Category: Facts For Kids
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Happy Holland
Holland is a small country between Belgium and Germany. Its official name is “Kingdom of Netherlands’. It is commonly known as Netherlands. The capital city of Holland is ‘Amsterdam’. The people living in this country are called Dutch people. They are almost the tallest people in the world. They lead a very relaxed and happy…
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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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Why Do We Use Spacecrafts?
Spacecrafts are huge and heavy machines that are made to travel in space. Spacecrafts can explore a variety of things in space. They are designed differently depending on the purpose of exploration. Keeping an eye on Earth – Satellites are spacecrafts that are perfect for Earth observation. They orbit around the Earth. Some take pictures…
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The Olympic Swimmer
If birds had a swimming Olympics then ducks would participate as they are excellent swimmers. Ducks belong to Anatidae family of birds, which also includes swans and geese. However, ducks are much smaller than and different from them. While the duck is busy poking its beak at the bottom of the pond for food, you will see its tail and the big…
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Noah’s Ark
Long time ago there lived a truly good man named Noah. He was honest, helpful and hardworking. He loved God a lot, and God loved him back for his pleasant ways. One day God was looking down at Earth and became extremely sad. All the people on earth, other than Noah were dishonest, selfish and…
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The Maple Syrup
Jenny was extremely excited. The snow was melting, and the ice was thinning. It was that time of the year, when her dad took the kids to collect the sweet maple syrup from the maple tree. But this time it was more special. She was now seven and old enough to join them on this trip. She…
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Phantom Islands
Sounds eerie huh! Islands with phantoms and spirits loitering around? But there is nothing spooky about phantom islands except their name ;) Phantom island is a word that is commonly used for an island that is marked on historical maps, but does not exist in real. These historical maps were drawn a few centuries ago. But…
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Why is Equator Very Hot?
Our Earth receives all its heat mostly from the Sun. Since Earth is spherical in shape, sun rays fall on different places on Earth at different angles. This is the reason why every part of our planet is not equally hot. On the equator, the sun rays fall straight where as on either side of the equator they…
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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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Secret Passageways
Long ago, when castles, mansions, alcazars, fortresses and palaces existed, then within these also existed secret passages. These secret passages were hidden routes somewhere inside the building. Only a few trusted people knew about these tunnels. These concealed tunnels led to private rooms or to an exit far away from the building. Anybody crawling through them…
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Who was Albert Einstein?
Albert Einstein was one of the most famous scientists of the 20th century. Here, are a few things about his life you might like to know. He was born on 14th March, 1879 in Germany to a businessman father. His mother was particularly interested in music, so Einstein learned music from very early age. He…