Showing posts with label facts for kids. Show all posts
Showing posts with label facts for kids. Show all posts

How do waves generate electricity?

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 The waves have long been used to generate energy. In the 18th century, several plants were built on Europe's coasts where the waves ...

How does a nuclear reactor generate electricity?

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A handful of uranium provides as much electricity as 70 tons of coal or 30 barrels of oil. A nuclear reactor to power a city of one mill...

What were some characteristics of Mayan culture?

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 The Mayan civilization established an intellectual superiority over other Indo-American cultures. This was manifested in their language ...

Things you didn't know about the pyramids in Egypt

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 If the Great Pyramid were to be broken into 30 cm thick slabs, a one metre high wall could be built around France. Some have said that...

How do flowers attract insects?

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 Some plants know how to attract nectar-seeking insects. For this they use chemical compounds that excite their sensitive vision to ultra...

Did you know that sheep are excellent physiognomists?

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Sheep, unfairly branded as not very intelligent, have in the researchers of the Babraham Institute of the University of Cambridge the fierc...

Great facts about King Henry VIII of England

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INTERESTING FACTS ABOUT KING HENRY VIII The king of England , Henry VIII, fearful of getting black plague, spent most summers outside ...

How do snakes produce their venom?

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How Snakes Develop Venom Inside Their Body An analysis of twenty-four different toxins indicates that when the snakes developed the po...

Facts about okapis

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 The okapi ( Okapia johnstoni ) is a mammal belonging to the same family as the giraffes . Because of the zebra-like stripes on its leg...

Great facts about the Statue of Liberty

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The face of the Statue of Liberty is said to have been modelled on that of the sculptor's mother - Frédéric Auguste Bartholdi. Thi...

What is geothermal energy?

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What is geothermal energy used for?  Geothermal energy comes from the heat of the Earth's depths. About 30 kilometers below the su...

What are stigmas in the body?

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What kind of people carry stigmas? Padre Pio with stigmas According to the history of Christianity, the stigmata are the marks left b...

Who was Lilith?

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What is the origin of Lilith?  The name Lilith means "night monster." It is a female demon that appears in Hebrew folklore. It...

What's the biggest flower in the world?

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Where does the biggest flower grow? It is undoubtedly Amorphophallus titanum , which is the flower with the largest known size. It is ...

Where were the first skyscrapers built?

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What are skyscrapers?  Skyscrapers were born in the United States. Although several high-rise buildings had already been built by the e...

What does poltergeist mean?

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How is a poltergeist produced? Poltergeist is a paranormal phenomenon whose term derives from the German words polter (noise) and ge...

What is the legend of the Buddha's birth?

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  Who was the Buddha? Buddhism is one of the most important religions in the world; and a curiosity about it is that its followers bel...

What were Julius Caesar's last words?

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 How did Julius Caesar die?  "Even you, my son?" are the words, according to Suetonius, who spoke Julius Caesar to his proté...

What is air conditioning? How does A/C work?

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Facts about A/C for kids In winter, houses are heated with stoves or radiators. On the other hand, in summer, the interior temperature...

What are detergents? How do detergents work?

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Interesting detergent facts for kids You can't always remove stains from dirty objects by washing them with water. It is often nece...