How Are Pickles Made?
How Are Pickles Made? A pickle is a fruit or vegetable preserved in a special solution (called brine) of vinegar, salt, and special seasonings after having been...
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Where Do the Days of the Week Get Their Names?
Where Do the Days of the Week Get Their Names? The days of the week were named after the sun and moon, and for ancient gods and goddesses. The Romans named Sunday and...
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How Does Cricket Make Its Chirping Sound?
How Does Cricket Make Its Chirping Sound? Perhaps the most familiar summer sound-maker of the insect world is the cricket. The common field cricket chirps from grasses...
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What Is the Cause of Warts?
What Is the Cause of Warts? Some people think that you’ll get warts if you touch toads. But you won’t. Ordinary warts are caused by germs called viruses....
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How Do Clams Eat?
How Do Clams Eat? Most clams burrow in sandy or muddy bottoms in shallow water. The clam gets its food from the water in an unusual way. At one end of its body is a...
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Do Fish Ever Sleep?
Yes, fish sleep. Because fish have no eyelids, they cannot close their eyes, and it may look as though they never sleep. Many of them sleep by simply remaining very...
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How Are Stained Glass Windows Made?
How Are Stained Glass Windows Made? In a church you often see windows decorated with colorful pictures and designs. The windows are made of many pieces of colored...
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How Is Flour Made?
We would not have any bread (or many other foods) if we didn’t have flour. Flour is made by grinding, or milling, cereal grains into fine powder. Most flour is...
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What Makes Thunder?
What Makes Thunder? A bolt of lightning is a big electric spark. During a thunderstorm, electrical charges are built up in the clouds. When the charge becomes strong...
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How Is Soap Made?
When you wash with soap, you are using a cleaning material made chiefly of animal fats, vegetable oils and an alkali chemical. In the soap factory, the soap materials...
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