The Swiss people are either Roman Catholics or Protestants and one will also not find any mosques in this country. Astonishing, isn’t it? Read this chapter and find out more about this wonderful place.
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The Stone Age lasted for 2.5 million years. It began about 2 million years ago. That is, indeed, a long time ago. Read more about how life was like back then.
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Critically Endangered is the highest risk category assigned by the IUCN Red List for wild species. Critically Endangered means that a species’ numbers have decreased, or will decrease, by 80% within three generations.
Read about some species that fall under the Red IUCN Red List.

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Earthquakes are measured by seismograms on a Richter Scale. In terms of earthquakes which were studied, measured, and recorded on the Richter Scale, however, the Great Chilean Earthquake was far and away the biggest earthquake ever. It measured 9.5 on the Richter Scale. That is a big number because an earthquake of magnitude 7 can destroy an entire city.
Here you will read more about earthquakes, and why they occur.

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There are 206 bones in your body. Among those 206 bones, which are the hardest ones? Yes, you guessed it right. Teeth are the hardest bones in the human body.

If teeth are so hard and strong, then why do they decay and break? Well, it’s because of the germs.

How can you  protect your teeth from decay? How can you keep them healthy? Read on.
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Although the internet was first used in 1960’s, it was only in the 1970’s that it was first opened for public. Until then, it was only used by the military to share and send secret information. Find out all these and much more about the internet from this chapter.
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The first known convention of Astronomers was held in the Mayan city of Copán, in the year 700 A.D. This means Mexico was interested in science and technology from long ago. Read this profile to know everything about Mexico.
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The Antarctic Desert is the World’s largest desert. Its area is 13, 830,000 which means that as far as your eyes can stretch, you can see sand, sand and only sand. It doesn’t sound good, does it?
Read this chapter on deserts.

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There is no accurate picture of Socrates and his philosophical viewpoint. It is because Socrates never wrote his philosophical texts, and whatever we know about him is based entirely on the writings by his students. This is called the Socratic Problem.
Let us find out how much the students conveyed about Socrates through their writings.

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The world’s third leading producer of olives, Greece has cultivated olive trees since ancient times. Some olive trees planted in the thirteenth century are still producing olives. And you remember olives from the Olympic Games, don’t you? The winners of Olympic races were awarded with olive crowns. Sounds interesting. Read this chapter and know more about Greece.
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