Category: Facts For Kids
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Colosseum – One of the Seven Wonders
In ancient Rome, amphitheaters were built in the city. They were places where performances and events were held for public entertainment. Amphitheaters were open air, mostly circular or oval and could accommodate thousand of spectators. The Colosseum, the largest amphitheater to be built during Roman Empire was established by Roman Emperor Vespasian who was the founder of the Flavian…
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What Will Happen In The Future?
Have you ever wondered, what will happen in the future? Will mother nature still be there to nurture? I hear that good water will be scanty, Even though coca-cola will be in plenty. Will fruits still grow on trees, Or in a fruit factory? Might taste like candy and very satisfactory. To eat or to…
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How is Paper Made From Trees?
Every now and then you hear an adult saying “Don’t waste paper” or “Recycle paper” to save trees. Don’t you think what has paper got to do with trees? That’s because paper is made from trees. Sounds strange? Here is how. All the wood in the trees is mostly made up of fiber. Paper is made by…
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Our Homes Are On Our Tiny Backs
A lot of people think that snails are slow moving, dull or lazy creatures, where as some think that they are very wise as they are carrying their homes on their backs. Well, these little wanderers are very interesting creatures. To begin with the snails are not as brainless as they are made out to be. They…
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A Rainbow at Night
The lights glow a bright red, then turn into streaky green ribbons and then dark blue merging with the night sky. What do you suppose I am talking about? Decorative Diwali lights in the neighborhood?No, not at all. I am referring to the ‘Northern Lights’ or the ‘Aurora Borealis’. It is a natural display of lights that happens near the North Pole.…
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What is Facebook?
Your older sister is always on Facebook and so is your elder brother and haven’t you often overheard them asking their friends if they are on Facebook. But what is Facebook? Is it some kind of a diet that your sister is on or a new video game that your brother is hooked on…
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Judicious Japan
Japan is one of the oldest settlement that started almost 20,00 years ago. Since it was isolated for long it has a very unique culture which intrigues many people. It got its name from the fact that ancient japanese believed theirs was the first land awakened by the rising sun. The Japanese called their land Nippon and…
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Herbs or Spices?
The door bell rang. Keya and Kian jumped up from the sofa to open the door. As expected it was the pizza delivery boy. They called out to their father who paid the bill. Both of them ran inside with the pizza boxes. They opened the box and took one slice each and placed it on…
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One Horned Rhino
Who is the one with one horn on the nose? Do you know? Not know, I suppose. He can very well swim. But doesn’t want to stay trim. So often he’d like to wallow. And find waters that are shallow. Endangered! Is what the story goes. Lets save him, help him ease his woes. No prizes for guessing…
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Two Flowers in One
Hmm! What is this flower that we are talking about? Daisy:). A Daisy is made up of two types of flowers – disk florets and petal-like white ray florets. The disk is made up of many tiny flowers squeezed together. The name “daisy” is thought to have come from the old English “daes eage”, meaning “day’s eye”,…
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All about Circus
Circus is a group of performers that entertain the spectators with their binding performances. Though circus is not so popular now as we have gadgets like TV, computer and ipad to entertain us. But in olden times when these were not invented circus was a nice reason for people to get together and enjoy. Some…
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Jumping Jacks or Squirrels!
Squirrels are the most interesting in the family of rodents. They argue with the birds jumping from tree to tree. And yes how can we forget that their mouths are always full of nuts. These greedy little beauties have the most adorable big eyes and bushy tails. The tail serves a lot of purposes for…