Pyramids in the World One of the questions that continue to preoccupy the contemporary researchers is the process by which the Egyptian pyramids were built. Each block of the Pyramid of Khufu weighs between 15 to 1,000 tons. Royal bedroom ceiling is...

Mystery - The Failure of Whales , Dozens of whales have been found buried in the desert! Researchers from Chile and the Smithsonian Institute in the United States faced a dilemma: how, tens of whales could die in the same place in the Atacama Desert?...


Spider Monkey

September 24, 2012 | In: Animal facts for kids

Spider monkeys are not very popular in the world, are found only in the southern part of Mexico and some tropical regions of Central and South America. There are some debates in the scientific world regarding the exact number of species of spider monkeys:...

Apps for apes For almost a year a zoo in the U.S. runs a program that gives orangutans access to technology, specifically the Apple iPad tablet. So far orangutans proved to be extremely responsive and have learned how to “button” the Tablet. The...


Facts About the Desert

September 21, 2012 | In: Geography Facts

About one third of  Earth's surface is covered by deserts. In desert regions we generally find big differences in temperature from day to night. Deserts are areas that receive very little rainfall, about 250 mm per year. Deserts have a reputation for...


Facts about bears

September 18, 2012 | In: Animal facts for kids

Bears are omnivorous mammals (brown bear), herbivores (Ailuropoda melanoleuca) or carnivores (polar bear) family Ursidae. This animals have a large body, bulky, covered with fur, omnivores or carnivores, they spread across the northern hemisphere and in...


Funny Strange Facts

September 15, 2012 | In: Funny Facts, Strange facts

Phone that baffles the cat A cat has developed ??a weird hobby for a phone, even if she doesn’t understand how it works. Besides the fact that she does not speak, is behaving "copy" the secretary. Thw cat that fell in love with landline is called...


Facts about pollution

September 12, 2012 | In: Nature Facts

Noctilucent Clouds Mysterious phenomenon created by global warming above the Earth. A mysterious phenomenon occurs above our planet, helped by the smoke left by meteorites. In addition, the pollution caused by man brings an important contribution to...

Who said that the law of the jungle does not apply to business? Whether on defense or attack, the same principles are found within a market economy. As aggressive as the jungle, the market requires constant sacrifice. But this perspective is likely to be...


Africa facts

September 6, 2012 | In: Geography Facts, History facts

The name was given by Roman Africa province with newly created conquest of Carthage (second century BC), and the name comes from Berber tribe “Afridi”, who lived in the region in the first century BC. The name was then expanded across the...


More skark facts

August 5, 2012 | In: Uncategorized

Ok. I know these are very fun things to watch and read. Sharks are tremendous creatures, which inhabited the earth for millions of years. But to fully understand them and their behavior, let's see when they started to swim in the oceans and how they...

Although all over the world you can still find relics dating back thousands of years, there still exist cities that are continuously inhabited for the last 3-4, or even 5 millenniums. If you're thinking of Athens or Sparta, Rome or Zurich, i'm sorry,...