Kids News - Did You Know
Coming Soon - A 'Green' Ferrari
While Ferrari's are known and admired for many things, environmental friendliness is not one of them. That however changed last week, when the Italian car company introduced its first 'green' high-performance vehicle at the prestigious Geneva Car Show.
Days Seem Shorter? Blame It On the Chilean Earthquake!
If your days seem to be going by faster since the Chilean earthquake, it's probably because they have become a little shorter - by about 1.26 millionth of a second or a little more than a microsecond!
Holi - The Festival Of Colors!
Today is Holi, one of India's most colorful and fun festivals. Celebrated by Indians all across the world, this exuberant festival is observed by people throwing colored powder, as well as, drenching each other with water balloons and sometimes - entire buckets of colored water!
When 'Pygmy' Dinosaurs Roamed The Earth
Any mention of dinosaurs usually invokes images of huge creatures. However, Paleontologists now believe that there was a much smaller species of dinosaurs - the size of modern-day pets, that roamed the earth during the Cretaceous Period, 65 million years ago.
Bladerunner A.K.A. The Fastest Man With No Legs!
24-year old Oscar Pistorius is known by many names - some call him 'The fastest man on no legs', others, 'Blade Runner' - we just call him AMAZING!
Now This Is A Swimming Pool!
There are swimming pools and then there is this swimming pool. Located at the San Alfonso del Mar Resort in Algarroba, Chile, it is the size of 6,000 standard pools combined, and officially the world's largest pool!
Sleeping Beauty . . . . . . For Real!
Fifteen-year old Louisa Ball is just like most teens. She loves to shop, hang with her friends, watch movies and sleep in, except in her case, it could mean as long as . . . two weeks at a time!
Gung Hey Fat Choy! Happy Year of the Tiger!
Today, February 14 is not just Valentine's Day, but also the first day of the Chinese or Lunar New Year - the longest and most important of all traditional Chinese Festivals.
World Math Day - The Countdown Has Begun!
It's time to sharpen your pencils or in this case keyboard skills and get ready for World Math Day, the annual math competition, where kids from all across the globe compete with each other, for the coveted title of World Math Champion.
Legendary Groundhog Declares 'Six More Weeks Of Winter'
As the sky shines right above me, my shadow I see beside me - six more weeks of winter it will be!" - This was the dire prediction that legendary groundhog "Punxsutawney Phil", made yesterday, in front of thousands of people gathered in the town of Punxsutawney, Pennsylvania.
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Turkey Bowling - A Cincinnati Tradition!