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Did You Know? |
 | Our eyes are always the same size from birth, but our nose and ears never stop growing. |  | If our Sun were just inch in diameter, the nearest star, Proxima Centauri, would be 445 miles (710 Km) away. |
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Science News for Kids |  | • | Ancient black holes might solve the mystery of dark matter Thu, 06 Feb 2025 | • | Move over Iron Man, exoskeletons are getting real Wed, 05 Feb 2025 | • | Behold the world’s thinnest pasta Tue, 04 Feb 2025 | • | Scientists Say: Lava bomb Mon, 03 Feb 2025 | • | Jane Rigby helped make the James Webb telescope a superstar Mon, 03 Feb 2025 | • | Scientists are exploring why some people don’t have a mind’s eye Fri, 31 Jan 2025 | • | Meet some of the longest-lived animals Thu, 30 Jan 2025 | • | Experiment: How to keep fruit slices fresh Wed, 29 Jan 2025 | • | A lucky lab accident produces Spider-Man-like silk Wed, 29 Jan 2025 | • | Purple exists only in our brains Tue, 28 Jan 2025 | • | The world’s largest coral is longer than a blue whale Mon, 27 Jan 2025 | • | Scientists Say: Chimera Mon, 27 Jan 2025 | • | Meet Chonkus, a mutant microbe that could help fight climate change Fri, 24 Jan 2025 | • | Want your own AI double? There could be big benefits— and risks Thu, 23 Jan 2025 |
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Historical Events for 31st January 2025 | | 1865 | Congress passes, by a vote of 121-24, the 13th Amendment to the US Constitution, abolishing slavery in the United States except as punishment for a crime | 1924 | Herma Szabo of Austria wins the ladies figure skating gold medal at the Chamonix Winter Olympics; only women's event at the Games | 1925 | Premier Ahmed Zogu becomes president of Angola | 1944 | US forces invade Kwajalein Atoll | 1961 | USAF launches Samos spy satellite to replace U-2 flights | 1966 | USSR launches Luna 9 towards Moon | 1972 | British Home Secretary Reginald Maudling to House of Commons on 'Bloody Sunday', "The Army returned the fire directed at them with aimed shots and inflicted a number of casualties on those who were attacking them with firearms and with bombs" | 1981 | 38th Golden Globes: Ordinary People, Robert De Niro, and Mary Tyler Moore win | 2010 | 26th Sundance Film Festival: "Winter's Bone", directed by Debra Granik, wins Grand Jury Prize Dramatic | 2015 | Atlanta Hawks set a new NBA monthly win record as they move to 17-0 for January, with a 91-85 win against the Philadelphia 76ers |
Word of the Day » plenitude | | Definition: | (noun) A full supply. | Synonyms: | plenteousness | Usage: | They lived in a region blessed with a plenitude of natural resources. |
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