Category: Facts For Kids
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How are Fables different from Fairytales?
Are Fables and Fairytales different or are they same? Aren’t they both stories for kids? You are right they are both stories for kids but Fables are stories for grown ups as well. Here is the thing, A fable is a story, also passed down from generation to generation and it has a moral lesson to…
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Who is the Boss?
Hmm… we are not talking about mommy dearest ;) Take a guess at what we are talking about. Here is another clue. What is grey on outside and white on inside and wrinkly?? If you guessed brain, you are right!! Brain is the Boss of your body. It controls everthing that your body does. It…
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The Biggest Icecube
Imagine big chunks of Ice cubes floating in your soda. Now think of bigger cubes… much bigger than these and the ones that float in the ocean. Aha! Icebergs are these huge chunks of ice that float freely in the water. Now since ice is lighter than the sea water, typically only one-ninth of the volume…
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Bat as tiny as Bumblebee !!
Well yes! Such a bat does exist. So what if it weighs only two grams and is as long as one inch. What ?? As light as a feather and maybe even smaller than your nose!!;) Yes that’s right! We are talking about the Bumblebee bat. It is the world’s smallest mammal. Like all other…
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Tall as a Stork or Small as a Goldfish
Why are some people so tall, some people really short and some just average height. As a kid you see that whenever the teacher asks you to fall in a line, some really short kids whine that they are always in the front and the taller ones complain that they are always behind, even…
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Hic…Hic…Hiccup!!
You just took a bite of food that is a little spicy for your taste and hic…hic…hic…Hicupps!! How did you get hiccups all of a sudden?? Well, you can blame it on your Diapragm! Never heard of it???? Diaphragm is a dome-shaped muscle in our body between the chest and the stomach. When we breathe…
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What is a Comet?
A lot of us incorrectly think that a Comet is the same as a Shooting Star. Well they are very different. A shooting star or a meteor is a large piece of rock entering the earth’s atmosphere from outer space leaving a bright track for a few seconds in the sky, where as a comet…
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One Plant-Hundreds of food factories
Plants are living things right? That means they eat food? But have you ever seen them eating food…NO!! So then how do they eat? Plants make and eat their food secretly and quietly. In fact you wouldn’t believe me if I tell you that each plant has hundreds of food factories to generate food. Yes! Each leaf…
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Antartica – The Forgotten Land
If I say that Antarctica was once bustling with life you would not believe me. But it is true. Looking at the the place which is now all covered with mountains and thick layer of ice ( 4 KM thick, as deep as the ocean ) it is hard to imagine that there was much more life in…
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Why do We Burp?
Before you even get a chance to cover your mouth it is out and you feel embarrassed by it at the lunch table. Everybody in the room heard it. Getting back to doing what you were doing, you wonder a little. Where did that even come from? A burp is nothing but gas. When you eat or…
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Needle-pillows that move
Who would even need a pillow that is all needles. Ha! gotcha! We are talking about porcupines :). Porcupines are rodents that have a coat of sharp needles and pins also know as quills. This helps them hide and protect themselves from their enemies. Porcupines are generally shy and peaceful animals. They mostly run away when they…
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Where Mermaids Live..
What do you think? Do Mermaids exist? Yes we are talking about the same creatures that are half-woman and half-fish and who live underwater with fishes and the turtles. You will probably say no. But my answer is yes!They do exist! They exist at Weeki Wachee Springs in Florida also known as the City of…