Palm tree is one tree with loads of benefits. Literally, all parts of the are useful. In last week's video I shared our little weekend fun activity where we walked down to a place to harvest palm tree fruit (nungu). Don't miss out that video at the end of the post! In today's video you can hear out some uses of Palm tree - how every bit of the tree is useful and other generic information …
Why do we burp, sneeze, cough and yawn? What happens inside our body?
Sneezing, burping, coughing and yawning are very natural mechanisms that happen in our body. Even though we do these things voluntarily, we don’t pay much attention to them. That is, a casual sneeze or a cough or a burp or a yawn doesn’t interfere in any way with our day today activities unless they happen out of any sickness. So in today’s video let’s see what happens inside our …
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Why do we blink and what happens if we don’t blink?
Eyes are wonderful organs that connect our body and mind with the external world. Eyes picturize everything so we are able to see things as they are around us. And a very natural, involuntary action involved with eyes is blinking. We humans blink a lot throughout the day. To be very precise, in one minute we blink about 15-20 times. This means we blink about 1200 times in an hour and about …
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Interesting facts about the human brain that you should know!
Human brain is a wonderful organ that never fails to amaze us! Right from consciousness to mindful decisions to controlling all of the actions in the body, there is a lot of interesting mystery involved with the brain. In this video, let’s talk about some of those interesting mysteries! If we calculate the length of the blood vessels within the brain, they 150000 miles as a whole. …
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Shocking myths about electricity: MUST KNOW for safety!
Electricity is very much part of our day today lives. We use a lot of electrical appliances day in and day out. In fact a few minutes of electricity shut down could cause lots of discomfort and even monetary losses at various levels. As they say, any modern invention has its own downsides too. While electricity helps us in numerous ways, we need to remember that it is deadly too. If we …
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Mind blowing, interesting facts about Neanderthals
Neanderthals were the early species that lived around 400,000 to 40,000 years ago and they resemble modern humans. They were humans like us and had an official name for their kind of species called Homo Neanderthalensis. There are various controversial theories about their extinction. Some say that they became non existent due to their incapability of coexisting with the early …
Are Birds Dinosaurs? What’s the connection?
Are birds dinosaurs? The short answer to the question is No. To be very specific, there are various studies that claim “birds are NOT related to dinosaurs, but they ARE the dinosaurs”. Well we can say that birds have evolved from dinosaurs themselves. But because of that, you can’t call birds as dinosaurs. Today the birds are the living copies of the evolution process that has happened …
Remarkable Uses of Prime Numbers in real life
Prime numbers. We are so used to them in Mathematics right? And we usually end up wondering why are we studying about these numbers and formulae and whether there is any use to these in our real life. Well, if you consider prime numbers, yes there are some really cool uses. Whether you know or don’t know what Prime numbers are, let me very briefly explain what are those …
What will happen if all of the water in the world disappears?
Water is the elixir of life. We all know that. Water is not just to quench our thirst. Water helps with the growth of vegetation, to regulate the temperature of the planet, to regularize seasons, to help sustain living beings and much more. Of course we think about water when we are thirsty, when we need to take a bath, or when we need water for any of our basic needs like …
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How are Rainbows formed and some interesting facts
Rainbows are a wonderful work of nature. We get to see beautiful colors when a rainbow appears. But a rainbow is not just about a set of colors we see when it rains. There’s more to it. Watch the video to know more! First let’s see how rainbows are formed. It involves two phenomena, refraction and reflection. When the sunlight enters a rain droplet it is first refracted, and then …