Category: Facts For Kids
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Can I See a Star That Is Too Far?
Do things exist even if we cannot see them? Yes! But how can this be possible? Our eyes can only see objects which are up till some distance. Sometimes if the object is too far our eyes are unable to see it. So how do we know what is happening at a far distance? We…
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Giants in The Water !!
Hippopotamus meaning ‘ River Horse’ are plant eating, water loving giants. They look like a pig and is much larger than a crocodile. These huge and fierce looking water giants are lovingly called Hippos by most of us. They are very friendly with other hippos and prefer to live in larger groups or “Pods”. They…
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Humans Under Water – Aquanauts!
Long time ago humans only wondered what the underwater world looked like. The were imaginative stories of mermaids and sea monsters. The sailors used to make up stories about the sea and the life under the sea. Now in these days and times we don’t have to believe in such tales as we know much…
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Snake and Rat, Can They Ever Be Friends ?
Once a snake charmer caught a snake and kept it in the cane basket. Then he caught a chubby rat and kept it in the basket for snake to eat it. When the snake approached to gobble the rat up, rat said that he can help the snake escape if he leaves him alive. The…
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Jarawa Tribe
The Jarawas are the ‘Adivasis‘ or the ‘Tribal people’ of the Andaman Islands in the Bay of Bengal. Like any other Tribe, Jarawas are also strongly protective of their peaceful life, live in their own small groups in jungles and do not want any contact with outsiders. Therefore, they are still uncivilized and even in these…
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How Bird Babies Learn to Fly?
Birds learn how to fly like how we learn to walk – a combination of instinct and practice. Most birds cannot fly until their muscle structure is strong enough, as flying is a very tough exercise. Baby birds remain in the nest all the time in the beginning but as they grow bigger, they realize…
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Tulips or TeaCups?
If you look at Tulips very closely they resembles many things. Colorful teacups dancing in the garden or inverted bells swinging in the wind. This beautiful flower has its origins from Turkey. An interesting fact is that these flowers were called tulbend, which means a head gear, because if you turn the flower upside down…
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Here comes the Tooth Fairy!!
The Tooth Fairy lives in Neverland, along with Tinkerbell. She is a tiny fairy like tinkerbell and they are very good friends. Tooth fairy creates a magic powder from children’s teeth that protects the fairies from hawks who might otherwise eat them. But how does she come from Neverland? When does she come? When a…
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Hill or a Huge Magnet?
A Magnetic Hill is that which appears to behave like a magnet. Imagine a magnet as big as a hill !! It is strong enough to pull cars up the hill or force passing aircraft to increase their height from ground in order to escape magnetic pull. One such hill is located in our country…
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Water Water All Around Me!
Our Earth is made up of land and water. Some very large parts of land are called continents. Some very large parts of water are called ocean and seas. In the oceans and seas are some smaller land parts that are completely surrounded by water. There are what we call islands. Islands come in different…
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Our Heart
Heart is the most important organ of the body and it is a muscle! It cleans our blood and circulates it throughout the body. In our body , Blood is carried in blood vessels. These are almost like water pipes but only much much smaller. Blood vessels are of two kinds : Arteries and Veins.…
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The Stone Age
The Stone Age was a time thousands of years ago, when early humans lived in caves and jungles. Life was simple, and there were only two main things to do – to protect themselves from the wild animals and to gather food. It started almost with the evolution of mankind. For both purposes, people made…