Category: Facts For Kids
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What is NASA?
July 20, 1969 – NASA’s Apollo 11 landed the first humans on Moon. May 14, 1973 – NASA launches Skylab, the first and only independently built space station of US. August 6, 2012 -NASA’s car-sized rover Curiosity lands on Mars One word that is common in all of the above successful space missions is NASA.…
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Doctors of The Past
These days we have special doctors and hospitals to take care of all our illnesses. Dentists for teeth problems, pediatricians for the sick children, foot doctors, doctors who help in the birth of babies, dermatologists for skin infections and the bone doctors. There are hospitals everywhere where you could run to and get yourself checked…
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Piggybacking On The Comet – The Rosetta Misson
This event is the first of firsts. Nothing like this has ever happened ever. A spacecraft named Rosetta has landed on a comet for the first time. The comet is Comet C-G named after the scientists Churyumov-Gerasimenko who found it. History got made today. Do you know how blazing fast the comet is moving? Its…
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The One With Singing Wings – Crickets
What sings with its wings? To water it mostly clings. All the summer long, The chirping goes on. And the song goes on. But the cricket does not even open its mouth to chirp. Strange huh! It raises its stiff leathery front wing and rubs one over the other to make its high creaking sound.…
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Come Autumn, Fall leaves
In many countries, especially in the west, as autumn approaches, the leaves of some trees change color. It changes from a green to gorgeous hues of red, orange and brown. And then after this marvelous show of beauty, the leaves fall. The tree stands without leaves, just a skeletal of branches until the arrival of…
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Cixi – The Dragon Lady
Not very long ago there was a forbidden city, a royal palace in China. Located in the center of what we call Beijing today. This palace was a home to kings and queens for almost 500 years. The strangest queen that ever ruled from the forbidden city got its name “The Dragon lady”. Her real…
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Keeping Track Of History – Timelines
Did Alexander the great rule first or king Napoleon? Did Indus Valley civilization exist before or after the Mesopotamian civilization? Did Thomas Watt live around the same time as Einstein? How does anyone remember these baffling before and after questions of history? Aren’t they so tricky? With so many events in thousands of years of…
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Stones Make Fire
Eve was a chirpy and playful ten year old. She never went to school. For her, it was all play no work. Wonder why? She lived in different times. She was one of the early humans that lived millions of years ago. She lived in the stone age. Where did she live? She lived in caves with her…
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Abundant Alaska
Alaska or “the great land” comes from a native word Aleyska. This place justifies its name. Abundant volcanoes, mountains, glaciers and abundantly long day and nights. It also has a vast reserve of natural oil, fishing and natural gas. This state is a peninsula and has several smaller peninsulas of its own. Alaska is bordered by Canada on…
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Dental Truths or Myths?
Does the coke dissolve your teeth overnight? Do you need to brush after every meal? There are a lot of myths about teeth and brushing practices. Let us find out if they are truths or myths. Myth: It is okay to use the same toothbrush after a viral infection or a sore throat.Truth: Germs are very…
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Earth’s Protective Gear – Ozone Layer
Have you noticed people wearing large hats and sunglasses to protect themselves from the sun? Many people often carry umbrellas to shade themselves. The white face paint cricketers paint their faces with, isn’t just out of style. That’s sunscreen! Sportsmen cover their faces with sunscreen before they step out to play. Why do we need protection…
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The Grand Canyon
Have you ever seen a deep valley with steep rock sides and a stream or river flowing through it? That’s a canyon! Grand Canyon, as the name suggests, is a mighty canyon in the state of Arizona, US. The grand canyon is 277 miles (446 km) long, around 18 miles (29 km) wide and around 1 mile…