What were the first words spoken on the telephone?
The first words spoken over the telephone were: ‘Mr Watson, come here, I want to see you.’ Alexander Graham Bell, the inventor of the telephone, was addressing Thomas Watson on 10 March 1876.
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How do the animals living in extreme cold regions sleep through winters?
Animals living in the extreme cold regions go into hibernation to overcome the cold in winter. Hibernation is different from sleep. The animals do not wake up or move. In autumn the animals eat a lot to build fat in the body. The animals sleep through the cold winters living on the fat stored up…
Chameleons’ layered emotions
Chameleons are cold-blooded reptiles that come in a variety of colours. The skin has underneath it layers of different coloured cells controlled by nerves and hormones. When it is threatened, a male panther chameleon becomes angry, it changes colour from placid green to angry orange in seconds, and finally to bright red. When both layers…
Can rhinos outrun humans?
Rhinos run very fast for short distances. They can run up to 48 kilometres per hour, enough to outrun the world’s fastest human being in a matter of seconds.
This famous orator and politician used to stammer as a child
Demosthenes (384 BC–322 BC) was a famous Greek orator. He was also a politician who championed for democracy. As a child he used to stammer. He is known to have put pebbles in his mouth while speaking to overcome the problem of stammering.
What makes the pink flamingos pink? Their diet!
The colour of a flamingo is determined by its diet. Flamingos feed on microscopic bacteria that are rich in red pigments. These pigments are absorbed by the flamingo’s tissues and spread around its body: to the feathers, beak and skin. A flamingo will turn grey if it does not feed on the pigment-rich diet.