Author: Kinooze Learning
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Olympics Medal Tally – Day 1
Day one in London Olympics was quite exciting with China winning the maximum number of Golds. Yi Siling of China won the first gold medal of the London 2012 Olympics with victory in the women’s 10m air rifle. Star of the Day – Sarah Menzes who became the first Brazilian woman to win gold in under…
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India in Olympics 2012
Teenage boxing sensation, 18-year-old Shiva Thapa’s Olympic debut ended in disappointment as he was defeated in the opening round bout in the London Games. In Badminton, Jwala Gutta and Ashwini Ponnappa played well but lost in a women’s doubles league match. On the other hand, Parupalli Kashyap came up with a super performance in men’s…
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Grand Opening Ceremony at the London Games
The Queen officially declared the games open. A group of seven young athletes had the honor of lighting up 205 petals ( number of competing nations) of the ceremonial flame. The flame was brought by Beckham over Thames on a speedboat. That’s dramatic! The show took the watching world through “great revolutions in British society”, from an agricultural…
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Where is Luxembourg?
In Europe, there is an extremely tiny country that looks like a fairy tale land. This country has beautiful rivers, lush green valleys and huge castles. But castles are not what this country is famous for. It has a deep treasure buried in its soil. The treasure is iron ore. This iron ore is used to make steel…
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Blind Archer Sets World Record at Olympics
Almost blind archer Im Dong-hyun set the first world record of the London Olympics. He scored 699 points from 72 arrows to beat his own record of 696 points. Along with Kim Bubmin and Oh Jin-Hyek he also helped South Korea set a team record in the ranking round on Friday. “This is just the…
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Where does all the Garbage go?
In answer to my question you’ll say that your in house garbage gets trashed in a huge community trash can and then on picked up by the trash collectors. But where does it go then? Very few of you that have noticed at all, know the next step. These big black garbage bags get loaded…
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Olympics to Begin from Today
The moment we all had been waiting for! Today is July 27, 2012 and the Olympics are finally going to start today. Much awaited event right? Here are some more fascinating facts about Olympics that you would like to know: Art competitions were a part of modern Olympics from 1912 to 1952. Since the tradition of Olympics…
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What is Olympics Opening Ceremony?
Every Olympics begins with a spectacular opening ceremony. The Opening ceremony starts with the President of the International Olympic Committee (IOC) welcoming the head of state of the host country at the entrance of the Olympic Stadium. For the London 2012 Olympic opening ceremony, Her Majesty the Queen will be welcomed by Jacques Rogge. Then, amidst…
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Apology to North Korean Team
Olympic organisers have apologised to the North Korean women’s football team after their images were shown on a screen next to a flag of a different country. Their players left the pitch in protest, and kick-off for their match against Columbia was delayed for more than an hour. South Korean flags flashed on a big screen…
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Killer Caterpillar
Who would think that such a cute caterpillar can also be poisonous. But yes there is such a species from South America. It is called “Giant Silkworm Moth”. This is a bug you don’t mess with as it has rightly acquired the name of “Assassin caterpillar”. It is the deadliest caterpillar known so far. The caterpillar…
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Oyster Fossil with Golf Ball Size Pearl Discovered
In an amazing discovery, a 145 million years old, huge oyster fossil has been found by fishermen in UK. The oyster has been scanned to reveal that it could have a pearl as large as a size of a golf ball. Whoa! The fossil, about 7 inches across, was discovered when it got caught in…
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I did not write on the wall, I just wrote behind the Couch!
My son loved to scribble on the wall. No matter how much I told him that it is a wrong thing to do he kept doing it. Even when I caught him writing on the wall with a pen in his hand and questioned him, he argued that the writing on the wall was a…