Category: Facts For Kids
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What is Force?
Why does the Earth revolve around the Sun? Why do two magnets pull each other? How can a boat stay afloat on the water? What make us stay on the spherical Earth and not fall off? You would be surprised by the answer. All the questions have the same answer. Forces. Different kinds of forces.…
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Indus Valley Civilisation
The Indus river is a very important river in Asia. It is a large river that flows mainly through Pakistan. Five thousand years ago, a group of people came and settled on the banks of river Indus. Why on the banks of a river?? Food was the biggest concern for people in ancient times and…
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All About Fixing Bones
Zoom! Crash! Bang! Aaaah! These are the sounds that you generally get to hear when someone is playing or running, and they fall. Oops! If that happens to you, you go to the doctor. He takes a picture of your bone (X ray) and informs you that a bone is broken. Breaking a bone means…
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Animal That Can’t Jump – Elephant
What is one thing that strikes you the most when you see an elephant? Is it not its size? Elephants are enormous. Elephant is the largest animal on land. Not only that, it is also the biggest land mammal. A fully grown elephant usually is 11 feet tall and weighs 5,800 Kgs. An elephant’s brain…
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Safety On Roads
Roads are great, There rolls your skate. The cars go vroom vroom , The bikes go zoom zoom! But have you ever thought, Safety on roads is important a lot. You should run run run, But not behind a moving bus for fun! Only cross the road on zebra crossing, And not when the amber…
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World’s Tallest Tower – Burj Khalifa
Can you guess? Here’s another clue. It is the tallest building in the world and it is the pride of middle east. If you said Burj Khalifa, Dubai, you’re absolutely right!! But do you know Burj Khalifa should also be your answer if someone asks you about the building with the highest number of stories,…
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Foggy Fog
It had been a month since seven year old Jacky moved to Delhi, India. Winters were setting in the northern part of the country. Jacky had moved in from Mumbai, another very popular city in India. Mumbai for the most part of the year was warm and humid. Jacky was slowly getting used to the…
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Mobster Lobster
Skeleton on the outside, Teeth on the inside. Eyes hang on stalks, Legs for walks. Lobster is a mobster, As he eats the other lobster. Oh! That heavenly plate of lobster simmered in lemon with creamy butter. Don’t we all like our lobster like that? But there is much more to know about lobster, in…
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The Man Who Knew Everything – Leonardo Da Vinci
Almost five hundred years ago, Florence, Italy was home to great artists. Anybody who wanted to become an artist came to this city and worked under an experienced older artist. A fourteen year old boy began studying art with the artist Verrocchio, a famous artist. This young boy was smart, strong and clever. He seemed to…
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The Tooth Fairy’s Gift
Wayne was six and a half years old, and he was getting very impatient. Why? All his classmates had lost at least one tooth and had received gifts from the tooth fairy. He was the only kid that had all his milk teeth. Then one afternoon while playing football, Wayne got hit by the football.…
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Homes That Insects Build
Don’t we all love to build safe homes for ourselves? There is no place in the world like home. Not only is this saying true for humans, but also for the all the creatures. The most interesting among all house builders are tiny insects. Some of their homes resemble towers, apartment houses or even log…
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The LightHouse
On a foggy day, when you hear a whale snoring, It is probably a foghorn blaring, Beware! you are reaching the shore, When the fog fades away, you will get the lights galore. What is a lighthouse? Is it a part of a light show? Or a different kind of traffic light? Well, it is…