Interesting Halloween traditions

Want to find out some awesome information about Halloween? Let's find out amazing Halloween traditions around the world via this article: 

Austria

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Austria has a Pumpkin Festival in Retzer Land called Kürbisfest im Retzer Land. On November 11, Austria celebrates Martini which includes costumes and a lantern procession. Some people in Austria believe that if they leave bread, water, and a lighted lamp out, dead souls will be welcomed back to earth for that night.

Belgium

In Belgium some villages celebrate Halloween while other villages focus on celebrating All Saints' Day. On Halloween night, a Belgian may be found lighting a candle in memory of a dead relative.

Canada

In Canada, the Halloween celebration began with Scottish and Irish immigrants who arrived in the 1800s. Canada actively celebrates Halloween each year on October 31 with decorations, costume parties, and trick-or-treating.

England

The "trick-or-treat" custom originated in England known as "Mischief Night." Whereas we in the US carve pumpkins, English children would carve designs out of large beets which were known as "punkies."

France

As Halloween is not really a French holiday, there is some controversy pertaining to October 31 festivities. This holiday is a new trend for some of the French and they celebrate withHalloween costumes parties and dressing in scary outfits.

Germany

Halloween auf Deutsch became popular in the 1990s. People start to decorate around mid-October and use Halloween as a party theme. On November 11, Germans celebrate Matinstag which includes costumes and a lantern procession.

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Ireland

Halloween is considered to have originated in Ireland. There are many similarities between how Halloween is celebrated in Ireland and the US, yet the Irish still have unique traditions. Apart from trick-or-treating, children also play a trick known as "knock-a-dolly" which involves children knocking on their neighbors' doors and running away before they answer them. The Irish traditionally eat a fruitcake called barnbrack on this day. Barnbrack has a treat baked inside the cake and, depending on which treat is inside, will foretell the future of whoever receives it.

Japan

Halloween in Japan became popular when Tokyo Disneyland and Universal Studios Japan began to promote Halloween celebrations. In 2000, Tokyo Disneyland had its first Halloween event, which has grown tremendously in popularity. The Japanese currently enjoy celebrating with decorations and dressing up in costumes.

Korea

Halloween is not celebrated in Korea. However, Korea has a harvest festival called Chuseok (Korean Thanksgiving Day). During Chuseok, Koreans visit the places where their ancestors used to live and feast on traditional Korean food.

Latin America/Mexico/Spain

Dia de los Muertos (Day of the Dead) is the popular celebration in these regions. The belief is that on October 31, spirits visit their families and then depart again on November 2. The families set up decorations and food for the arrival of the spirits. This time period represents a celebration of death as opposed to mourning.

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Some interesting facts about Nobel Prize

Keep following our site to find out facts in the world from science facts to nature facts. Here in this article, some interesting facts about Nobel Prize will be revealed

1. Three prisoners received the Nobel Peace Prize

Three laureates were in prison when they received the award, all of them winners of the Nobel Peace Prize. German pacifist and journalist Carl von Ossietzky in 1935, Burmese politician Aung San Suu Kyi in 1991 and Chinese human rights activist Liu Xiaobo in 2010

2. There are 49 years without Nobel Prizes

Since the start, in 1901, there are some years when the Nobel Prizes have not been awarded. The total number of times are 49. Most of them during World War I (1914-1918) and World War II (1939-1945).

3. The large number of Peace Prize candidates

The class of 273 Peace Prize candidates for 2015 was the second-largest ever, behind 2014's record of 278.

4. Nobel Prize has been sold

Physics winner Leon Lederman, who won in 1988 for his co-discovery of the muon neutrino, sold his Nobel earlier this year to cover medical care expenses. The buyer, whose identity was not released by the auction house, paid $765,000 for it. Only two Nobels have ever been sold during a winner’s life. Both such sales occurred in the past year.

5. Posthumous nominations can't be made for Nobel Prizes

A person must be alive to be nominated. If they die during the consideration period, their name will be removed. Only if a person is announced as a winner and dies prior to the ceremony, will a posthumous award be given.

6. The medal should remain with the winner

Russian billionaire Alisher Usmanov paid $4.7 million to buy the gold Nobel medal awarded to biologist James Watson for his work deciphering DNA’s double helix, but he then gave the medal back to the laureate. Usmanov said the medal should remain with the winner and that the monies he paid for it should go toward research.

7. Hitler was nominated for the Nobel Peace Prize

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Adolf Hitler was nominated in 1939 by Swedish lawmaker E.G.C. Brandt for the Nobel Peace Prize, which is meant to promote "fraternity between nations" and global disarmament. Brandt later withdrew the nomination, saying it was meant as satire.

8. The prize awarded in Economics is not truly a Nobel Prize

Technically, the prize awarded in Economics is not a Nobel Prize, as it was not specified in Alfred Nobel's will. It has been nicknamed the Nobel Memorial Prize in Economics, and is selected by the same committee that selects the physics and chemistry prizes, but has only been awarded since 1969. It is award in memory of Alfred Nobel. Also, Mathemetic is not in the list of Nobel Prize.

9. The Nobel Prize money is used to divorce from wife

When Albert Einstein wanted a divorce from his first wife, he promised her to pay the Nobel Prize money he was confident he would win for his work, which he paid when he won the award a few years later.

10. The two opposite discoveries won the Nobel Prize

Thomson won the Nobel Prize in Physics for discovering that electrons act as particles, while his son George Paget Thomson won the Nobel Prize for discovering that electrons act as waves.

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Baby giraffes

The tallest land animal in the world - giraffes that have many amazing facts about their life and their baby giraffe. Let's see to know more about them.

The Life of the Giraffe

According to University of Michigan's Animal Diversity Web, female giraffes will not breed until they are at least 4 or 5 years old, while males might not breed until they are around 7 years of age. Young giraffes are vulnerable to predators, so females rely on each other to keep their babies safe.

Baby's Coming

There's no specific breeding season for giraffes, so births occur at different times throughout the year. Mom is pregnant for up to 465 days before the baby -- usually one, although twins are possible -- comes around. Once it is time for the delivery, Mom will step away from the herd so she can give birth alone.

Baby's Here

At the time of birth, babies can be as tall as 6.6 feet. That's a good thing, since Mom gives birth standing up -- and it would be a long way to the ground if the babies were much smaller. Babies will be up and walking within minutes, and they'll begin to suckle right away. The mother and baby will remain isolated for about a week before they join a larger group. During that first week, babies will remain rather quiet and hidden, according to Animal Diversity Web. Mom will step away for short periods of time during the first few weeks, but will return at night to protect and nurse the baby.

After a period of about two years, the mother feels safe leaving her young to enjoy life on their own. If the young giraffe is a female, she will head off on her own to find a group of females to spend much of her life with. If a male, he may do likewise, by finding a group of males to herd with until time comes for him to branch off and search the many groups of females for a mate.

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Interesting information about tigers

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1. Tigers Hunt By Ambush

A tiger prefers to attack by surprise, if the tiger knows he or she has been spotted it is very unlikely it will attack. In some places in India the locals wear masks with a head facing behind to prevent tiger attacks.

2. Tigers cannot purr.

You might think that because it’s simply a big cat a tiger would be able to purr, right? Well, that’s actually not the case. Instead of purring to show happiness, a tiger will actually squint its eyes or even close them completely. Since losing vision lowers the tigers defenses, it will only do this if it feels very comfortable and safe. Closing its eyes around you translates to “I feel very happy when you’re here, so much so that I can relax for a bit!”

3. Tigers have been known to imitate the call of other animals to successfully attract prey.

Bears and tigers will typically cross paths with each other since their habitats can overlap. It would make sense, then, that tigers have developed a taste for bears and bear food. In order to lure a bear directly, tigers have been known to imitate the sound of a bear’s prey. Once the bear is close enough (thinking its found a meal for itself) the tiger attacks.

4. Most tigers have yellow eyes, but white tigers usually have blue eyes

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The gene for blue eyes is usually linked to the gene for white fur, so white tigers are much more likely to have blue eyes, rather than the typical yellow kind. In addition to the blue-eyed gene being linked, the gene for being cross-eyed, or boss-eyed, is also linked, so many white tigers have crossed blue eyes. Darn! Gorgeous blue eyes have to come with a price, I guess.

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5. Tigers have spiked penises

Ouch. Just writing that sentence made me uncomfortable! Tigers are unable to become erect when aroused. Instead, males penises’ have a bone located inside (called a baculum) and are covered with barbs. Those prickly spikes aid in “keeping the connection” (no pun intended) between the male and female during copulation.

6. A backhand from a tiger can kill you

While tigers typically prefer to use their 10 cm long teeth to crush a victim’s jugular (lovely!), a single strike is enough to do some serious damage. One swipe from a tiger’s front paw is strong enough to smash a bear’s skull or even break its back. Tiger, please. 

7. Tigers can come in a variety of colors

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Different hair color genes can cause a tiger to vary from its usual black and orange coloration. A tiger’s coat can be white, gold, black, and quite possibly even blue. While there have been reports of blue tigers, called Maltese Tigers, there have been no verified specimens with this unique coloration… though I have seen enough photoshopped pics to start believing there might have been.

7. A Tiger’s Stripes Are Also On Their Skin

If you shaved all the fur off a tiger you will still be able to see it’s stripes on the cat’s skin.

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Bengal tigers and their awesome facts

Here are some amazing news and facts tigers for kids about Bengal tigers:

From head to tail, males can measure from two to three meters. The height of his withers (neck) is of 91 cm. The males weights about 250 kg. He can live up to 25 years. He lives in the south of the Sundarbans delta, the largest mangrove forest in the world, which lies in India, and spreads across areas of Bangladesh.

Bengal tigers can also be found in north and central India, as well as in Birmania and in Nepal.

In 1900, they were about 40.000 – 50.000. Around 1972, there remained 1.850. In 1984, thanks to a program of protection, they were numbered approximately 4.000.
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Tigers hunt at night. They assault their preys on the side or at the back. They bit to death at the nape of the neck small preys; they bit at the throat bigger preys and let them suffocate to death. The Bengal tiger hunts the “yaur” (kind of wild bull), the buffalo, the (wild) boar, monkeys and lizards. When hungry, a tiger can kill up to 30 buffaloes per annum. He can also eat 31 kg of meat within a night. It takes between 2 or 3 days for a tiger to eat its prey. Between two meals, he covers its prey with leaves.

The Bengal tiger usually breeds in the springtime. A male from a neighbouring field comes on the female's field. About 15 weeks later, the tigress brings between 2 and “babies” into the world, sightless during the first ten weeks. After eight weeks, the latter will be able to start eating the little preys brought by their mother. The tiger is a night hunter and lonesome. He does not like sharing his territory with other tigers. Tigers mark their territory by urinating and secreting which smell strongly and indicate their presence. They can also savage to pieces the bark of a tree. He can run up to 45 km per hour.

A tiger print can measure 13 cm of diameter that is to say the equivalent to your two hands placed side by side. A forefoot has five fingers, and a hind foot has four fingers. Thanks to the cushions under his feet, the tiger can approach a prey without making any noise and absorb the choc of his gigantic leaps.

During the warm hours of the day, the tiger stays in one of his cool hiding places. His strong smell is so dread that not one single animal dares to disturb him while he's resting. He tiger has a fur striped with black, white and reddish-brown. He becomes invisible when he hides away in the long grass of the jungle. Thanks to his camouflage, he can approach his preys without been noticed. A tiger inspects is territory everyday. It takes him three days to go round and visit all his hiding-places. Intruders: beware! The anger of the master of this place can be violent!
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How much do you know about penguins?

How much do you know about penguin facts? Check out it now. Here is general information about them from habitat to social struction

Penguin Habitat

Most penguins spend about ¾ of their time in the water. Their bodies are designed to easily adapt to the water.

Penguin Distribution

It is a common misconception that all penguins live in icy climates. While many of them do it isn’t something that is necessary in order for them to survive.

Penguin Feeding

The primary sources of food for penguins include krill, small fish, and crustaceans. Many species of penguins prefer to hunt near the shoreline.

Penguin Reproduction

There are some great qualities of penguins found in their reproduction process. They can mature for reproduction from about 4 to 8 years of age.

Penguin Anatomy

The overall anatomy of a penguin is very complex as well as interesting. Their bodies are designed to allow them to survive in their natural habitat.

Penguin Communication

Penguins are very effective communicators, especially with their mates. This is due to the fact that they have to work together in order to care for the eggs and for the offspring.

Penguin Evolution

It is believed that the penguins are derived from a type of bird that is able to fly. Yet they needed to be able to adapt to the waters if they were going to be able to survive.

Penguin Predators

There are quite a few types of predators out there that find penguins to make the perfect meal.

Penguin Social Structure

It is believed that it is their social status that allows them to be able to interact and to survive the harsh winters in many areas.

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How much do elephants eat?

Facts that you didn't know about elephant facts of eating habits

What do African and Asian elephants eat?

The African elephant is much larger that the Asian elephant and consequently eats a lot more than the latter. While an average African elephant will need 250 kilograms of food and drink 60 liters of water the Asian elephant will eat 150 kilograms and drink 40 liters of water. Both species will feed mostly in the early morning and in the late evenings.

The African elephant is found in all types of habitats ranging from the savannahs to marshes and deserts and even in mountains above the snow line. Because of the terrain they live in and because of their higher reach they are browsers. They eat leaves, soft shoots, woody plants, shrubs and fruits of high growing trees. They will often rip bark off trees. They will often uproot trees, a habit which can change savannah into grasslands.

The Asian elephant lives in the thorn-scrub forests of Sri Lanka, Southern India and Thailand and in the evergreen forests and are grazers. They will generally feed on grasses, low woody plants and trees. As bamboo is abundant in these regions the Asian elephant is very fond of them.

How much do elephants eat?

An interesting fact is that elephants do not have a very efficient digestive system and they digest, on an average, only forty percent of the food they eat. That makes the quantity of food they require even larger. A large male African elephant may eat as much as 350 kilograms of vegetation in a day. They also have to drink a lot of water. Elephants may spend as much as 18 hours a day foraging for food and water. Because they consume such quantities, elephants live close to water as the live to the food source. They are also very good swimmers so they often swim in search of food from one place to another.
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Elephants have 26 teeth. Unlike most other mammals that first develop baby teeth that are later replaced by a set of permanent teeth elephants have cycles of tooth replacement throughout their lives and may be typically replaced six times in a lifespan. This helps them eat the tough tree barks and the roots till late into their lives. An elephant with an infected tooth cannot survive for long in the wild because it cannot eat properly, and tooth replacements help.

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What make tiger becomes India's national animal?

Learn all information you wanted about tiger facts by this article:

The Tiger (Panthera Tigris,Linnaeus) is the national animal of India. Tiger is also called the lord of Jungles. The national animal of India, is rich-colored well-striped animal with a short coat. As the national animal of India, tiger symbolizes India's wildlife wealth. The combination of grace,strength, agility and enormous power has earned the tiger great respect and high esteem.

Out of the eight races of the species known, the Indian race, the Royal Bengal Tiger is found throughout the country (except the north-western region) and also in the neighboring countries like Nepal, Bhutan and Bangladesh. Tigers are now getting extinct. The Government of India, under its "Project Tiger" program, started a massive effort to preserve the tiger population in 1973. Today, the tiger advances as a symbol of India's conservation of itself and its wildlife heritage. Since the launch of "Project Tiger", the tiger population has shown a gradual increase. So far, 23 tiger reserves have been established in the country under this project.

The tiger was adopted as the National Animal by the Indian Board for Wildlife in 1972 in place of the lion. It was selected as a national animal because of its presence in larger parts of the country. It is found in 16 states while the lion is found only in one state. Also, because of the worldwide importance of the animal, and the need to protect it. Tiger as the National Animal of India symbolizes the power, strength, elegance, alertness, intelligence and endurance of the nation. Tiger has also been long part of Indian mythology and folklore.

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How is a rainbow formed?

Most of us like to see rainbow, but how many of us know the science facts that how is a rainbow formed? See the writing to know more:

One of nature's most splendid masterpieces is the rainbow. A rainbow is an excellent demonstration of the dispersion of light and one more piece of evidence that visible light is composed of a spectrum of wavelengths, each associated with a distinct color. To view a rainbow, your back must be to the sun as you look at an approximately 40 degree angle above the ground into a region of the atmosphere with suspended droplets of water or even a light mist. Each individual droplet of water acts as a tiny prism that both disperses the light and reflects it back to your eye. As you sight into the sky, wavelengths of light associated with a specific color arrive at your eye from the collection of droplets. The net effect of the vast array of droplets is that a circular arc of ROYGBIV is seen across the sky. But just exactly how do the droplets of water disperse and reflect the light? And why does the pattern always appear as ROYGBIV from top to bottom? These are the questions that we will seek to understand on this page of The Physics Classroom Tutorial. To understand these questions, we will need to draw upon our understanding of refraction, internal reflection and dispersion.

The birth of each rainbow begins with millions of tiny rain droplets. The rain droplets serve as a type of reflector of light. White light enters one individual rain droplet and exits as one specific color of the spectrum. Without millions of rain droplets, a rainbow would not occur. If you only had a few rain droplets you would only see a few colors. This is typically why rainbow appear after a rain storm.

Each rain droplet has a function in the formation of the rainbow. Sunlight enters the rain droplet at a specific angle and the rain droplet separates the white light into many different colors. 

This angle is a fixed measurement between your eye and the sun. What color is refracted depends upon the critical angle, which is the angle the sunlight strikes the back of the rain droplet. Red light bends the least, exiting the rain droplet at a 42 degree angle, while Violet light bends the most, exiting the rain droplet at a 40 degree angle. All of the other colors of the rainbow exit the rain droplets at some angle between 40 and 42 degrees, thus making up the colors of the rainbow ROYGBIV, this order never changes.

Each rain droplet reflects all colors at a given point and time, but only one color comes back to your eye, requiring million of rain droplets to create a rainbow. As the rain droplets fall through the sky, the colors of the spectrum being reflected and refracted are constantly changing.

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Get facts about all animal on Earth

Get facts and pictures of amazing animal facts:

1. Newborn pandas are no heavier than a cup of tea.

2. Gorillas can catch human colds and other illnesses.

3. A newborn Chinese water deer is so small it can almost be held in the palm of the hand.

4. Ostriches can run faster than horses, and the males can roar like lions.

5. A lion in the wild usually makes no more than twenty kills a year.

6. The female lion does ninety percent of the hunting.

7.  Rare white tiger facts carry a gene that is only present in around 1 in every 10000 tigers.

8. During World War II, Americans tried to train bats to drop bombs.
9. Canis lupus lupus is the scientific name for a grey wolf.
10. To escape the grip of a crocodile’s jaw, push your thumb into its eyeballs-it will let you go instantly.
11. It is much easier for dogs to learn spoken commands if they are given in conjunction with hand signals or gestures.
12. Even a small amount of alcohol placed on a scorpion will make it go crazy and sting itself to death!
13. Male rabbits are called “bucks,” females are “does.”
14. The flamingo can only eat when its head is upside down.
15. Animals generate 30 times more waste than humans which is 1.4 billion tons every year.
15. Ants never sleep. Also they don’t have lungs.Oysters can change their sex. It just depends on which is more advantageous for mating.

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Human body facts for kids

Here are some facts about human body:

The brain uses over a quarter of the oxygen used by the human body. More human brain facts.

Your heart beats around 100000 times a day, 36500000 times a year and over a billion times if you live beyond 30. More human heart facts.

Red blood cells carry oxygen around the body. They are created inside the bone marrow of your bones. More blood facts.

The colour of a humans skin is determined by the level of pigment melanin that the body produces. Those with small amounts of melanin have light skin while those with large amounts have dark skin. More skin facts.

Adult lungs have a surface area of around 70 square metres! More lung facts.

Humans have a stage of sleep that features rapid eye movement (REM). REM sleep makes up around 25% of total sleep time and is often when you have your most vivid dreams. More eye facts.

Our heart beats around 100,00 times every day or about 30 million times in a year.

Our blood is on a 60,000-mile journey per day.

Our eyes can distinguish up to ten million colour surfaces and take in more information than the largest telescope known to man.

Our lungs inhale over two million litres of air every day, without even thinking. Their surface area is large enough to cover one side of a tennis court.

We give birth to over 200 billion red cells every day.

When we touch something, we send a message to our brain at 124 mph

We exercise at least 36 muscles when we smile.

Most adults have 32 teeth. More teeth facts.

The smallest bone found in the human body is located in the middle ear. The staples (or stirrup) bone is only 2.8 millimetres long. More ear facts.

Your nose and ears continue growing throughout your entire life. More nose facts.

Infants blink only once or twice a minute while adults average around 10.

As well as having unique fingerprints, humans also have unique tongue prints.

The left side of your body is controlled by the right side of your brain while the right side of your body is controlled by the left side of your brain.

Antibiotics are only effective against bacteria, they won't help in fighting off a virus.

It takes the body around 12 hours to completely digest eaten food.

Your sense of smell is around 10000 times more sensitive than your sense of taste. More senses facts.

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