Category: Facts For Kids
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Dirty Air !
You cannot see it or Hold it or Eat it But you have to have it. You guessed it right!! It is the air that we breathe and it’s everywhere. So it is really sad that something that is so important for us is getting dirty. All the smoke from the chimneys, airplanes and automobiles…
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Achoo!! Allergy??
Must have frequently heard people saying ” I have a bad allergy from mushrooms, I can’t eat it” or ” My nose started to run, looks like all that dust from the carpet triggered my allergy” What is an Allergy? Allergies are caused by an overactive Immune system. For some reason, your immune system mistakes…
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Our Body’s Army : Our Immune System
Every day we are exposed to a lot of germs but its not everyday we fall sick. Why? Our body has a smart way of fighting these germs with something very special called an Immune System. Our immune system can detect a difference between the body’s own ‘healthy‘ cells and ‘foreign‘ cells. When one of…
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How the Fairy Tales Came To Life?
Aren’t all of us fond of Fairy Tale Theatre? Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs, Hansel and Gretel, Sleeping Beauty, Rumpelstiltskin, Rapunzel are just to name a few. We are able to enjoy these stories because almost 200 years ago, two brothers Wilhelm and Jakob Grimm travelled all around in Germany and collected these…
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Make a Wish Upon a Shooting Star !!
If you are the one who frequently looks at the night sky, you may have been lucky enough to notice amazing streaks of light up there once in a while. That streak of light is called a Shooting Star. Sometimes while the Earth is revolving around the Sun,it passes through some tiny or large bits…
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The Wonderful Whirlybird
If you have ever observed a helicopter that is trying to land you will feel that it is dropping straight down and is about to crash. But it does not crash, it just slows down and gently comes to rest. Standing still in the air and going straight up and down is something that only…
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Passport Lets You Pass Through New Ports.
You must have heard your parents talking about how important passports are whenever you are planning for a vacation to a different country. To you it must seem like a thin tiny booklet with your picture on it. How can it be so important? A passport is a document that is given to you by…
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Milk in the Cup, Hot or Cold?
Can you tell just by looking at something whether it’s hot or cold? Maybe, sometimes, when the thing is steaming hot or freezing cold, but not all the times. However, you can always tell whether a thing is hot or warm or cool or very cold by touching it with your hands (or body). Why is that? A healthy human…
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Money Making Machine, then Why do People Work ;)
Think about your piggy bank with lock and key. Only you can take money out from it when you need, since you have the key to open the lock. Right ? Have you seen your parents taking out money from a machine sometimes when you go shopping? They call it ATM. But How do they…
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Our Mother, Our Earth
. Earth is the most special planet in the universe. There are other planets in our solar system, but this is the only planet in our solar system that is full of life. In fact, there is Earth’s twin sister Venus that is similar to Earth but has no life on it. For all of us…
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A Story about Tails!
Have you guys ever wondered why there is a tail on animals? Is it a useful body part or is it just there for no reason? What is the tale behind it? The truth is that it is one of the most useful tools an animal has. It is very interesting how a squirrel uses…
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“Hanu”man and the Ball of Fire
Our lord Hanuman was a very mischievous child. Do you know once he almost ate up the sun? Do you know Hanuman was not always called Hanuman? At birth, his parents named him Anjaneya. One day, his mother went out to the forest to collect some fruits while he was asleep. Baby Anjaneya woke up…