Category: Family and Kids
Bio-Fuels
Can we extract oils from plants that can work as fuel in automobiles in place of petrol or diesel. Answer is, Yes.
Juices of several plants, seeds a [...]
Measuring an Earthquake
Earthquakes can be measured by the help of a seismograph. The scale used for this purpose is called Richter Scale, name after its inventor.
A seismog [...]
Airmail
The first 'airmail' was used by the Egyptians through pigeons in 2500 BC. Pigeons were used widely throughout the world. One may be surprised to kno [...]
What is a Pension?
Pension usually refers to the remuneration or payment a person receives after he retires from the active job. He is paid a part of the salary which he [...]
Did You Know?
Dolphins Call Each Other By Name
Recently, scientists from St. Andrews University were studying bottlenose dolphins off of the east coast of Scotland [...]
Poky Learns a Good Lesson
By Yoginder Sikand
You would have thought that it was high time Poky retired and spent the rest of his years thinking about what are called the 'high [...]
A Glass of Milk
One day, a poor boy who was selling goods from door to door to pay his way through school, found he had only one penny left, and he was hungry. He dec [...]
The Languages Spoken in Most countries
English 57 countries
French 23 countries
Arabic 23 countries
Spanish 21 count [...]
International Date Line
If you see a world map, you will find a line marked as International Date Line connecting the two poles. It passes east of Japan and Australia. It i [...]
Colours
Blue is the ocean
Green is a magic potion
Gold nuggets are rare
White is a hopping hare
Red is blazing fire
Black is a vehicle tyre
Brown are yummy ch [...]