Category: Facts For Kids
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Deepavali – The Festival of Lights
Deepavali or Diwali is the dazzling festival of lights. ‘Deep’ means ‘light’ and ‘avali’ means ‘a row’. Hence Deepavali means row of lights. It is the biggest festival celebrated by Hindus across the world and especially in India. The reason why Diwali is celebrated is mentioned in the great Hindu epic of Ramayana. Long time ago there lived a prince named Ram who…
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Avast! Ye Pirate
“Aye Matey, ye ready?” Anne asks her friend and crew-mate, Mary. In reply, Anne sees Mary grasp her pirate cutlass. Anne herself is more than ready, brandishing pistols in both hands. Her dagger is tucked safely in her waistband. Anne approves Mary’s clothes. Like her, she is back in men’s khaki pants and a shirt. While Anne tucks her…
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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,…
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Precious Sunshine
Sunshine shines Sunshine shines Oh! look the dark cloud whines Its rays are falling bright yellow Making me so calm so mellow.. I am sure you all know that sun’s rays are super for us. But have you ever wondered why they are so cherished? Sunshine helps us in many ways. When it falls on our…
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Now You Can See it, Now You Can’t!
Can you find the owl in the above picture? You can if you look very closely. The owl’s body is so similar to the trunk of the tree that it almost blends in the tree. A predator that is using vision to hunt will almost miss the owl. This method that allows animals, people or objects…
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Why is Plastic Harmful for Environment?
You must have observed that grocery shops these days do not use plastic bags. They hand out all your things in either paper bags or cloth bags. So what happened to the plastic bags that we used? There is a reason plastic is slowly disappearing. In fact, it is a conscious effort by everyone as…
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Wooden Cars And Paper Planes
Imagine a world without metal. Cars would be made of stone. Or maybe of wood like a bullock cart! Would we have aeroplanes then? Stone would be too heavy to fly, and wood might break! Sounds strange, right? But did you know that a world without metal did exist? A very long time ago people only had clay,…
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The Rubbing Tool
“You make way too many mistakes while writing. If it were not for the eraser your notebook would be filled only with criss crosses”, Myra told Ken. Ken smirked and said, ” If I had a time machine, I would go back in time to thank the person who invented the eraser. But who should I…
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Who was Charlie Chaplin?
Entertainer Charlie Chaplin was probably the most well-known actor of the early 20th century. Although his childhood was very difficult and sad, he made the best comedian of his times. His silence was funnier than the words. His costume that consisted of baggy pants, bamboo cane, bowler hat, and over-sized shoes became world famous. This sweet…
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Seven Natural Wonders of the World
Our Earth is full of marvels carved out by nature. Gigantic mountains, breathtakingly beautiful waterfalls, fiery volcanoes, mysterious forests and many more beauties like that. But some stand out among the rest. The top seven natural wonders of the world are: Grand Canyon – Grand means large and Canyon means big crack in the ground. Grand Canyon refers to…
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Monsters of the Deep
Three hearts…Eight arms…Bulging eyes…Hidden beak…Blue blood…Knack to change the way they look anytime promptly, anywhere…. What is it? Monster or an Alien? It’s an OCTOPUS!! Octopus is one of the most outrageous creatures of the sea. Don’t judge it just by its looks because it is also a highly intelligent invertebrate. Experiments prove that they…
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Our Earth – Now and Then
This is how our Earth looks now. With seven continents placed like this. But long time ago it was a different story altogether. And by long time I mean 500 million years ago!! At that time there was just one landmass called Pangaea and a massive water body known as Panthalassa. Earth then looked something like this.…