Category: Facts For Kids
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Fun Facts About Animals
Animals can be interesting. Here are some fun facts about them. Did you know that a giraffe can clean his ears with its 21 inch long tongue? Hardworking as they are, ants don’t sleep. Fastest drilling machine, woodpecker can peck up to 20 times a second. Dolphins sleep with one eye open. Mosquito love the color blue. An…
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Something Really Important
The Owl stomped around his nest. It was a complete mess. Everything was out in a big pile. There were socks, toys, pencils and all kinds of stuff. “Where is it,” he moaned. “Is it something important?” squeaked the Mouse, Owl’s best friend. “It’s really important,” hooted Owl, “it was Santa’s gift for being a…
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Statue of Liberty
Think of New York and you will definitely think of the Statue of Liberty, which found her home on the Liberty island more than 100 years ago. Was the statue built here on the island? What is its importance in history? Okay! The Statue of Liberty is a symbol of America’s freedom, the country’s liberty. On…
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Poo Paper
Oh no! I am not taking about the toiler paper that you use every morning ;) But referring to paper made from animal POO… Ok so I know, now you are saying eeeeeeeew while you are also scrunching your nose and hanging out your tongue. I agree it sounds somewhat disgusting and ask why does someone…
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Dhruv – The Brightest Star!
Have you ever notice that bright, brilliant tinkling star in the sky? It is always close to the moon and you can easily spot it on a clear night. It is the Pole star. It is named so because it lies directly overhead when viewed from the Earth’s North Pole or South Pole. This star has…
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Opinion or Fact
Have you ever wondered what is the difference between an opinion and a fact? Fact is something that has been proven true by logical explanation. Opinion is what you think about something. It’s your opinion. It is your view about something. It can be just based on how you feel about something. It can be remotely…
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The Salt March of Gandhi
Mohan turned 6 years old today and this day was 12th March, 1930. He was very happy as he had heard it was going to be a special day. A great leader was declaring war against the tyrannical rule of the British. A leader with whom he shared his first name. Mohan lived in the Sabarmati Ashram near Ahmedabad. His Ashram…
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Nose Diggers!
Imagine yourself inside a dark tunnel. You can barely see and have to dig to get out. But you have no light or tools. How do you do it? Use your fingers to feel around and dig with bare hands. Kudos! You’re doing a mole’s job. Only, a mole uses its nose to dig…
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Spooky Space Holes
Holes in space? Does our space have holes? Why am I calling them spooky? The holes that I’m talking about are actually a name given to some very powerful force that exists in Universe. The name is called BLACK HOLES by the scientists. I call them spooky because they eat up everything that goes near…
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Machu Picchu
High in Andes in Peru, South America, lies one of the new seven wonders of the world. This place is called Machu Picchu. Was it a city in the past? Or was it a fortress? No one knows for sure. The site located on a mountain ridge has ancient ruins from 15th century. It still remains…
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What is Budget?
Haven’t you all heard your parents say from time to time that the toy or a dress that you really want is not in their budget? What exactly does it mean? Sometimes you hear grownups saying that the new budget for the country this new year has been decided by the government. What does it all mean?…
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Color Changing Lizards
They belong to the family of lizards, but they are not always boring shades of brown. These creatures are quite fashionable. They like to dazzle in different colors. And so, they change their skin color based on their surroundings and their moods. Also, unlike their cousins, they don’t like to crawl the walls of your…