What happens when you cover your nose? Your sense of smell is not very strong right! But did you know that covering your nose changes your taste too? Surprising but true. If you cover your nose, apples, potatoes and onions will taste the same to you. Try it out!
We all love ice creams and usually go for our favourite flavour. Most of the children love chocolate or vanilla ice cream. But have you ever heard about a cactus flavoured ice cream? You haven’t? In Japan you get some very strange flavours of ice cream which may either excite you or disgust you. Some…
The Harbin International Ice and Snow festival is the largest ice and snow festival in the world. It is celebrated in China, during the winters. Big ice sculptures are displayed during the festival. The festival starts on January 5th and lasts till late February. Some of the activities during the festival include skiing, winter-swimming and the ice-lantern exhibition.
We love celebrating festivals. Some of the festivals celebrated are strange, interesting and funny at the same time. One such festival is ‘Pulikali’ celebrated in Kerala. This festival is celebrated on the day of Onam. During this festival, people paint their bodies red, black and yellow to look like tigers. They also wear a tiger…
There is an interesting story behind how Margherita Pizza was invented. Long time ago, pizza was considered to be the food of the ‘poor’. Once, the Italian King Umberto I and Queen Margherita visited the city of Naples. They got bored of the rich food served to them every day and asked for a pizza….
The first lollipops were created by the cavemen some thousands of years ago. The cavemen used to collect honey with a stick. They didn’t want to waste the honey stuck on the stick and licked it directly from the stick. This was the first kind of lollipop. It was found that ancient Chinese, Arabs, and…
Hot chocolate is loved by most of the children. We all thought that hot chocolate was discovered recently. But we are wrong. Do you know, hot chocolate was prepared even thousands of years ago? It was served during special occasions. Not all that we eat and drink are discovered recently, some food that we consume…
We use a microwave to cook food or heat it. An explosion can be made in the microwave. How? Cut a grape into half and put it in the microwave and you will have an explosive fireball. Scary, right! Next time be careful about what you put in the microwave.
Cranberries are red coloured berries that are considered to have lot of health benefits. The most common way of consuming cranberry is in the form of a juice. Cranberries bounce when they are ripe and hence are called ‘bounce balls’. It is said that cranberries bounce better than tennis balls. Farmers bounce cranberries to test…
A 10-year-old boy Arshdeep, has made India proud by receiving the most prestigious photography award. He is the only winner from India who received the Wildlife Photographer of the Year Award in the year 2018, in the Juniors Category. Start clicking and you may be the next winner!
