Category: Facts For Kids
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How did We Start Travelling on Water?
We have these huge travelling cities that take us from one place to another via water. But how did we get to these travelling cities commonly known as ships. We must have had boats for a long time before we had ships. But how did we get to use the boats? There is a very interesting…
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Penguin and Cactus
Once a penguin lost her way while exploring with her friends. She ended up in a desert. You will wonder how? Penguins live in oceans, how can they reach the desert? Well, that penguin actually stayed in the Balleras islands of Pacific ocean in Peru. And the Peruvian landscape has a desert set between the Pacific…
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Eureka!!
Hundreds of years ago, in Greece, there lived a very learned scientist called Archimedes. He loved to observe things around him and always tried to explain the phenomenons. One day as he stepped into his bathtub, he noticed the water level rising and some of the water spilling out ( that happens to you too.. doesn’t it;). In…
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Algae and Fungi
Algae and Fungi are often confused to be the same but they are both quite different from one another. But first let us start with what are Algae? They are the green slimy blanket the cover most of the rocks or the top of the ponds or a poorly kept aquarium. Fungi on the other…
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Countries On The Equator
Keith had celebrated his birthday a few days back. His best friend Andy had gifted him a big Globe. Keith always knew that the Earth was round but to see how different countries and continents are spread across the Earth was a lot of fun. It became his favorite spinning toy. One day when Keith was observing…
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Unbelievable Facts
Here is a quick bite of very funny facts. Wow! Interesting.
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What are Extreme Sports?
Extreme sport is term used for those adventurous sports that are dangerous. These sports involve great speeds, height or depth. They also require a tremendous physical stamina. This is the reason why extreme sports are not as popular as conventional sports which are a safe combination of adventure and skills. Extreme sports are often done using highly specialized gear…
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The Lost People
Who are the lost people? Where are they? How did they get lost? There are groups of people in faraway and distant lands that are difficult to reach. They still live as the humans were living thousands of years ago. They do not use any kind of machines to do their work. Such people are…
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Taj Mahal Facts
The Taj Mahal is one of the most wonderful buildings ever built in the history of mankind. No wonder it is one of the seven wonders of the world. History says that Shah Jahan, the Mughal king in the early 17th century lost his beloved wife Mumtaz Mahal. He constructed Taj Mahal in her memory and…
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The Story of Green
Would you like to hear a story about color green??Here we go….. Once there lived The Green family. Papa Green and Mama Green lived with their four children – Dark Green, Light Green, Go Green and Feel Green. These children often fought among themselves. Each one thought he was better than the other. Papa Green and Mama Green…
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Elephant Expecting Emails
Do you notice something peculiar about the sentence? For one I’m quite amused that elephants get emails;) But the other thing that is rather amusing is that if you observe, all the words in the sentence are starting with the same letter. Such phrases or sentences are called alliterations. Here is a fun alliteration: Betty…
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Hard Rocks or Precious Diamonds
Who would think that the most precious diamonds are actually hard rocks. In fact it is the hardest natural material known to us. Diamonds have always fascinated us as they sparkle and glitter sometimes it seems that they are flashing with white fire. Diamonds are typically yellow, brown or gray to colorless. Less often blue, green,…