Where Did Numerals Originate?
We deal with numbers all the time. Not just while doing math lessons at school, but also while counting money at the shop, …
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Do Raccoons Wash their Hands Before they Eat?
We wash vegetables before cooking it. And we wash our hands before we start eating. That is because we have been told that …
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Who Invented the Photocopying Machine?
We have all used it at one time or another to copy our school documents, or parts of a book borrowed from the library, or just …
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What is Memory?
As a child my day began with a LARGE glass of milk and five almonds with their skin pealed, that my mother used to put in a bowl …
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How Did Santa Claus Originate?
Its nearly midnight and with a jingle of bells a sled comes streaking from the north, pulled of course by Rudolph, the red-nosed …
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What is the Rubik's Cube?
My nephew Akshay was a brat. No two ways about it. When he was not occupied with dismantling everything that moved, ticked, or …
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How do Houseflies Spread Diseases?
The housefly (musca domestica) is one of the most common of all insects. It is a major health hazard, particularly in parts of …
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What is Daylight Saving Time?
People in some parts of the world gain an extra hour in winters and are able to sleep and snore that much longer thanks to a …
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How does the Army Post Office System Work?
It’s the one thing every soldier away from home looks forward to: mail. So everyday it is ‘Hey, Mister Postman, look …
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What is Blood Pressure?
The heart is a live pump that delivers blood to different parts of the body. Blood flows in or flows out when the heart contracts …
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What is a Tsunami?
Last year there were three more fishing villages in the Pacific island country of Papua New Guinea than there are today. You …
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Cigarette Packs that Talk
Cigarette smoking is injurious to health – everyone knows that. Well, till a few decades ago, people were unaware that smoking …
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