Arabic - Green, Blue, Purple, Pink

We just learned that in Arabic, red, orange and yellow are أحمر ('ahmar), नالبرتقالي (alburtuqaliu), पأصفر ('asfar).

Let's learn more colors!

green - أخضر ('akhdar) - 文A


blue - أزرق ('azraq) - 文A


purple - أرجواني ('arjuani) - 文A


pink - لون القرنفل (lawn alqaranful) - 文A



(from: wikipedia - lebanese academy of sciences)

Hindi: हरा (hara), नीला (neela), बैंगनी (bainganee), गुलाबी (gulaabee)

Swahili: kijani, bluu, zambarau, nyekundu

Russian: зеленый (zelenyy), синий (siniy), фиолетовый (fioletovyy), розовый (rozovyy)

Norwegian: grønn, blå, lilla, rosa

Greek: πράσινο, μπλε, μοβ, ροζ

ASL: green, blue, purple, pink

Italian: verde, blu, viola, rosa

German: grün, blau, lila, rosa

Spanish: verde, azul, morado, rosa

French: vert, bleu, violet, rose

Lima Flag

We just learned about the Kilo Flag.

Another of the maritime flags is the Lima Flag used for the letter L.

It is four squares of yellow and black.

It can also mean "Stop immediately".


(from: wikipedia - international maritime signal flags)


Kid Facts - Blast from the past: Memory

Asterias Amurensis

We just learned about the Heliaster Microbrachius.

Another type of starfish is the Asterias Amurensis, also called the Northern Pacific seastar or Japanese common starfish.

This type of starfish can grow to be 50 centimeters, and can be orange, yellow, red or purple.

Where this starfish lives it is called an invasive species, because there are so many of them they hurt the environment.


(from: wikipedia - asterias amurensis)


Kid Facts - Blast from the past: Aye Aye

Femoral Head

We just learned about the Electroencephalography and a lot of other things about sleep.

We've learned before about all of the bones in the human body, like the femur.
All of the bones have different parts, so let's learn about those!

One part of the femur is the Femoral Head.

This is the ball at the top of the femur that fits into the hip socket and helps the leg move around in the right way.


(from: wikipedia - femoral head)


Kid Facts - Blast from the past: Eustachian Tube

Tokyo, Japan

We just learned about the city of Tianjin, China.


Let's learn a little about the city of Tokyo, Japan!

This city is in Japan.
It is about 2 million square kilometers, and about 14 million people live there.
The people in this city speak Japanese.


(from: wikipedia - tokyo)

There are lots of different sports in Tokyo. The baseball teams Yomiuri Giants and Tokyo Yakult Swallows, the soccer teams FC Tokyo and Tokyo Verdy, the basketball teams Hitachi SunRockers, Toyota Alvark Tokyo and Tokyo Excellence.
Tokyo also has the Japan Sumo Association where they wrestle at the Ryōgoku Kokugikan.

(from: wikipedia - ryōgoku kokugikan)

To eat in this city you might have Japanese boiled spinach salad.

(from: wikipedia - japanese cuisine)

Visiting this city you might go see Mount Fuji.
This is a volcaono that is over 3 kilometers high. It is the tallest mountain in Japan, and is called one of the three "Holy Mountains" in the country.


(from: wikipedia - mount fuji)

There is a bridge in Tokyo called the Rainbow Bridge.
It is a white bridge, and at night they shine rainbow colors on it, using electricity that they collected with solar power from the day.

(from: wikipedia - rainbow bridge (tokyo))


Kid Facts - Blast from the past: El Salvador

Joseph's Coat of Many Colors

We just learned about the Rachel's Children.

Another part of the Bible is Joseph's Coat of Many Colors.

Joseph was one of Jacob's sons, and Jacob really loved him a lot.
He gave him a special coat that was very nice and had lots of colors.
Back in these old times clothes were not that fancy, so this was a very special coat.

Joseph's brothers were jealous of him, and they sold him to people to have him taken away.
They told Jacob that Joseph was killed, and he was very sad and said that he would never be happy again.


(from: wikipedia - joseph (genesis))


Kid Facts - Blast from the past: Carol of the Bells

Café Terrace at Night - Van Gogh

We just learned about the Van Gogh painting of the Great Peacock Moth.

Another of his famous paintings is Café Terrace at Night.

His most famous painting of Starry Night was part of a group of three paintings.
The first one was about a Cafe that he visited and then painted in 1888.

The other is called Starry Night Over the Rhône, which he also painted in 1988.
Both of these were before the more famous Starry Night, and were the inspiration for him to make his most famous painting.


(from: wikipedia - cafe terrace at night)


(from: wikipedia - starry night over the rhone)


Kid Facts - Blast from the past: Michelangelo - Sistine Chapel - The Sacrifice of Noah

Arabic - Red, Orange, Yellow

We just learned about the alphabet in Arabic.

Now let's learn some colors!

red - أحمر ('ahmar) - 文A


orange - नالبرتقالي (alburtuqaliu) - 文A


yellow - पأصفر ('asfar) - 文A



(from: wikipedia - lebanese academy of sciences)

Hindi: लाल (laal), नारंगी (naarangee), पीला (peela)

Swahili: nyekundu, machungwa, manjano

Russian: красный (krasnyy), оранжевый (oranzhevyy), желтый (zheltyy)

Norwegian: rød, oransje, gul

Greek: κόκκινο, πορτοκαλί, κίτρινο

ASL: red, orange, yellow

Italian: rosso, arancione, giallo

German: rot, orange, gelb

Spanish: rojo, naranja, amarillo

French: rouge, orange, jaune

Kilo Flag

We just learned about the Juliet Flag.

Another of the maritime flags is the Kilo flag used for the letter K.

It is vertical stripes of yellow and blue.

It can also mean "I wish to communicate with you."


(from: wikipedia - international maritime signal flags)


Kid Facts - Blast from the past: Motherboard

Heliaster microbrachius

We just learned about the Freyella Elegans.

Another type of starfish is Heliaster microbrachius.

This starfish grows to be about 4 inches, and can have lots more arms than most starfish, and also a bigger disc for the center of their body.

They can be purple, black, yellow or white, and they live in the Pacific Ocean near Mexico.


(from: wikipedia - heliaster microbrachius)


Kid Facts - Blast from the past: Greater Dwarf Lemur

Electroencephalography (EEG)

We just learned about the Theta Waves.

Another part of the science of sleep is Electroencephalography (EEG).

Sometimes to try and figure out if someone has a sleep problem, scientists can use this to test the different types of brain waves happening while you sleep.

To do an EEG they put stickers on your head, and hook them up to wires called electrodes which are hooked up to a computer to listen for any electricity your brain gives off.


(from: wikipedia - electroencephalography)


Kid Facts - Blast from the past: Tensor Tympani

Tianjin - China

We just learned about the city of Kinshasa - Democratic Republic of the Congo.


Let's learn a little about the city of Tianjin, China!

This city is in China.
It is about 12,000 square kilometers, and over 13 million people live there.
The people in this city speak Tianjin Mandarin.


(from: wikipedia - tianjin)
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For sports in Tianjin there is a soccer team the Jinmen Tiger FC, baseball team the Lions, and basketball team the Pioneers.
(from: wikipedia - tianjin - sports)

To eat in this city you might have Goubuli, which is a type of stuffed buns.

(from: wikipedia - goubuli)

Visiting this city you might go see the Tianjin Eye, a giant ferris wheel.

(from: wikipedia - tianjin eye)

St. Joseph Cathedral was built in 1913, and is the biggest Roman Catholic church in the city.

(from: wikipedia - st. joseph cathedral (tianjin))


Kid Facts - Blast from the past: Belize

Rachel's Children

We just learned about Leah's Children.

Another part of the Bible is Rachel's Children.

Rachel had two kids with Jacob, the boys Joseph and Benjamin.
In Genesis chapter 30 it talks about her first son Joseph, and then in Genesis 35 she had Benjamin.


(from: wikipedia - rachel)


Kid Facts - Blast from the past: Good King Wenceslas

Great Peacock Moth - Van Gogh

We just learned about the painting of Irises by Van Gogh.

Another of Van Gogh's famous paintings is the Great Peacock Moth.

He painted it in 1889, when he made a few different paintings of butterflies and moths.

Van Gogh felt liked the idea of people transforming, so he liked thinking about the way caterpillars do that too.


(from: wikipedia - butterflies (van gogh series))


Kid Facts - Blast from the past: Michelangelo - Sistine Chapel - The Fall and Expulsion from Paradise

Arabic Alphabet

We just learned how to Count to ten in Arabic.

The Arabic alphabet looks very different from the English one.
There are a few different ones, but one of the common ones is called abjadī.
ا ب ج د ه و ز ح ط ي ك ل م ن س ع ف ص ق ر ش ت ث خ ذ ض ظ غ
There aren't different letters for vowels, they just use dots over some of the letters called diacritics.



(from: wikipedia - lebanese academy of sciences)

The Hindi alphabet: अ, अं1, ॲ / ऍ, इ, उ, ऋ, ऌ4, ए, ओ, प, पं, पि, पु, पृ, पॢ, पॅ, पे, पो, क, ख, ग, घ, ङ, च, छ, ज, झ, ञ, ट, ठ, ड, ढ, ण, त, थ, द, ध, न, प, फ, ब, भ, म, य, र, ल, व, श, ष, स, ह
The Swahili alphabet: a, b, ch, d, dh, e, f, g, gh, i, j, k, kh, l, m, n, ng', ny, o, p, r, s, sh, t, th, ts, u, v, w, y, z

The Russian alphabet: Аа, Бб, Вв, Гг, Дд, Ее, Ёё, Жж, Зз, Ии, Йй, Кк, Лл, Мм, Нн, Оо, Пп, Рр, Сс, Тт, Уу, Фф, Хх, Цц, Чч, Шш, Щщ, Ыы, Ээ, Юю, Яя

The Norwegian alphabet: A, B, C, D, E, F, G, H, I, J, K, L, M, N, O, P, Q, R, S, T, U, V, W, X, Y, Z, Æ, Ø, Å The Greek alphabet: Α, Β, Γ, Δ, Ε, Ζ, Η, Θ, Ι, Κ, Λ, Μ, Ν, Ξ, Ο, Π, Ρ, Σ, Τ, Υ, Φ, Χ, Ψ, Ω

ASL alphabet: A, B, C, D, E, F, G, H, I, J, K, L, M, N, O, P, Q, R, S, T, U, V, W, X, Y, Z

The Italian alphabet looks the same as the English alphabet.

The German alphabet has the letters ä, ö, ü, ß

The Spanish alphabet:
A, B, C, D, E, F, G H, I, J, K, L, LL, M, N, Ñ O, P, Q, R, RR, S, T, U V, W, X, Y, Z

The French alphabet:
A, B, C, D, E, F, G H, I, J, K, L, M, N O, P, Q, R, S, T, U V, W, X, Y, Z

Juliet Flag

We just learned about the India Flag.

Another of the maritime flags is the Juliet flag used for the letter J.

It is sideways stripes of blue, white, blue.

It can also mean "I am on fire and have dangerous cargo on board: keep well clear of me." or "I am leaking dangerous cargo."


(from: wikipedia - international maritime signal flags)


Kid Facts - Blast from the past: Motherboard

Freyella Elegans

We just learned about the Nepanthia Belcheri.

Another type of starfish is the Freyella Elegans.

This is a type of starfish that lives in very deep sea, at around 10,000 ft deep in the Atlantic ocean.

Their arms grow to about 8 inches long.


(from: wikipedia - freyella elegans)


Kid Facts - Blast from the past: Greater Dwarf Lemur

Theta Waves

We just learned about the Alpha Waves.

Another part of sleep is Theta Waves.

During REM sleep, the theta waves that help the brain work with thinking and memory are working while sleeping at the REM time.


(from: wikipedia - theta wave)


Kid Facts - Blast from the past: Stapedius Muscle

Kinshasa - Democratic Republic of the Congo

We just learned about the city of Istanbul Turkey.


Let's learn a little about the city of Kinshasa!

This city is in the Democratic Republic of the Congo.
It is about 10,000 square kilometers, and about 17 million people live there.
The people in this city speak French or Lingala.


(from: wikipedia - Kinshasa)

The Amicale Sportive Dragons is a soccer team in Kinshasa.

(from: wikipedia - as dragons (kinshasa))

To eat in this city you might have Dabo Kolo which is small pieces of fried spiced dough.

(from: wikipedia - dabo kolo)

Visiting this city you might go see Nsele Valley Park, which is a 77 square mile place where animals can be free.

(from: wikipedia - nsele valley park)

There was a famous boxing match with Muhammed Ali and George Foreman called the rumble in the jungle.

(from: wikipedia - the rumble in the jungle)


Kid Facts - Blast from the past: Haiti

Leah's Children

We just learned about Jacob and Rachel.

Another part of the Bible is Leah's Children.

Leah had a bunch of kids with Jacob.

In Genesis 29 and 30, it says the she had sons Reuben, Simeon, Levi, Judah, Issachar and Zebulun, and her daughter Dinah.


(from: wikipedia - leah)


Kid Facts - Blast from the past: Angels We Have Heard on High

Irises - Van Gogh

We just learned about Van Gogh's painting of Trees and Undergrowth.

Another of Van Gogh's paintings is of Irises.

He painted this when he was at the Saint-Paul Asylum, where he made lots of paintings of flowers.

Van Gogh liked to paint a lot and he thought it helped make him feel better.

He called it "the lightning conductor for my illness"


(from: wikipedia - irises (painting))


Kid Facts - Blast from the past: Michelangelo - Sistine Chapel - The Separation of Land and Water

Arabic - Six, seven, eight, nine, ten

We learned in Arabic that 1-5 is واحد (wahid), اثنين (aithnayn), ثلاثة (thalatha), أربعة ('arbaea), خمسة (khamsa), .

Now let's count up to ten!

6 ستة (sita) - 文A

7 سبعة (sabea) - 文A

8 ثمانية (thamania) - 文A

9 تسع (tise) - 文A

10 عشرة (eashra) - 文A



(from: wikipedia - lebanese academy of sciences)

Do you remember how to say it in other languages?

Hindi: छह (chhah), सात (saat), आठ (aath), नौ (nau), दस (das)

Swahili: sita, saba, nane, tisa, kumi

Russian: шесть (shest'), семь (sem'), восемь (vosem'), девять (devyat'), десять (desyat')

Norwegian: seks, syv, åtte, ni, ti

Greek: έξι, εφτά, οχτώ, εννέα, δέκα

ASL: Six, seven, eight, nine, ten

Italian: sei, setto, otto, nove, dieci

German: seis, sieben, acht, neun, zehn

Spanish: seis, siete, ocho, nueve, diez

French: six, sept, huit, neuf, dix

India Flag

We just learned about the Hotel Flag.

Another of the maritime flags is the India Flag, used for the l.

It is a flag that is yellow with a black circle in the middle. It also means I am altering my course to port.


(from: wikipedia - international maritime signal flags)


Kid Facts - Blast from the past: Touchpad

Nepanthia Belcheri

We just learned about the Red Knobbed Sea Star.

Another kind of starfish is the Nepanthia Belcheri.

This type of starfish lives near Australia, and grows to be a few inches wide.
One very interesting thing about this starfish is that it can split itself in half and turn itself into two starfishes.


(from: wikipedia - nepanthia belcheri)


Kid Facts - Blast from the past: Philippine Tarsier

Alpha Waves

We just learned about Narcolepsy.

Another part of sleep science is Alpha Wave.

These are waves that come out of the brain while you are sleeping, and can be measured with science tools called an EEG.

(from: wikipedia - alpha wave)


Kid Facts - Blast from the past: Oval Window

Istanbul Turkey

We just learned about the city of Shenzhen China.


Let's learn a little about the city of Istanbul, Turkey!

This city is in Turkey.
It is about 2,500 square kilometers, and about 15 million people live there.
The people in this city mostly speak Turkish.


(from: wikipedia - istanbul)

In Istanbul there is a sports club calls Beşiktaş J.K, that owns a bunch of different sports teams like soccer, basketball, and volleyball.

(from: wikipedia - beşiktaş j.k.)

To eat in this city you might have Dolma which is a vegetable leaf filled up with rice, meat or fruit.

(from: wikipedia - dolma)

Visiting this city you might go see dalia beach in the town of Kilyos.

(from: wikipedia - kilyos)

Under the ground in Istanbul are some cisterns that are big open areas for storing water.
The basilica cistern is over 100,000 square feet and can old over 2 million cubic feet of water.


(from: wikipedia - basilica cistern)


Kid Facts - Blast from the past: Dominican Republic

Jacob and Rachel

We just learned about the Jacob and Leah.

Another part of the Bible is about Jacob and Rachel.

In the old days of the Bible, a lot of times men would have more than one wife.
After Jacob married Leah, seven years later he married Leah's sister Rachel, in Genesis chapter 29.


(from: wikipedia - rachel)


Kid Facts - Blast from the past: The First Noel

Trees and Undergrowth - Van Gogh

We just learned about the painting Pine Trees and Dandelions in the Garden of Saint-Paul Hospital.

Another of Van Gogh's paintings is Trees and Undergrowth, from 1887.

During his time at the Saint Remy, Van Gogh made some paintings of the outdoors, that were called sous-bois which is French for undergrowth.
This style of painting was used by a lot of other impressionists, and Van Gogh was making paintings in their style.


(from: wikipedia - trees and undergrowth)


Kid Facts - Blast from the past: Michelangelo - Sistine Chapel - The Creation of Adam

Arabic - One, two, three, four, five

We just learned that dog and cat in Arabic is كلب (kalb) and قطة (qita)

Let's count to five in Arabic!

1 واحد (wahid) 文A

2 اثنين (aithnayn) 文A

3 ثلاثة (thalatha) 文A

4 أربعة ('arbaea) 文A

5 خمسة (khamsa) 文A




(from: wikipedia - lebanese academy of sciences)

Hindi: एक (ek), दो (do), तीन (teen), चार (chaar), पांच (paanch)

Swahili: moja, mbili, tatu, nne, tano

Russian: раз (raz), два (dva), три (tri), четыре (chetyre), пять (pyat')

Norwegian: en, to, tre, fire, fem

Greek: ένα (éna), δύο (dýo), τρία (tría), τέσσερα (téssera), πέντε (pénte)

ASL: One, two, three, four, five

Italian: uno, due, tre, quattro, cinque

German: Ein, zwei, drei, veir, fünf

Spanish: Uno, dos, tres, quatro, cinco

French: Un, deaux, trois, quatre, cinq

Hotel Flag

We just learned about the Golf Flag.

Another of the maritime flags is the Hotel Flag, used for the letter H.

It is a flag with left half white and the right half red. It also means "I have a pilot on board".


(from: wikipedia - international maritime signal flags)


Kid Facts - Blast from the past: Computer Mouse

Red Knobbed Sea Star

We just learned about the Magnificent Star.

Another kind of starfish is the Red Knobbed Sea Star, also called the protoreaster lincki, red spine star, or African sea star.

These starfish grow to be about 12 inches, and has bright re tubercles sticking up.
They have gray bodies with red stripes, and a big central disk.

The only place to find these starfish is in the Indian Ocean, in sandy or muddy sea beds.


(from: wikipedia - protoreaster lincki)


Kid Facts - Blast from the past: Brown Woolly Monkey