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State, Idaho - USA State, Hawaii - USA State, Georgia - USA State, Florida - USA State,
Delaware - USA State, Cars, Cars II, Cars III, Connecticut - USA State, Colorado - USA
State, California - USA State, Arkansas - USA State, Arizona - USA State, Alaska - The
49th state of USA, Alabama - The 22nd state of USA, Dogs have better sense of smell,
Communication, Exploring Nature, Vasco da Gama, Marco Polo, Telegraph, Tank, Wonder World
Under Water [V] - Animals with jointed Limbs, Propeller, Machine Gun, Petroleum, Jet
Engine, Wonder World Under Water [IV] - Sea Anemones and Jelly Fish, Wonder World Under
Water [III] - Sponges, Plastic, Electronic Computer, X-Ray, Wonder World Under Water [II]
- One-Celled Animals, Wonder World Under Water [I], Vaccines, Invention of Helicopter,
Invention of Electromagnetic Machines, Invention of Compass, Invention of
Combustion-Engine, Invention of Paper, History of Money, History of Alphabet, History of
Houses, Discovery of Metal, Invention of Zero, Megaliths, Discovery of Fire, The Hebrews -
A History of Costumes, The Syrian and Phoenicians - A History of Costumes, The Ethiopians
- A History of Costumes, Dew Ponds, Tides, Bee make or gather honey?, Discovery of SOAP,
Delivery Time for Elephants, Galapagos [The Giant Tortoise] - Live Forever, When was ice
cream first made?, Oldest city in the world, Why do a cat's eyes shine in the dark?, Why
is winter colder than summer?, What is the function of a cat's whiskers?, The Gypsies,
Dinosaurs, Why is the Bermuda Triangle considered mysterious?, How was coal formed?, How
is milk converted into curd?, The Egyptians - A History of Costumes, Introduction to Sea,
Polar Regions, Major Mountains, Why don't two persons have identical fingerprints?, How to
make perfume!, Mummification and Burial, Creation and the Great Myths, Religion in Ancient
Egypt, King Cobra, The Ancient Egyptians, Fox, Truth About Bats, Tornadoes, Volcano, X
& XXX - Rated Movies, Do Submarines have Anchors?, Why Do Cars Now Have Side-View
Mirrors on the Passenger Side with the Message, "Objects in the Mirror Are Closer
Than They Appear"?, Why Does Newspaper Tear Smoothly Vertically and Raggedly
Horizontally?, Why Do the English Drive on the left and just About Everybody Else on the
Right?, How and Why Do Horses Sleep Standing Up?, Chopsticks, Why Are The Netherlands also
Called Holland and the Low Countries? And Why Are Its People called Dutch?, Why Do We
Carve Jack-o'-Lanterns on Halloween?, Anaconda, Ants : The Civilized Army, Wheel, Birds
[VIII], Confucius, Deep Sea Divers, Litmus Paper, Birds [VII], Birds [VI], Birds [V],
Birds [IV], Birds [III], Birds [II], Birds, Panama Hats, Heavy Water, Sextant,
Weightlessness, Eclipse, Crocodiles, Africa, PANAMA, Europe, Sphinx, Satupas, Animal
Kingdom Record Book, Who Want to Live Forever, Black Hole, Quark, INSECTS, My Life - The
Tale of a Butterfly, Rise and Fall of Delhi, Din - I - Illahi, Trees, Who's Who at Zoo,
Getting to know Snakes - Section [I], Getting to know Snakes - Section [II], Getting to
know Snakes - Section [III], Quake Glossary, How a earthquake is measured, How to handle
earthquakes, All about rivers...
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Wyoming - USA State 
Wyoming bounded by Montana, Nebraska, South Dakota, Colorado, Utah and Idaho...
by Anand Singh
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Wisconsin - USA State 
Wisconsin bounded by Lake Superior, Peninsula, Michigan, Illinois, Iowa, Minnesota and Lake Michigan...
by Anand Singh
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West Virginia - USA State 
West Virginia bordered by Pennsylvania, Maryland, Virginia, Kentucky and Ohio...
by Anand Singh
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Washington - USA State 
Washington - Canadian province of British Columbia lies to north, & states of Idaho & Oregon form Washington's eastern & southern borders. Puget Sound & Pacific Ocean lie to west...
by Anand Singh
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Virginia - USA State 
Virginia birthplace of U.S. presidents (George Washington, Thomas Jefferson, James Madison, James Monroe, William Henry Harrison, John Tyler, Zachary Taylor, and Woodrow Wilson)...
by Anand Singh
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Vermont - USA State 
Vermont bordered by New Hampshire, Massachusetts, New York, Canadian province of Quebec...
by Anand Singh
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Utah - USA State 
Utah midway between Canada and Mexico. Bordered by Wyoming, Colorado, Arizona, Nevada and Idaho...
by Anand Singh
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Texas - USA State 
Texas bordered by New Mexico, Oklahoma, Arkansas and Louisiana. State capital Austin...
by Anand Singh
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Tennessee - USA State 
Tennessee bounded by Kentucky, Virginia, North Carolina, Georgia, Alabama, Mississippi, Arkansas and Missouri...
by Anand Singh
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South Dakota - USA State 
South Dakota bounded by North Dakota, Minnesota, Iowa, Nebraska, Wyoming and Montana...
by Anand Singh
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Rhode Island - USA State 
Rhode Island bounded by Massachusetts, Rhode Island Sound, and Connecticut...
by Anand Singh
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Pennsylvania - USA State 
Pennsylvania bounded by Lake Erie, New York, New Jersey, Delaware, Maryland, West Virginia and Ohio...
by Anand Singh
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Oregon - USA State 
Oregon state capital Salem, bordered by Washington, Idaho, Nevada and California...
by Anand Singh
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Oklahoma - USA State 
Oklahoma bordered by Kansas, Colorado, New Mexico, Texas, Missouri and Arkansas. Nicknamed the Sooner State...
by Anand Singh
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Ohio - USA State 
Ohio state capital Columbus, bordered by Indiana, Michigan, Lake Erie, Pennsylvania, West Virginiat and Kentucky...
by Anand Singh
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North Dakota - USA State 
North Dakota center of North American continent, bounded by Montana, South Dakota, Minnesota, Manitoba and Saskatchewan...
by Anand Singh
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North Carolina - USA State 
North Carolina bounded on south by South Carolina, Georgia, west by Tennessee, north Virginia, and east by Atlantic Ocean...
by Anand Singh
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New York - USA State 
New York bordered by Vermont, Massachusetts, Connecticut, Atlantic Ocean, Pennsylvania, New Jersey, Lakes Erie, Ontario and Quebec...
by Anand Singh
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New Mexico - USA State 
New Mexico borders Mexico, Arizona, Colorado, Oklahoma and Texas. State capital SANTA FE...
by Anand Singh
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New Jersey - USA State 
New Jersey Middle Atlantic state located between New York, Pennsylvania and Delaware, bounded by Delaware and Hudson rivers...
by Anand Singh
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New Hampshire - USA State 
New Hampshire lies between Maine, Vermont & New England. Borders Massachusetts...
by Anand Singh
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Nevada - USA State 
Nevada bounded by California, Oregon, Idaho, Arizona and Utah. Nickname Silver State...
by Anand Singh
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Nebraska - USA State 
Nebraska bounded on north by South Dakota west by Colorado and Wyoming south by Kansas and east by Iowa and Missouri...
by Anand Singh
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Montana - USA State 
Montana, Mountain states. Bordering the Canadian provinces of British Columbia, Alberta, Saskatchewan, North Dakota, South Dakota, Wyoming and Idaho...
by Anand Singh
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Missouri - USA State 
Missouri bordered by Iowa, Illinois, Kentucky, Tennessee, Arkansas, Nebraska, Kansas and Oklahoma...
by Anand Singh
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Mississippi - USA State 
Mississippi borders Arkansas, Louisiana, Tennessee and Alabama. Mississippi takes name from Mississippi River...
by Anand Singh
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Minnesota - USA State 
Minnesota outlined by natural waterways. Bordered by Mississippi, Wisconsin, Dakotas and Iowa...
by Anand Singh
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Michigan - USA State 
Michigan bordered by Ohio, Indiana, Wisconsin, Illinois and Minnesota. Michigan derived from two Algonquian-Anishnabeg words, michi (large) gami (lake)...
by Anand Singh
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Massachusetts - USA State 
Massachusetts lies New England, Vermont, New Hampshire, Maine Rhode Island, Connecticut, New York and Atlantic Ocean...
by Anand Singh
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Maryland - USA State 
Maryland Middle Atlantic state, capital Annapolis, bordered by Pennsylvania, Virginia and Delaware...
by Anand Singh
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Maine - USA State 
Maine bordered by Canadian provinces Quebec, New Brunswick, New Hampshire and Atlantic Ocean...
by Anand Singh
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Louisiana - USA State 
Louisiana lies Gulf Coastal Plain, bordered by Mississippi, Gulf of Mexico, Texas and Arkansas. Sighted by Spanish, feature Mississippi River...
by Anand Singh
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Kentucky - USA State 
Kentucky concentrating on agriculture and mining, bordered by Illinois, Indiana, Ohio, West Virginia, Virginia, Tennessee and Missouri...
by Anand Singh
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Kansas - USA State 
Kansas bordered by Nebraska, Missouri, Oklahoma, and Colorado. Kansas is a Sioux word meaning people of the south wind...
by Anand Singh
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Ice 
Water vapour froze in the clouds and fell as snow, covering the continents so thickly that it did not melt...
by Anand Singh
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Oil 
Oil - younger than coal. Dates back to a more recent period in history of Earth, Mesozoic Era, lasted 225 million to 65 million years ago...
by Anand Singh
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Iowa - USA State 
Iowa bordered by Minnesota, South Dakota, Nebraska, Missouri, Illinois and Wisconsin...
by Anand Singh
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Indiana - USA State 
Indiana is bordered by Illinois, Michigan and Lake Michigan, and Ohio...
by Anand Singh
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Illinois - USA State 
Illinois leading agricultural and manufacturing. Bordered by Wisconsin, Lake Michigan, Indiana and Kentucky...
by Anand Singh
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Idaho - USA State 
Idaho, Pacific Northwest, Bounded by British Columbia, Wyoming, Montana, Utah, Nevada, Oregon and Washington...
by Anand Singh
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Hawaii - USA State 
Famous tourist spot, Hawaii is called Aloha State; expression of love or goodwill in Hawaiian language...
by Anand Singh
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Georgia - USA State 
Georgia, extends from Sea Islands, Atlantic to southern Appalachians. Georgia, bounded South Carolina, Atlantic Ocean, Alabama, Tennessee, North Carolina and Florida...
by Anand Singh
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Florida - USA State 
Florida, fast-developing state of the southeastern. Mostly a peninsula, Florida bordered by Alabama, Georgia, Atlantic Ocean, Straits of Florida, Gulf of Mexico and Alabama...
by Anand Singh
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Delaware - USA State 
Delaware, flanked by Delaware Bay, Delaware River, Atlantic Ocean, Maryland and Pennsylvania...
by Anand Singh
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Cars 
Bentley sport touring car, Karl Benz, Bugatti Type 41, Cadillac Coupe, Chevrolet Corvette, Chrysler Airflow, Citroen, Cord Convertible Coupe...
by Anand Singh
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Cars II 
Datsun, Delage D8/120, Duesenberg SJ Roadster, Ford Fiesta, Model T Ford, Ford Mustang, Ford V8 Roadster, Hispano-Suiza...
by Anand Singh
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Cars III 
Jaguar XKE Coupe, M.G. TC Midget, Mercedes-Benz 300 SL, Porsche 911S, Rolls-Royce Silver Ghost, Stanley Steamer, Studebaker Sedan, Volkswagen...
by Anand Singh
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Connecticut - USA State 
Connecticut, industrial and transportation corridor of the northeastern United States. Bordered by Massachusetts, Rhode Island, Long Island Sound and New York...
by Anand Singh
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Colorado - USA State 
Colorado, Mountain states, landlocked, rectangular territory. Bordered by six states: Wyoming, Nebraska, Utah, New Mexico, Oklahoma and Kansas....
by Anand Singh
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California - USA State 
California, include LOS ANGELES, a major center of the entertainment and aerospace industries, and SAN FRANCISCO, a sophisticated financial center....
by Anand Singh
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Arkansas - USA State 
Arkansas, Southern states of the United States, Missouri on the north and northeast, by Tennessee and Mississippi on the east, by Louisiana on the south, and by Texas and Oklahoma on the west...
by Anand Singh
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Arizona - USA State 
Arizona, located in the Southwest. Bordered by Utah, by Colorado, by New Mexico, by Mexico, and by California and Nevada on the west...
by Anand Singh
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Alaska - The 49th state of USA 
Alaska, the largest in area but one of the least populated U.S. states, lies astride the Arctic Circle...
by Anand Singh
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Alabama - The 22nd state of USA 
Alabama, one of the southern states of the United States, is largely rectangular in shape and is landlocked except for a short coastline along the Gulf of Mexico...
by Anand Singh
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Dogs have better sense of smell 
The olfactory bulb of a dog is much larger than that of a man. The moist nose of a dog also aids his sense of smell...
by Manpreet
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Communication 
Communication with words, Communication without words, Oral Communication, Written Communication, Non- Verbal Communication...
by Manpreet
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Exploring Nature 
We need to learn about nature for our survival...
by Manpreet
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Vasco da Gama 
He was born about 1460 at Sines, in southwest Portugal, where his father commanded the fortress...
by Manpreet
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Marco Polo 
...was a Venetian explorer and merchant whose account of his travels in Asia was the primary source for the European image of the Far East...
by Manpreet
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Telegraph 
First telegraph message was transmitted by Morse from Washington to Baltimore in 1844 and read "What hath God wrought?"...
by Manpreet
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Tank 
Tanks were a decisive weapon in the two world wars of this century. Preceded by an artillery barrage...
by Manpreet
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Propeller 
The basic idea of the propeller is the same as that of the turbine...
by Manpreet
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Machine Gun 
In 1865 the French officer Reffye invented a machine gun with a total of 25 fixed barrels, which fired 125 to 150 missiles a minute...
by Manpreet
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Petroleum 
We have no idea how long ago men first found petroleum or mineral oil...
by Manpreet
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Jet Engine 
The jet engine works by ejecting a stream of gas at high velocity and high pressure, to produce a thrust...
by Manpreet
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Plastic 
There can be no doubt that this is an age of plastics...
by Manpreet
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Electronic Computer 
Electronic computer represent the most advanced achievement of modern science...
by Manpreet
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X-Ray 
In 1895 Roentgen discovered the rays which are called after him and which he nicknamed "X-rays" because he did not what they were or where they came from...
by Manpreet
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Vaccines 
Jenner had heard of a popular belief in Gloucestershire that a person had accidentally contracted pustules by milking a cow infected with cowpox...
by Manpreet
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Invention of Helicopter 
In 1876, Enrico Forlanini fitted a gas-driven engine to a machine which rose to a height of 13m after a vertical take-off from the park of Milan...
by Manpreet
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Invention of Compass 
In the second century BC the compass was already known in China...
by Manpreet
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Invention of Paper 
Once the alphabet ha been invented, man could write; but what was he to write on?...
by Manpreet
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History of Money 
If people have too much of one thing and not enough of another, they can use their surplus good in exchange for the products that they need...
by Manpreet
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History of Alphabet 
Ever since the dawn of language and thought man must have felt the need to record his ideas and emotions in some permanent form...
by Manpreet
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History of Houses 
The Neolithic Age brought the first appearance of dwellings which could probably be called houses...
by Manpreet
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Discovery of Metal 
The period before the discovery and use of metal is called the Neolithic Age. The age of metals began with copper...
by Manpreet
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Invention of Zero 
The invention of zero has had a tremendous impact on the history of mankind because it made the development of higher mathematics possible...
by Manpreet
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Megaliths 
Megaliths are enormous stones fixed into ground and originally erected for religious purposes or to mark some important event in the community...
by Manpreet
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Discovery of Fire 
Fire is a discovery rather than an invention. Man had been searching since prehistoric times for a way of making fire easily and quickly...
by Manpreet
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Dew Ponds 
Dew pond is the name applied to certain shallow saucer-shaped basins which usually contain a supply of water even during prolonged drouths when ordinary ponds at lower levels dry up...
by Manpreet
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Tides 
The tides are caused by the gravitational action of the sun and moon upon the rotating earth...
by Manpreet
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Bee make or gather honey? 
This is a disputed question. Some authorities are of the opinion that the liquid collected by bees from the nectaries of flowers does not differ materially from honey...
by Manpreet
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Discovery of SOAP 
It is generally believed that soap, both as a cleansing and a medicinal agent, was first made by the ancient Gauls...
by Manpreet
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Delivery Time for Elephants 
Estimates of the period of gestation in elephants range all the way from eighteen to twenty-two months...
by Manpreet
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Oldest city in the world 
It is generally supposed that Damascus, the chief city of Syria, is the oldest city in the world...
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Why is winter colder than summer? 
The seasons, spring, summer, fall and winter, occur because of the inclination of the earth's axis while the earth moves around the sun...
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The Gypsies 
The Gypsie's language is called 'Romany'. It resembles Sanskrit...
by Manpreet
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Dinosaurs 
The word 'dinosaur' comes from the Greek words meaning 'terrible lizard'...
by Manpreet
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How was coal formed? 
Coal formation first began some 250 million years ago in an age called 'carboniferous period'...
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Introduction to Sea 
On Earth, the total area covered by water is 70.8 per cent...
by Manpreet
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Polar Regions 
The northern and southern ends of the earth's axis are known as North and South Poles respectively...
by Manpreet
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Major Mountains 
A mountain is a landmass elevated considerably above e its surrounding areas. Usually the land tracts, more than 300 m in height, are called mountains...
by Manpreet
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How to make perfume! 
Perfume is a blend of substances made from plant oils and synthetic materials...
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Mummification and Burial 
Mummification is the method of preserving the dead bodies of animals and people artificially...
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Creation and the Great Myths 
Another great city -Thebes - destined to be the religious and political capital from the Middle Kingdom onwards, the center of myths was on Amun...
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Religion in Ancient Egypt 
[ Large File ] Ancient Egyptians lived in an intensely religious society with a polytheism that was both complex and ritualized...
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King Cobra 
King cobras are usually found in India, Vietnam, southern China, Philippines, Malaysia and Indonesia...
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The Ancient Egyptians 
[ Large File ] The Ancient Egyptians and their gods functioned for a period of time approximately twice as long as our current Christian era...
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Fox 
If there is one animal that lives by its wits then it is our very own Fox. Sheer ingenuity has made him a survivor literally...
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Truth About Bats 
Bats are among the world's least appreciated and most endangered animals, thanks to centuries of myth and superstition...
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