Category: Facts For Kids
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Who invented Buttons?
Toby was getting dressed for his school. It was Red day in his school and he was planning to wear his most favorite red shirt. As he was putting the shirt on , he heard a pop sound and Phew! his button went flying down to the floor. He was sad. “We’ll find you another…
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How were the Weekdays Named?
A long long time ago there was no concept of week or weekdays. An year was divided into 12 months of 30 days. That’s it! Then slowly ancient people felt the need to fix certain days for certain activities. In the beginning, they experimented with making a 10 day week and also a 5 day…
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Mosquito Bites
Zzzzzzzzzz! As soon as it is evening or early morning the mosquitoes are out hunting for their victims. When they land on their prey they put their saliva on the skin, which acts as a painkiller. This painkiller hides the pain so that it doesn’t hurt when the mosquito sucks out the blood. It keeps doing so…
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The Witty Village Girl
Once there lived a young girl in a tiny village. Her father was a farmer. She was a very witty and a hardworking girl who helped her father with farming. One day her father was away and she was busy digging the land so that she could sow the seeds. While she was at work, a…
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Who is Barack Obama?
Barack Obama is the 44th and current president of the United States.He is the first African-American to serve as U.S. president. He was born on August 4, 1961 in Honolulu, Hawaii. His father was a Kenyan activist and mother an American teacher. His name Barack means “blessing from God” and his nickname is Barry. As…
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Lion’s Mane JellyFish
The lion’s mane jellyfish is the largest jellyfish in the world. They have a mass of thin tentacles that resemble a lion’s mane, that is how they get their name. Although lion’s mane jellyfish is made out to be a dangerous creature, it is not very harmful. Remember, big always doesn’t mean dangerous, huh! In-fact a sting…
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The Enormous Amazon
You know that the longest river in the world is Nile. So which is the largest? Which river carries the largest amount of water in it? It is the The Amazon river in South America! It carries more water than any other river, even more than the water of Mississippi, Nile, and Yangtze rivers put together.…
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Who is An Illustrator?
An illustrator is a storyteller with a drawing board. He expresses the stories through pictures. Some people also call him a cartoonist as he draws cartoons as well. The illustration or cartoons can express a lot of situations, surroundings, physical appearances and different emotions. Just by changing simple strokes of lines on a picture, the…
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Why do We Shiver in Cold Weather?
On a cold winter day if you aren’t wearing enough warm clothes you start shivering. It’s not something that you start voluntarily and even if you want to stop it, you can’t do much about it. Do you wonder why that happens? Shivering is an automatic movement of our body muscles. When we shiver our…
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Bear with Glasses
Bear with Glasses.. Hmm Maybe it is Papa bear from Goldilocks! This bear with glasses is a small bear that has strange markings on his face. The bear is mostly all black with lines of lighter fur – usually white – that encircle its eyes and cross its nose. This gives the bear an odd…
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Good Germs, Bad Germs?
Try imagining a germ and you will probably think of a bug or a pest. In reality germs are little micro organisms that invade our body. They are so small that we don’t even notice them when they enter our body. We only get to know after they have attacked us, when we get a…
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Who is J.K Rowling?
J. K. Rowling is a very talented British novelist who is best known as the author of the Harry Potter series. She was born today July 31 in the year 1965. In her book series, Harry Potter is a wizard who discovers that there are a lot of other people with special magical powers living in…