Category: Facts For Kids
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Is Jellyfish really a Fish?
If I say Jelly fish is a fish, Would that be right? Well if you look at a jellyfish that is washed to the beach shore it might look like a soggy plastic bag. The truth is that the jellyfish has no bones, heart, head or a brain and it is not even a fish. It…
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What is a Civilization?
So you know how stone age people lived thousands of years ago? They lived in small groups in caves. As time passed( talking about few million years ) people started to live in large well organized groups to form a town or a city. Such a group is called civilization. People in same civilization work…
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RainForests
Do you know what rain forests are? They are forests that form where it rains a lot. Almost every day of the year! Rain forests are found in the area between the tropic of cancer and the tropic of Capricorn(area above and below the equator). Look at the map below and you will understand. No…
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What happened to the dinosaurs?
Dinosaurs were the huge creatures that roamed on Earth’s surface 230 million years ago. But where did they disappear? How did we even come to know that there were such creatures that came and disappeared long before we existed. We know that dinosaurs existed because of the fossils they left behind.Hmm..Let me try and explain.…
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Red Bulb,Blue Bulb,Red Bulb,Blue Bulb..
Tongue twisters are a combination of words put together that are difficult to speak clearly. Tongue twisters are especially hard to say when said repeatedly with speed. There is big chance for a very funny slip of tongue!! Why don’t you try some of these easy ones at first. Upper roller lower roller Upper roller…
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Who is Walt Disney?
You don’t know? Walt Disney is the person who created Mickey Mouse !!He was born in America. Even as a small child he was very interested in making cartoons, so he grew up and studied art. There is an interesting story about how he created Mickey Mouse. He had mice as pets when he was…
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A very Long Sleep!
Have you ever seen someone sleeping for a long time? Very quickly you will think of someone who is lazy. Although sometimes, don’t you also secretly wish that you could stretch your sleep-time for a few more hours, especially on a school day. What if someone slept for months together? Now that is not laziness. Such kind…
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Hemispheres
There was a boy named Billy. His birthday fell in nice and warm summers. Every year he celebrated his birthday on 22nd December. Are you surprised? I sure was.. You see the Earth is a sphere and can be divided into two hemispheres. The line that divides the Earth into the Northern Hemisphere and the…
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Hello? Hola? Hi?
Isn’t it fun when the phone rings and you lift it to hear the voice of your loved one, no matter how far they are. These days many people use cell phones but a lot of people still use the conventional telephones (also known as land lines) which are connected with wires. Telephone networks go…
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Sleep tight and Your Brain will be Bright!
Why does your mother insist its time to sleep when you still want to be awake? Why does she always say “Sleep right now, it’s important you get enough sleep?”. Imagine our brain to be a drawer full of papers. Every now and then we have to clean the drawer to trash the old, not…
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Slimiest Thing on Earth?
Can you guess what is the slimiest thing on earth? I know you are thinking eeeeeeeeeeeewy and yuckyyyyy… Aren’t you? But this is interesting. Think about it. Could it be a fruit or vegetable, some plant, may be one of the animals…….. Guess?? Nah! It’s a FISH !!! Hagfish, as it is called, is probably…
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The Bubble Spout
Don’t we all love water bubblers? Wow! those jets of cold water to cool us down, especially in the summer. Whoever thought of such a wonderful fun thing? But did you know that people used them as taps long time ago. It was not used for fun but just as a tap. Fountains were…