Who Invented Band-aid?
What happens when you have a small wound? Just apply a small piece of sticky plaster with gauze (a loosely-woven cotton surgical …
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5Ws & H For Kids
Who, What, Where, When, Why & How?
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What is Mad Cow Disease?
In 1996, doctors detected 10 cases of a rare and fatal human brain disease in Britain and they diagnosed that it was probably due …
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How Does a Helicopter Hover?
It was January 26 and Rahul was terribly exited. And with good reason too. His father, a pilot in the Indian Navy, had been …
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Is the Red Colobus monkey extinct?
Unbelievable but true! A large West African monkey has simply vanished from the earth. It has joined the Dodo, by becoming the …
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How did Sign Language Originate?
Have you ever seen people deep in conversation with each other without a single sound coming from their lips? Their hands and …
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Where Did Piggy Banks Come From?
You can find a piggy bank at almost every home. But whoever heard of pigs and savings? Pigs in a poke, yes, and pigs in a sty. But …
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When was the First Circumnavigation by Air?
Ever since Colombus set sail to see if the world was flat or round, intrepid explorers have vied with each other to go around the …
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How do Humans Balance on Two Legs?
Four-year-old Rohit couldn’t understand why his parents and grand parents were so happy on seeing his 10-month-old sister, …
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Are Fish Dumb?
There was a time when people thought that fish were dumb creatures. Until they invented machines which could detect sounds under …
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Why Does Time Start in Greenwich?
Its six in the morning and the sun is streaming through the window of your home in Delhi. In New York, people are just packing up …
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How is Paper Perfumed?
Fruity, musk, floral, woodsy… believe it or not, the human nose can detect the difference between nearly 1,000 different …
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How are Frogs Different From Toads?
If you travel back tens of millions of years to the age of dinosaurs, you may possibly hear a rhythmic musical croaking from …
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