Category: Fun Corner
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Have You Ever Tried?
Hey try doing these things, and you will find it impossible- To sneeze with your eyes open? To lick your own elbow? To count the stars in the sky? To make a pig look up in the sky? To speak “sixth sick sheik’s sixth sheep’s sick” ? To make a horse vomit? yep horses cannot…
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Colors That Make All Other Colors
RED, YELLOW AND BLUE Did you know that most of the colors that you see around us are mixtures of two or more colors? The colors red, blue, and yellow when mixed create many other colors. But these three colors cannot be created from the other colors. In fact, red, blue and yellow when mixed in…
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Sheila’s Special Christmas
It was all Sandy’s fault that I was again doing my project on Gina’s laptop. And she was jabbering non-stop into my ear. “Interested in the chess tournament at school?” “Hmmm…” I mumbled, focusing hard on my work, “What’s the prize?” “It’s a laptop.” “A laptop!” I totally needed a laptop. My old computer was…
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Santa’s Helpers
Every year Santa Claus comes to your house all the way from North pole to deliver those much awaited Christmas gifts. It’s no easy feat to pull off. Does he do it all by himself ? Do you think he has helpers? Of course, he has helpers! And these Santa’s top helpers need a big…
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Santa Claus is Coming to Town
Tommy had turned nine this November and this Christmas was going to be different. This year he was not sure if Santa existed. Some of his friends at school snickered and made fun of him when he told them, he believed in Santa. “There is no Santa Claus,” Marty laughed. “You are so dumb!” jeered Sam. “What? Who told…
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A Sea Of Languages
Do you know there are over 6900 spoken languages in the world? How many of them can you speak? Language is unique to us Humans. Have you ever heard any animal speak a language? Well, yes, they do “talk” in some form. For example, a dog may bark in different ways. When he snarls, he is trying to scare…
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Why are the School Buses Yellow?
Gonna ride the school bus, the school bus… The great big yellow school bus… I am gonna play the whole way to school today on the school bus… The school bus… We have all been singing this song since we started school. Did you ever wonder why school buses are yellow? Yes, in most of…
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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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Round and Round Around your Waist
No points for guessing! It is the plastic hoop that you spin around your waist or at least try to. There are some who can twirl it for hours, but if you are one of them who can’t hold it long enough, watch this video. After all everything is all about learning the trick and…
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Aesop’s Fables
Have you heard the fable of “The crow and the pitcher” where the thirsty crow gets the water level in the pitcher up by filling it up with stones? This story teaches us “Necessity is the mother of invention”. There is another one about “The tortoise and the hare” where both the animals decide to get…
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Tomatoes trying to Catchup?
Ketchup! Ha! See I made you smile :) We are talking about the same red tomato sauce that you lap up while eating fries or that gooey cheesy pizza. A lot of people also call it ‘catsup’. Have you ever wondered why ketchup is called so. Well it can be easily called tomato sauce by…
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Discovery or Invention?
Imagine if no one had discovered dinosaur fossils we would not have known that these majestic creatures existed. If Issac Newton would not have discovered the law of gravity, we would still be clueless about why things fall downwards and don’t fly back up. Think if cars, planes and computers were not invented. Without these incredible discoveries and marvelous inventions,…