Category: Facts For Kids
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204th Birthday of Louis Braille
How do you think the blind people read? Yes, they can read too!! They read by tracing their fingers over bumps on paper called raised dots. Each set of bumps means something. This special system for reading and writing is called Braille. Do you know who invented it? Braille was created by a French man…
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How All Babies are Different?
Have you ever seen a new born bear’s cub? It is so tiny that it can fit in the palm of your hand. In one year it would be as powerful as mama bear. It would be able to hunt on its own and defend itself. It would be all grown up in one year. Consider a kangaroo‘s…
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A Big Cluster of Islands
Many a times islands are formed close to each other in large clusters. This group of islands is called an archipelago. It is pronounced as ahr-kuh-pel-uh-goh. Tricky huh! say it a few times, and you will get it :) Did you know that even the smallest archipelago has about thousand islands!! So what possibly creates…
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What Is RainWater Harvesting?
Can you guess what we are talking about? If I ask you what is the true wealth that humans need to protect, you might say lots of money in the bank or diamonds. But have you ever thought that our true wealth is the source of our existence. Without it, we cannot survive. Hmm! Now…
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World 2012
As we begin the countdown for the new year let us turn back and see what happened in the world last year. Biggest disappointment was the worst power outage in world history, the 2012 India blackouts left 620 million people without power. The most daring act was by Austrian skydiver Felix Baumgartner becomes the first…
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Earth 2012
The most amazing thing that happened in 2012 was that the world did not end. Our beautiful planet Earth still exists. If there is one thing that we have learnt from the Mayans it is that if you don’t finish anything that is not the end of the world. Ha! Year 2012 saw some startling discoveries…
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Space 2012
Year 2012 was quite full of space adventures. Shenzhou 9, a Chinese spacecraft docked with an already orbiting module on June 18, 2012. This made China the third country, after the United States and Russia, to successfully perform the mission. This mission also carried first women chinese astronaut Liu Yang. A month later, Sunita Williams with…
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Sports 2012
The most important sporting event of all was the Summer Olympics 2012 held at London, UK. These Olympics were the greenest olympics ever and Wenlock and Mandeville were the Olympics Mascots. On July 27, 2012, Big ben rang 40 times to declare the onset of Olympics and there was a spectacular opening ceremony. Amongst sportspeople who stood…
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Disappearing Polar Bears
Arctic Polar Bear population has been on a sharp decline in recent years. Now there is a debate amongst wildlife experts as to what could be the reason behind their decreasing population. One set of experts believe that poaching of polar bears for their skin and other body parts has resulted in such low numbers. Others believe that…
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Merry Christmas !!
Christmas is here!! People all around the world are celebrating Christmas today. Do you know who was born on Christmas? Jesus Christ. Infant Jesus was born to Mother Mary in Bethlehem in a stable. An angel appeared in the sky to tell shepherds that the Lord has been born and also guided them all the…
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Saving The Big Bad Wolf – II
I just had an incredible experience at the Lakota wolf preserve, owned by Jim and his partners Dan & Pam Bacon. Saving the wolves has been their passion for over 18 years now. I could not imagine what made them take up a wolf’s cause. So, I look up Jim’s contact details and call him. “What was the…
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Saving The Big Bad Wolf – I
“Want to see wolves in the wild?” my friend excitedly asked me one February morning. Wolves, in the wild! That was not my idea of fun at all, especially when it was minus 10 degrees outside. After much persuasion, I reluctantly agreed. We soon head towards Lakota Wolf preserve in Delaware Water Gap, New Jersey. I wonder why anyone…