Category: Facts For Kids
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What is A Desert?
You think I have put up a wrong picture?? When I said desert you would have imagined a hot uneven sandy stretch of land with piles of sand collected in some places – which is alright because that is how some deserts look like. But not all. Deserts can be rocky, sandy or an entire desert can be even covered with ice caps.…
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My Friend Ganesha!
Hey kids, do you know what time of year is it? It is the time when the cutest little God comes to everyone’s homes. In India, all the Hindus believe that on Ganesha Chaturthi, Lord Ganesha will come to their house and take away all their troubles. Lord Ganesha is the cutest, chubbiest and friendliest Gods of…
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Whale Tales
The gigantic creature of the sea, But not a fish as you guess it would be, Instead its a mammal just like you and me.. W H A L E !! Yes it true. Whale is not a fish but a mammal which means that whales breathes air, have body hair, are…
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No Seeds, No Plants
Neil was eating evening snack of his favorite fruit orange when suddenly he happened to crunch a seed. “Eeeew.. Yuck… So bitter!” His grandpa was sitting next to him and said “You know Neil these tiny and sometimes bitter things that you spit out while eating a fruit… Without them you wouldn’t even be eating…
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Is Pluto still a Planet?
If I ask you what is a Solar system ? You will be quick to answer that it consists of Sun and everything that orbits around it. That includes eight known planets or may be more that we can’t see yet, dwarf planets, asteroids, comets, dust and ice particles. Wait a second, is it eight…
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All About Bones
As soon as Trisha got down from her school bus she told her mom ” You know mom, Maya is my best friend but sometimes she says such goofy things. We were talking about bones when she said that babies have 300 bones but grown ups have 206 bones. How can that be true? Grown ups…
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The Pharaohs of the Egypt
Pharaohs have always sparked everyone’s interest as some mysterious beings with strange beliefs. But who were pharaohs exactly? Were they as mysterious as some people make them to be? Well, Pharaohs were the kings in ancient Egypt. They ruled the land of Egypt and the people thought them to be Gods. They remained Kings as…
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Unique Words of English Language
The way you look at some words of the English language is going to change for ever after you read this. Given below are some words, most of them are simple usual words with unusual facts attached to them. So let the exploration begin!! “Dreamt” is the only English word that ends in the letters “mt”. “Angry” and…
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Rainforests of the Sea – Coral Reefs
Puzzled? Are you? Must have heard about the rainforests on the land but “rainforests of the sea”? Yes they do exist. “Rainforests of the sea” is name given to the spectacularly coloured coral reefs. Just like the rainforests are useful to people and wildlife on land, coral reefs are crucial for marine life. Almost one-fourth of…
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Jungle Friends
No we are not talking about Disney movies or any other animated movies. We are talking about actual unlikely partners in the animal kingdom. They are the most unlikely creatures that stick together and help each other. Crocodile and Plover: Sometimes you will see the crocodile’s frightful mouth open and a little bird sitting in…
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Fantastic France
Many Many years ago there were people from Germany known as Franks. They crossed river Rhine and settled on an area known as “Gual” at that time. The Franks fought a lot of battles and won a lot of area that is now a part of France. Eventually the kingdom of France extended from Rhine river to…
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Why is Water Colourless?
Milk is white. Lemonade is cloudy. Orange juice is orange. Pretty much everything you drink or eat has some color. Then why is that you can see through a glass full of water? Why is water colorless Have you ever wondered? Here is why. You must already know that white light is made up of…