?
Felix Baumgartner travelled faster than the speed of sound when he jumped from the edge of space back down to earth. Mr. Baumgartner jumped from from the stratosphere, which is 120,000 or so feet up, about 23 miles. He managed to land safely in the desert in New Mexico, America after having problems on the way…
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Earth’s Highest Mountain
Mount Everest, which lies in the Himalayas, is the Earth’s highest mountain. The international border between China and Nepal runs across the precise summit point. Mount Everest is called ‘Sagarmatha‘ in Nepali and ‘Chomolungma‘ in Tibetan. Both mean ‘Holy Mother’. For the longest time, Kanchenjunga in Himalayas was considered to be the highest mountain. In 1847,…
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Diamond Bigger than Earth?
Hmm If this is true then we are definitely talking about a planet that is made up of diamonds because what else could be bigger than Earth. A planet twice the size of our own made largely out of diamond has been discovered. The rocky planet, called ’55 Cancri e’, orbits a sun-like star in…
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Chinese writer wins Nobel Prize for Literature
Mo Yan, Chinese author who wrote a stunning piece “Feeds of suffering” about troubled twentieth century China during the times of Japanese invasion won Nobel Prize for Literature this year. He became the first writer in China to be awarded the Nobel Literature Prize. Ironically, his name ‘Mo Yan’ means ‘Don’t Speak’. The Nobel Prize is a…
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Who was Abraham Lincoln?
Almost 200 years ago there lived a small young boy in Kentucky, USA. He was born on on February 12, 1809. When he grew a little older he was extremely shy, but still there was one thing that set him apart from the other boys his age. He was so strong that he equaled adults in his strength. He…
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Power Packed Snack
Whenever we have to think of a quick snack for our child, cookies or chips pop up in our head. But do we ever think about dried fruits as snacks? Not so much I guess. Dried fruits are grossly underestimated as snacks which is quite sad because they can be the perfect candidate for tasty…
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Home Is Where I Want to Go
This fish goes up the waterfalls, oceans and rivers in giant leaps. No matter how tough it is, this fish goes on and on. It wriggles and twists but neither the strong waterfall nor the heavy currents of the ocean are able to stop it. The name of this fish is Salmon. And do you…
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Our Special Continents
You probably know that our Earth is divided into seven continents. What that means is that our Earth is divided into seven large groups of land. These are Asia, Europe, Africa, South America, North America, Australia and Antarctica. Each continent spans many countries. Throughout one continent, the natives have a similar culture. All the continents are special and…
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Thad and The Giant Pumpkin
All of you must be familiar with Roald Dahl’s James and the Giant Peach, but this is for real. Thad Starr from Oregon won the World Championship Pumpkin Weigh-Off with his entry weighing a massive 1,775 pounds. The pumpkins were weighed in giant weighing scales. This is a competition where being heavy is a good…
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Nobel prize for stem cell work
John Gurdon from the UK and Shinya Yamanaka from Japan of stem cell research have shared the Nobel prize this year for medicine or physiology. This year’s Nobel prize in physics has been awarded to Serge Haroche of France and David Wineland of the US for their work with light and matter at the most fundamental level.…