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[1]  Wyoming - USA State Open 'Wyoming - USA State' Katha in New Window

Wyoming bounded by Montana, Nebraska, South Dakota, Colorado, Utah and Idaho...

by Anand Singh

[2]  Wisconsin - USA State Open 'Wisconsin - USA State' Katha in New Window

Wisconsin bounded by Lake Superior, Peninsula, Michigan, Illinois, Iowa, Minnesota and Lake Michigan...

by Anand Singh

[3]  West Virginia - USA State Open 'West Virginia - USA State' Katha in New Window

West Virginia bordered by Pennsylvania, Maryland, Virginia, Kentucky and Ohio...

by Anand Singh

[4]  Washington - USA State Open 'Washington - USA State' Katha in New Window

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

[5]  Virginia - USA State Open 'Virginia - USA State' Katha in New Window

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

[6]  Vermont - USA State Open 'Vermont - USA State' Katha in New Window

Vermont bordered by New Hampshire, Massachusetts, New York, Canadian province of Quebec...

by Anand Singh

[7]  Utah - USA State Open 'Utah - USA State' Katha in New Window

Utah midway between Canada and Mexico. Bordered by Wyoming, Colorado, Arizona, Nevada and Idaho...

by Anand Singh

[8]  Texas - USA State Open 'Texas - USA State' Katha in New Window

Texas bordered by New Mexico, Oklahoma, Arkansas and Louisiana. State capital Austin...

by Anand Singh

[9]  Tennessee - USA State Open 'Tennessee - USA State' Katha in New Window

Tennessee bounded by Kentucky, Virginia, North Carolina, Georgia, Alabama, Mississippi, Arkansas and Missouri...

by Anand Singh

[10]  South Dakota - USA State Open 'South Dakota - USA State' Katha in New Window

South Dakota bounded by North Dakota, Minnesota, Iowa, Nebraska, Wyoming and Montana...

by Anand Singh

[11]  South Carolina - USA State Open 'South Carolina - USA State' Katha in New Window

South Carolina state capital Columbia, bounded by North Carolina and Georgia...

by Anand Singh

[12]  Rhode Island - USA State Open 'Rhode Island - USA State' Katha in New Window

Rhode Island bounded by Massachusetts, Rhode Island Sound, and Connecticut...

by Anand Singh

[13]  Pennsylvania - USA State Open 'Pennsylvania - USA State' Katha in New Window

Pennsylvania bounded by Lake Erie, New York, New Jersey, Delaware, Maryland, West Virginia and Ohio...

by Anand Singh

[14]  Oregon - USA State Open 'Oregon - USA State' Katha in New Window

Oregon state capital Salem, bordered by Washington, Idaho, Nevada and California...

by Anand Singh

[15]  Oklahoma - USA State Open 'Oklahoma - USA State' Katha in New Window

Oklahoma bordered by Kansas, Colorado, New Mexico, Texas, Missouri and Arkansas. Nicknamed the Sooner State...

by Anand Singh

[16]  Ohio - USA State Open 'Ohio - USA State' Katha in New Window

Ohio state capital Columbus, bordered by Indiana, Michigan, Lake Erie, Pennsylvania, West Virginiat and Kentucky...

by Anand Singh

[17]  North Dakota - USA State Open 'North Dakota - USA State' Katha in New Window

North Dakota center of North American continent, bounded by Montana, South Dakota, Minnesota, Manitoba and Saskatchewan...

by Anand Singh

[18]  North Carolina - USA State Open 'North Carolina - USA State' Katha in New Window

North Carolina bounded on south by South Carolina, Georgia, west by Tennessee, north Virginia, and east by Atlantic Ocean...

by Anand Singh

[19]  New York - USA State Open 'New York - USA State' Katha in New Window

New York bordered by Vermont, Massachusetts, Connecticut, Atlantic Ocean, Pennsylvania, New Jersey, Lakes Erie, Ontario and Quebec...

by Anand Singh

[20]  New Mexico - USA State Open 'New Mexico - USA State' Katha in New Window

New Mexico borders Mexico, Arizona, Colorado, Oklahoma and Texas. State capital SANTA FE...

by Anand Singh

[21]  New Jersey - USA State Open 'New Jersey  - USA State' Katha in New Window

New Jersey Middle Atlantic state located between New York, Pennsylvania and Delaware, bounded by Delaware and Hudson rivers...

by Anand Singh

[22]  New Hampshire - USA State Open 'New Hampshire - USA State' Katha in New Window

New Hampshire lies between Maine, Vermont & New England. Borders Massachusetts...

by Anand Singh

[23]  Nevada - USA State Open 'Nevada - USA State' Katha in New Window

Nevada bounded by California, Oregon, Idaho, Arizona and Utah. Nickname Silver State...

by Anand Singh

[24]  Nebraska - USA State Open 'Nebraska - USA State' Katha in New Window

Nebraska bounded on north by South Dakota west by Colorado and Wyoming south by Kansas and east by Iowa and Missouri...

by Anand Singh

[25]  Montana - USA State Open 'Montana - USA State' Katha in New Window

Montana, Mountain states. Bordering the Canadian provinces of British Columbia, Alberta, Saskatchewan, North Dakota, South Dakota, Wyoming and Idaho...

by Anand Singh

[26]  Missouri - USA State Open 'Missouri - USA State' Katha in New Window

Missouri bordered by Iowa, Illinois, Kentucky, Tennessee, Arkansas, Nebraska, Kansas and Oklahoma...

by Anand Singh

[27]  Mississippi - USA State Open 'Mississippi - USA State' Katha in New Window

Mississippi borders Arkansas, Louisiana, Tennessee and Alabama. Mississippi takes name from Mississippi River...

by Anand Singh

[28]  Minnesota - USA State Open 'Minnesota - USA State' Katha in New Window

Minnesota outlined by natural waterways. Bordered by Mississippi, Wisconsin, Dakotas and Iowa...

by Anand Singh

[29]  Michigan - USA State Open 'Michigan - USA State' Katha in New Window

Michigan bordered by Ohio, Indiana, Wisconsin, Illinois and Minnesota. Michigan derived from two Algonquian-Anishnabeg words, michi (large) gami (lake)...

by Anand Singh

[30]  Massachusetts - USA State Open 'Massachusetts - USA State' Katha in New Window

Massachusetts lies New England, Vermont, New Hampshire, Maine Rhode Island, Connecticut, New York and Atlantic Ocean...

by Anand Singh

[31]  Maryland - USA State Open 'Maryland - USA State' Katha in New Window

Maryland Middle Atlantic state, capital Annapolis, bordered by Pennsylvania, Virginia and Delaware...

by Anand Singh

[32]  Maine - USA State Open 'Maine - USA State' Katha in New Window

Maine bordered by Canadian provinces Quebec, New Brunswick, New Hampshire and Atlantic Ocean...

by Anand Singh

[33]  Louisiana - USA State Open 'Louisiana - USA State' Katha in New Window

Louisiana lies Gulf Coastal Plain, bordered by Mississippi, Gulf of Mexico, Texas and Arkansas. Sighted by Spanish, feature Mississippi River...

by Anand Singh

[34]  Kentucky - USA State Open 'Kentucky - USA State' Katha in New Window

Kentucky concentrating on agriculture and mining, bordered by Illinois, Indiana, Ohio, West Virginia, Virginia, Tennessee and Missouri...

by Anand Singh

[35]  Kansas - USA State Open 'Kansas - USA State' Katha in New Window

Kansas bordered by Nebraska, Missouri, Oklahoma, and Colorado. Kansas is a Sioux word meaning people of the south wind...

by Anand Singh

[36]  Ice Open 'Ice' Katha in New Window

Water vapour froze in the clouds and fell as snow, covering the continents so thickly that it did not melt...

by Anand Singh

[37]  Oil Open 'Oil' Katha in New Window

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

[38]  Iowa - USA State Open 'Iowa - USA State' Katha in New Window

Iowa bordered by Minnesota, South Dakota, Nebraska, Missouri, Illinois and Wisconsin...

by Anand Singh

[39]  Indiana - USA State Open 'Indiana - USA State' Katha in New Window

Indiana is bordered by Illinois, Michigan and Lake Michigan, and Ohio...

by Anand Singh

[40]  Illinois - USA State Open 'Illinois - USA State' Katha in New Window

Illinois leading agricultural and manufacturing. Bordered by Wisconsin, Lake Michigan, Indiana and Kentucky...

by Anand Singh

[41]  Idaho - USA State Open 'Idaho - USA State' Katha in New Window

Idaho, Pacific Northwest, Bounded by British Columbia, Wyoming, Montana, Utah, Nevada, Oregon and Washington...

by Anand Singh

[42]  Hawaii - USA State Open 'Hawaii - USA State' Katha in New Window

Famous tourist spot, Hawaii is called Aloha State; expression of love or goodwill in Hawaiian language...

by Anand Singh

[43]  Georgia - USA State Open 'Georgia - USA State' Katha in New Window

Georgia, extends from Sea Islands, Atlantic to southern Appalachians. Georgia, bounded South Carolina, Atlantic Ocean, Alabama, Tennessee, North Carolina and Florida...

by Anand Singh

[44]  Florida - USA State Open 'Florida - USA State' Katha in New Window

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

[45]  Delaware - USA State Open 'Delaware - USA State' Katha in New Window

Delaware, flanked by Delaware Bay, Delaware River, Atlantic Ocean, Maryland and Pennsylvania...

by Anand Singh

[46]  Cars Open 'Cars' Katha in New Window

Bentley sport touring car, Karl Benz, Bugatti Type 41, Cadillac Coupe, Chevrolet Corvette, Chrysler Airflow, Citroen, Cord Convertible Coupe...

by Anand Singh

[47]  Cars II Open 'Cars II' Katha in New Window

Datsun, Delage D8/120, Duesenberg SJ Roadster, Ford Fiesta, Model T Ford, Ford Mustang, Ford V8 Roadster, Hispano-Suiza...

by Anand Singh

[48]  Cars III Open 'Cars III' Katha in New Window

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

[49]  Connecticut - USA State Open 'Connecticut - USA State' Katha in New Window

Connecticut, industrial and transportation corridor of the northeastern United States. Bordered by Massachusetts, Rhode Island, Long Island Sound and New York...

by Anand Singh

[50]  Colorado - USA State Open 'Colorado - USA State' Katha in New Window

Colorado, Mountain states, landlocked, rectangular territory. Bordered by six states: Wyoming, Nebraska, Utah, New Mexico, Oklahoma and Kansas....

by Anand Singh

[51]  California - USA State Open 'California - USA State' Katha in New Window

California, include LOS ANGELES, a major center of the entertainment and aerospace industries, and SAN FRANCISCO, a sophisticated financial center....

by Anand Singh

[52]  Arkansas - USA State Open 'Arkansas - USA State' Katha in New Window

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

[53]  Arizona - USA State Open 'Arizona - USA State' Katha in New Window

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

[54]  Alaska - The 49th state of USA Open 'Alaska - The 49th state of USA' Katha in New Window

Alaska, the largest in area but one of the least populated U.S. states, lies astride the Arctic Circle...

by Anand Singh

[55]  Alabama - The 22nd state of USA Open 'Alabama - The 22nd state of USA' Katha in New Window

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

[56]  Dogs have better sense of smell Open 'Dogs have better sense of smell' Katha in New Window

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

[57]  Communication Open 'Communication' Katha in New Window

Communication with words, Communication without words, Oral Communication, Written Communication, Non- Verbal Communication...

by Manpreet

[58]  Exploring Nature Open 'Exploring Nature' Katha in New Window

We need to learn about nature for our survival...

by Manpreet

[59]  Vasco da Gama Open 'Vasco da Gama' Katha in New Window

He was born about 1460 at Sines, in southwest Portugal, where his father commanded the fortress...

by Manpreet

[60]  Marco Polo Open 'Marco Polo' Katha in New Window

...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

[61]  Telegraph Open 'Telegraph' Katha in New Window

First telegraph message was transmitted by Morse from Washington to Baltimore in 1844 and read "What hath God wrought?"...

by Manpreet

[62]  Tank Open 'Tank' Katha in New Window

Tanks were a decisive weapon in the two world wars of this century. Preceded by an artillery barrage...

by Manpreet

[63]  Wonder World Under Water [V] - Animals with jointed Limbs Open 'Wonder World Under Water [V] - Animals with jointed Limbs' Katha in New Window

Just as insects dominate the land, having the largest population and variety, their relatives the Crustacean dominate the waters...

by B.F. Chhapgar

[64]  Propeller Open 'Propeller' Katha in New Window

The basic idea of the propeller is the same as that of the turbine...

by Manpreet

[65]  Machine Gun Open 'Machine Gun' Katha in New Window

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

[66]  Petroleum Open 'Petroleum' Katha in New Window

We have no idea how long ago men first found petroleum or mineral oil...

by Manpreet

[67]  Jet Engine Open 'Jet Engine' Katha in New Window

The jet engine works by ejecting a stream of gas at high velocity and high pressure, to produce a thrust...

by Manpreet

[68]  Wonder World Under Water [IV] - Sea Anemones and Jelly Fish Open 'Wonder World Under Water [IV] - Sea Anemones and Jelly Fish' Katha in New Window

The sea anemone has a hollow body with its mouth at the top in the center of a whorl of many finger-like projections called tentacles...

by B.F. Chhapgar

[69]  Wonder World Under Water [III] - Sponges Open 'Wonder World Under Water [III] - Sponges' Katha in New Window

While the most primitive animals are made of one cell, sponges are multicellular...

by B.F. Chhapgar

[70]  Plastic Open 'Plastic' Katha in New Window

There can be no doubt that this is an age of plastics...

by Manpreet

[71]  Electronic Computer Open 'Electronic Computer' Katha in New Window

Electronic computer represent the most advanced achievement of modern science...

by Manpreet

[72]  X-Ray Open 'X-Ray' Katha in New Window

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

[73]  Wonder World Under Water [II] - One-Celled Animals Open 'Wonder World Under Water [II] - One-Celled Animals' Katha in New Window

Our body is made up of many organs, like the stomach, the liver, the heart, the brain, kidneys , lungs...

by B.F. Chhapgar

[74]  Wonder World Under Water [I] Open 'Wonder World Under Water [I]' Katha in New Window

Nearly three-quarter of our earth is covered by water...

by B.F. Chhapgar

[75]  Vaccines Open 'Vaccines' Katha in New Window

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

[76]  Invention of Helicopter Open 'Invention of Helicopter' Katha in New Window

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

[77]  Invention of Electromagnetic Machines Open 'Invention of Electromagnetic Machines' Katha in New Window

Electricity has been known to man since ancient times...

by Manpreet

[78]  Invention of Compass Open 'Invention of Compass' Katha in New Window

In the second century BC the compass was already known in China...

by Manpreet

[79]  Invention of Combustion-Engine Open 'Invention of Combustion-Engine' Katha in New Window

Modern civilization is entirely dependent on the internal combustion engine...

by Manpreet

[80]  Invention of Paper Open 'Invention of Paper' Katha in New Window

Once the alphabet ha been invented, man could write; but what was he to write on?...

by Manpreet

[81]  History of Money Open 'History of Money' Katha in New Window

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

[82]  History of Alphabet Open 'History of Alphabet' Katha in New Window

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

[83]  History of Houses Open 'History of Houses' Katha in New Window

The Neolithic Age brought the first appearance of dwellings which could probably be called houses...

by Manpreet

[84]  Discovery of Metal Open 'Discovery of Metal' Katha in New Window

The period before the discovery and use of metal is called the Neolithic Age. The age of metals began with copper...

by Manpreet

[85]  Invention of Zero Open 'Invention of Zero' Katha in New Window

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

[86]  Megaliths Open 'Megaliths' Katha in New Window

Megaliths are enormous stones fixed into ground and originally erected for religious purposes or to mark some important event in the community...

by Manpreet

[87]  Discovery of Fire Open 'Discovery of Fire' Katha in New Window

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

[88]  The Hebrews - A History of Costumes Open 'The Hebrews - A History of Costumes' Katha in New Window

We possess very few representations of Hebrew costume apart from some found in the ruins of Nineveh...


[89]  The Syrian and Phoenicians - A History of Costumes Open 'The Syrian and Phoenicians - A History of Costumes' Katha in New Window

The most ancient known delineation of the peoples of Western Asia dates from about 2300 B.C., about the end of the Old Egyptian Kingdom...


[90]  The Ethiopians - A History of Costumes Open 'The Ethiopians - A History of Costumes' Katha in New Window

The dress of the Ethiopian peoples, whose territory lay to the south of Egypt, was on the whole identical with that of the Egyptians...


[91]  Dew Ponds Open 'Dew Ponds' Katha in New Window

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

[92]  Tides Open 'Tides' Katha in New Window

The tides are caused by the gravitational action of the sun and moon upon the rotating earth...

by Manpreet

[93]  Bee make or gather honey? Open 'Bee make or gather honey?' Katha in New Window

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

[94]  Discovery of SOAP Open 'Discovery of SOAP' Katha in New Window

It is generally believed that soap, both as a cleansing and a medicinal agent, was first made by the ancient Gauls...

by Manpreet

[95]  Delivery Time for Elephants Open 'Delivery Time for Elephants' Katha in New Window

Estimates of the period of gestation in elephants range all the way from eighteen to twenty-two months...

by Manpreet

[96]  Galapagos [The Giant Tortoise] - Live Forever Open 'Galapagos [The Giant Tortoise] - Live Forever' Katha in New Window

The London Zoological Gardens contain an Elephantine tortoise from the Seychelles which is supposed to be from one hundred to two hundred years old...


[97]  When was ice cream first made? Open 'When was ice cream first made?' Katha in New Window

Ice cream as it is known today was not the product of a single discovery or invention...


[98]  Oldest city in the world Open 'Oldest city in the world' Katha in New Window

It is generally supposed that Damascus, the chief city of Syria, is the oldest city in the world...


[99]  Why do a cat's eyes shine in the dark? Open 'Why do a cat's eyes shine in the dark?' Katha in New Window

The luminous appearance of a cat's eyes in the dark is due to the reflection of light by the tapetum lucidum...


[100]  Why is winter colder than summer? Open 'Why is winter colder than summer?' Katha in New Window

The seasons, spring, summer, fall and winter, occur because of the inclination of the earth's axis while the earth moves around the sun...


[101]  What is the function of a cat's whiskers? Open 'What is the function of a cat's whiskers?' Katha in New Window

The most perfect organs of touch are the vibrissce or whiskers of the cat, which act as long levers in communicating...


[102]  The Gypsies Open 'The Gypsies' Katha in New Window

The Gypsie's language is called 'Romany'. It resembles Sanskrit...

by Manpreet

[103]  Dinosaurs Open 'Dinosaurs' Katha in New Window

The word 'dinosaur' comes from the Greek words meaning 'terrible lizard'...

by Manpreet

[104]  Why is the Bermuda Triangle considered mysterious? Open 'Why is the Bermuda Triangle considered mysterious?' Katha in New Window

So far more than 1000 people have lost lives in this area...

by Manpreet

[105]  How was coal formed? Open 'How was coal formed?' Katha in New Window

Coal formation first began some 250 million years ago in an age called 'carboniferous period'...


[106]  How is milk converted into curd? Open 'How is milk converted into curd?' Katha in New Window

When a little amount of curd is added to milk whole of it gets converted into curd within 4 hours...


[107]  The Egyptians - A History of Costumes Open 'The Egyptians - A History of Costumes' Katha in New Window

To judge from the most ancient representation that we possess, the Egyptians of the Old Kingdom (3000 B.C.) wore a loincloth...

by Manpreet

[108]  Introduction to Sea Open 'Introduction to Sea' Katha in New Window

On Earth, the total area covered by water is 70.8 per cent...

by Manpreet

[109]  Polar Regions Open 'Polar Regions' Katha in New Window

The northern and southern ends of the earth's axis are known as North and South Poles respectively...

by Manpreet

[110]  Major Mountains Open 'Major Mountains' Katha in New Window

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

[111]  Why don't two persons have identical fingerprints? Open 'Why don't two persons have identical fingerprints?' Katha in New Window

Your ten fingerprints are absolutely unique and remain practically unchanged from birth to death...


[112]  How to make perfume! Open 'How to make perfume!' Katha in New Window

Perfume is a blend of substances made from plant oils and synthetic materials...


[113]  Mummification and Burial Open 'Mummification and Burial' Katha in New Window

Mummification is the method of preserving the dead bodies of animals and people artificially...


[114]  Creation and the Great Myths Open 'Creation and the Great Myths' Katha in New Window

Another great city -Thebes - destined to be the religious and political capital from the Middle Kingdom onwards, the center of myths was on Amun...


[115]  Religion in Ancient Egypt Open 'Religion in Ancient Egypt' Katha in New Window

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Ancient Egyptians lived in an intensely religious society with a polytheism that was both complex and ritualized...



[116]  King Cobra Open 'King Cobra' Katha in New Window

King cobras are usually found in India, Vietnam, southern China, Philippines, Malaysia and Indonesia...


[117]  The Ancient Egyptians Open 'The Ancient Egyptians' Katha in New Window

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The Ancient Egyptians and their gods functioned for a period of time approximately twice as long as our current Christian era...



[118]  Fox Open 'Fox' Katha in New Window

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...


[119]  Truth About Bats Open 'Truth About Bats' Katha in New Window

Bats are among the world's least appreciated and most endangered animals, thanks to centuries of myth and superstition...


[120]  Tornadoes Open 'Tornadoes' Katha in New Window

If you ever happen to see a dark often greenish sky, wall cloud, large hail and a loud roar similar to a freight train then run to a safe place as it could be a tornado...


[121]  Volcano Open 'Volcano' Katha in New Window

The most famous, Krakatoa erupted in 1883 with such force that the resulting tidal wave killed 36,000 people and tremors were felt as far away as Australia...


[122]  X & XXX - Rated Movies Open 'X & XXX - Rated Movies' Katha in New Window

In order to obtain a G, PG, PG-13 or R rating, a fee must be paid...


[123]  Do Submarines have Anchors? Open 'Do Submarines have Anchors?' Katha in New Window

Any time a submarine needs to maintain its position on the surface but doesn't happen to be near a pier or another vessel...


[124]  Why Do Cars Now Have Side-View Mirrors on the Passenger Side with the Message, "Objects in the Mirror Are Closer Than They Appear"? Open 'Why Do Cars Now Have Side-View Mirrors on the Passenger Side with the Message, "Objects in the Mirror Are Closer Than They Appear"?' Katha in New Window

Convex mirrors have one huge advantage over flat mirrors - they allow a much wider angle of vision...


[125]  Why Does Newspaper Tear Smoothly Vertically and Raggedly Horizontally? Open 'Why Does Newspaper Tear Smoothly Vertically and Raggedly Horizontally?' Katha in New Window

Newsprint is made up of many wood fibers...


[126]  Why Do the English Drive on the left and just About Everybody Else on the Right? Open 'Why Do the English Drive on the left and just About Everybody Else on the Right?' Katha in New Window

United Kingdom, Ireland, India, Indonesia, Australia, South Africa, Kenya, Thailand, Japan and many other nations, all of which still drive on the left side of the road...


[127]  How and Why Do Horses Sleep Standing Up? Open 'How and Why Do Horses Sleep Standing Up?' Katha in New Window

Their legs are locked in the proper position during sleep...


[128]  Chopsticks Open 'Chopsticks' Katha in New Window

Chopsticks were then invented to serve as efficient tools to pick up morsels of food and rice...


[129]  Why Are The Netherlands also Called Holland and the Low Countries? And Why Are Its People called Dutch? Open 'Why Are The Netherlands also Called Holland and the Low Countries? And Why Are Its People called Dutch?' Katha in New Window

Actually, the official name of the country is Nederland, the name native inhabitants call it - "Netherlands"...

by Daniel Marcus

[130]  Why Do We Carve Jack-o'-Lanterns on Halloween? Open 'Why Do We Carve Jack-o'-Lanterns on Halloween?' Katha in New Window

As Christian belief overcome pagan superstition in Ireland and Scotland, celebrants took over the role of mischief-makers from supernatural apparitions...

by Debby Birli

[131]  Anaconda Open 'Anaconda' Katha in New Window

You might have seen the recent English film Anaconda, where these snakes are shown as giant man-eating monsters. Well...

by Paramita Kar

[132]  Ants : The Civilized Army Open 'Ants : The Civilized Army' Katha in New Window

Ants are no doubt the most successful of all social insects of Hymenoptera, an order that also includes wasps and bees...

by Manpreet

[133]  Wheel Open 'Wheel' Katha in New Window

The wheel is perhaps man's greatest invention. Simple as it seems, it is the very basis of movement...

by Jamal Ara

[134]  Birds [VIII] Open 'Birds [VIII]' Katha in New Window

Nesting-Boxes and Food Tables...

by Jamal Ara

[135]  Confucius Open 'Confucius' Katha in New Window

Confucius was one of the greatest moral teachers of all times. He was born in China in the province of Shantung about 551 BC...

by Manpreet

[136]  Deep Sea Divers Open 'Deep Sea Divers' Katha in New Window

Since the ancient times, man has attempted to unravel the mysteries of the deep-sea...

by Manpreet

[137]  Litmus Paper Open 'Litmus Paper' Katha in New Window

Litmus paper is used in laboratories to detect the presence of acids and bases...

by Manpreet

[138]  Birds [VII] Open 'Birds [VII]' Katha in New Window

Hints on Bird Watching...

by Jamal Ara

[139]  Birds [VI] Open 'Birds [VI]' Katha in New Window

Body-Structure : Birds are animals that are covered with feathers. The skeleton of a bird is rather like that of a man...

by Jamal Ara

[140]  Birds [V] Open 'Birds [V]' Katha in New Window

MIGRATION AND BIRD RINGING - They are very punctual too, unless they are delayed by bad weather. We may calculate almost to a day when we may expect our bird friends to return, carrying winter on their backs...

by Jamal Ara

[141]  Birds [IV] Open 'Birds [IV]' Katha in New Window

In the breeding season, territory is occupied and mates, mates are wooed, rivals are fought, pairing takes place and then duties of nesting and parenthood start...

by Jamal Ara

[142]  Birds [III] Open 'Birds [III]' Katha in New Window

An experienced bird-watcher can look at a forest, meadow, lake, swamp or field and predict almost exactly what birds he will find there...

by Jamal Ara

[143]  Birds [II] Open 'Birds [II]' Katha in New Window

Like human beings, they set up home and have children; they even have language of their own...

by Jamal Ara

[144]  Birds Open 'Birds' Katha in New Window

It is a great joy to watch these beautiful and graceful creatures. They always appear so busy, flying here and there, now hopping, now running about, chirping, singing, splashing and preening, taking great care to look neat and clean...


[145]  Panama Hats Open 'Panama Hats' Katha in New Window

It has graced the heads of Winston Churchill, Nikita Khrushchev, Humphrey Bogart and Michael Jordan - and many more...

by Manpreet

[146]  Heavy Water Open 'Heavy Water' Katha in New Window

We all know that ordinary water is a compound of hydrogen and oxygen...

by Manpreet

[147]  Sextant Open 'Sextant' Katha in New Window

An instrument used for measuring angles primarily of celestial bodies like sun or a star...

by Manpreet

[148]  Weightlessness Open 'Weightlessness' Katha in New Window

Weightlessness occurs when there is no gravitational pull on a body...

by Manpreet

[149]  Eclipse Open 'Eclipse' Katha in New Window

Eclipse, is partial or total obscuring of one celestial body by the shadow of another...

by Manpreet

[150]  Crocodiles Open 'Crocodiles' Katha in New Window

The largest species is the Indopacific Crocodile, Crocodylus porosus, which may exceed lengths of 20 feet...

by Rajesh Nandan Singh [Forwarded Email]

[151]  Africa Open 'Africa' Katha in New Window

The biggest desert in the world and the endless sand goes on and on for hundreds of miles...

by Manpreet

[152]  PANAMA Open 'PANAMA' Katha in New Window

It is an inter-oceanic waterway connecting the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans through the Isthmus of Panama...


[153]  Europe Open 'Europe' Katha in New Window

It is divided into more than twenty countries. The biggest country in Europe is France - except Russia which is partly in Europe...


[154]  Sphinx Open 'Sphinx' Katha in New Window

In fact, sphinx was a monster, common in the myths of ancient peoples. The Greek thought of it as having the head of woman and body of a lion with wings...


[155]  Satupas Open 'Satupas' Katha in New Window

This historic site is located to the west of Betwa River in Raisen district, Bhopal (Madhya Pradesh). It is a plain ground a top a sandstone hill...

by Manpreet

[156]  Animal Kingdom Record Book Open 'Animal Kingdom Record Book' Katha in New Window

Highest, Longest, Tallest, Smallest, Heaviest, Fastest of Mammals, Reptiles, Amphibians, Insects, Fishes...

by Manpreet

[157]  Who Want to Live Forever Open 'Who Want to Live Forever' Katha in New Window

Indian Elephant at average lives for more than 70 years and a blue whale live for...

by Manpreet

[158]  Black Hole Open 'Black Hole' Katha in New Window

Black holes would act like cosmic vacuum cleaners, sucking up everything within reach...

by Manpreet

[159]  Quark Open 'Quark' Katha in New Window

A few years ago scientists discovered that these elementary particles are again made up of extremely small particles called quarks...

by Manpreet

[160]  INSECTS Open 'INSECTS' Katha in New Window

The long-horned grasshoppers, katydids and crickets have their ears on their front legs. If I had six legs I'd probably get them all tangled up! Well most insects move three legs at a time...

by Harinder Dhanoa Motihar

[161]  My Life - The Tale of a Butterfly Open 'My Life - The Tale of a Butterfly' Katha in New Window

On the third day, the eggs hatched and tiny caterpillars came out. I was one of them....

by Anjan Sarkar

[162]  Rise and Fall of Delhi Open 'Rise and Fall of Delhi' Katha in New Window

Delhi is the third largest city of India, exceeded in size by Calcutta and Mumbai...


[163]  Din - I - Illahi Open 'Din - I - Illahi' Katha in New Window

Divine Religion by Abkar...


[164]  Trees Open 'Trees' Katha in New Window

Learn more about Banyan, Peepal, Neem, Champa, Dhak, Tamarind and many other popular trees...


[165]  Who's Who at Zoo Open 'Who's Who at Zoo' Katha in New Window

Each animal is special; none too stupid or ugly, says the author. Out of 24 animal friends talked of in the book, here are some for you...

by Ruskin Bond

[166]  Getting to know Snakes - Section [I] Open 'Getting to know Snakes - Section [I]' Katha in New Window

Snakes do not chew their food. Infact their table manners are not dainty. They swallow their food whole...

by Zai and Rom Whitaker

[167]  Getting to know Snakes - Section [II] Open 'Getting to know Snakes - Section [II]' Katha in New Window

But for many, the guru of snake-men is Bill Haast, who until recently had a snake park in Miami, Florida. He extracts the venom's of snakes from all over the world...

by Zai and Rom Whitaker

[168]  Getting to know Snakes - Section [III] Open 'Getting to know Snakes - Section [III]' Katha in New Window

Its stocky body and strong neck muscles make it easy for the snake to bulldoze its way through soft soil. The species from the hills are so dependent on remaining cool that they often die in a human hand (Which usually has a temperature of about 37º C)...

by Zai and Rom Whitaker

[169]  Quake Glossary Open 'Quake Glossary' Katha in New Window

Get to the core, Learn more -
EARTHQUAKE / EPICENTER / RICHTER SCALE / INTENSITY / FREQUENCY OF QUAKES...


by US Geological Survey

[170]  How a earthquake is measured Open 'How a earthquake is measured' Katha in New Window

The method to measure a quake's strength have progressed since American seismologist Charles Francis Richter came up with a magnitude scale in 1932...

by US Geological Survey

[171]  How to handle earthquakes Open 'How to handle earthquakes' Katha in New Window

Develop a Family Plan and locate the following...

by US Geological Survey

[172]  All about rivers Open 'All about rivers' Katha in New Window

From side to side water curves through the valley like a long snake.


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