Category: Facts For Kids
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Tick Tock Tick Tock – The Clock
Time is forever and it keeps moving. But, when was the first time that humans thought of measuring time? Almost 7000yrs ago, the Hindus (Aryan Civilization) gazed at the sky and measured the time by looking at the position of stars or the Sun. The Egyptians thought of measuring time 6000 years ago. They used…
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366 days in an year?
Macy and Stacy are twins born in the February of 2000. Now, Macy is 4 years old while Stacy is 14! How so? One is a Leap day baby, and the other is not. Did you know that babies born on leap day are called leaplings? Each year has 365 days. But every four years the year has…
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Food Chain
All living things must eat other living things to survive. You see a bird eating a worm. Or you see a lion preying on an innocent looking gazelle. You feel sad and sorry. But the truth is that one living thing must eat some other living thing to survive. Why is that? Because living things provide energy and…
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Mist and Dew
Mist.. Is it fog or a small cloud? Well, it could be both. A very thin fog is called mist or cloud on the ground can be mist. Well, how are they formed? When warm air comes in contact with the cold surface, or damp air becomes cold (again coming in contact with the cold…
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Hollow Rocks – Caves
“Spelunking! Me! No way!”, Joshua shrieked and flung his hands in the air. For all of you who don’t know what Spelunking means, it is usually referred to the exploration of caves as a hobby. “But it will be a superb adventure!”, Joshua’s childhood friend, Joe, said. “Aren’t you curious to see how caves look and feel from inside.…
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The Metal Men – Robots
Remember “I will be back” from the movie “The Terminator“. Robots or the metal men that we have today don’t look like the ones in sci fi movies. They look like machines controlled by computers. They can do the same work over and over again without getting tired or bored. Sometimes they do the work…
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Rivers Of Ice – Glaciers
These rivers of ice known as glaciers move slowly but steadily and carry a deep secrets within them. The climate of the past, where they were formed or how old they are. How so? Let us see. First let us try and understand the process of how glaciers are formed. The story begins in the…
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Bread and Butter Trees
You must be laughing out loud thinking that there is an error. How can bread and butter grow on trees? Freshly baked bread comes out from a bakery, while the butter is churned out in factories. So what is it that we are referring to? Are there really any trees which have bread and butter…
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Schools of the Past
Have you ever wondered how the schools in the ancients times appeared or what their method of teaching was. By schools of the past we mean the schools of Romans, Greeks or middle ages. Surprised? Hmm. Even those kids had to go to school. Do you want to know what those kids studied? They did…
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The History of Transport
Transport is the way in which things are carried from one place to the other. Today, the sight of a man travelling to space is quite normal but it has taken a long time for humankind to travel like this. How did people and things travel many years ago? Think. Earliest humans had no fancy transport to travel.…
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What are Exoplanets?
While Sun is the center of our Universe and our existence it is not the only star. This Universe is unending. There are many other stars like Sun in the Universe. The planet revolving around these stars are called Exoplanets or Extra Solar planets. Do these planets have life? Maybe, but we do not know…
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Who are Nomads?
I wander here, I wander there My feet are bare, but I don’t care! I stay when the food is around, No more food, I leave the ground. Who am I? A Nomad. Nomads are people that do not stay in one place and wander in search of food. They usually have a herd of…