Author: Kinooze Learning
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How is Paper Made From Trees?
Every now and then you hear an adult saying “Don’t waste paper” or “Recycle paper” to save trees. Don’t you think what has paper got to do with trees? That’s because paper is made from trees. Sounds strange? Here is how. All the wood in the trees is mostly made up of fiber. Paper is made by…
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Our Homes Are On Our Tiny Backs
A lot of people think that snails are slow moving, dull or lazy creatures, where as some think that they are very wise as they are carrying their homes on their backs. Well, these little wanderers are very interesting creatures. To begin with the snails are not as brainless as they are made out to be. They…
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Bapu’s Birthday
Gandhi Jayanti is a National Holiday celebrated in India to celebrate of the birthday of Mahatma Gandhi or Bapu. Mahatma Gandhi was born as Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi on October 2nd 1869 in Porbandar,Gujarat. He later launched the ‘Quit India movement’ against the British, a non violent movement to win freedom. Finally India received independence on 15th August 1947 from the British. He is…
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T20: India Beat Pakistan In A Crucial Super Eight Match
What a Sunday cracker of a cricket match! India won over Pakistan in their first meet at the Twenty20 World Cup today in Colombo. India-Pakistan World Cup matches are always a delight to watch at home, in shopping malls and in restaurants. This match was no exception, although fairly one sided with India dominating in…
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What is Facebook?
Your older sister is always on Facebook and so is your elder brother and haven’t you often overheard them asking their friends if they are on Facebook. But what is Facebook? Is it some kind of a diet that your sister is on or a new video game that your brother is hooked on…
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And Once A River Flowed on Mars
NASA’s Curiosity rover has found new evidence of a dried up river that flowed over the surface of Mars – the red planet. The picture shows a dried up bedrock, that is found at the bottom of a river. The possibility of Mars having life once upon a time just became huge. (Image credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech)
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Judicious Japan
Japan is one of the oldest settlement that started almost 20,00 years ago. Since it was isolated for long it has a very unique culture which intrigues many people. It got its name from the fact that ancient japanese believed theirs was the first land awakened by the rising sun. The Japanese called their land Nippon and…
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T20: India up against Pakistan today
India is all set to play against Pakistan in their second match in the Super Eights stage. After losing its very first challenge to Australia, India has to now win against Pakistan and South Africa. As for Pakistan , they won in their match with South Africa Saturday. Pakistan’s batting and bowling, both seems in…
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T20: Lankans beat Windies
Sri Lanka and West Indies had played a game each in the Super Eights stage and both had won it so it was match between the equals. West Indies won the toss and elected to bat first. Unfortunately, they got off to a very slow start and could score only score 130 at the end…
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Big Fight Over Small Islands
The fight over the Diaoyu or Senkaku islands has gotten worse as China is still protesting against it. Both the countries are refusing to step back from the brink as they are afraid that they will appear weak. China’s Foreign Minister Yang Jiechi angered Japanese diplomats at the United Nations by accusing Japan of stealing…
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First WildFires and Now Floods in Spain
Heavy flooding took six victims including a young girl and an elderly woman. Rescue workers used boats to evacuate around 600 people that were trapped in their homes in Andalusia province. More intense rain is expected in the southern Spain. Spain is having a tough time this year as hundreds were battling wildfires till sometime back…
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Herbs or Spices?
The door bell rang. Keya and Kian jumped up from the sofa to open the door. As expected it was the pizza delivery boy. They called out to their father who paid the bill. Both of them ran inside with the pizza boxes. They opened the box and took one slice each and placed it on…