Ecuador

We just learned about the country of Colombia

Let's learn a little about the country of Ecuador!

This country is in South America, and borders Colombia, Peru, and the Pacific Ocean.
It is about 250,000 square kilometers, and about 17 million people live there.
The people in this country speak mostly Spanish.


(from: wikipedia - ecuador)

The flag of Ecuador is yellow, blue and red with the coat of arms in the middle.
Yellow is for the crops growing, blue is for the sea and sky, and red is for the blood of the people who fought for freedom.
The coat of arms has a lot of things on it, like a condor on top, the zodiac signs for March, April, May and June, the mountain Chimorazo, a steamboat on a river, palm and laurel branches.


(from: wikipedia - flag of ecuador)

To eat in this country you might have fanesca, which is a soup made of gourd, pumpkin, beans, and grains cooked in milk.


(from: wikipedia - fanesca)

Visiting this country you might go see Ingapirca, an ancient temple built long ago by the Incan people.

(from: wikipedia - ingapirca)

There is a mountain in Ecuador called Chimborazo, which is the point on the earth farthest from the center of the earth.
It isn't the tallest mountain from sea level, but the earth is wider at the equator and this mountain is by the equator so it is the farthest from the middle.

(from: wikipedia - chimborazo)


Kid Facts - Blast from the past: Pakistan

Manessah

We just learned about Asher from the Twelve Tribes of Israel.

Another of the tribes was Manessah.

Manessah was the grandson of Jacob, and his father was Joseph.
Joseph liked Manessah so much that he treated him like one of his other sons, not just a grandson.


(from: wikipedia - manessah (tribal patriarch))


Kid Facts - Blast from the past: What a Friend We Have in Jesus

The Courtesan (after Eisen) - Van Gogh

We just learned about Van Gogh's painting Still Life with Straw Hat.

Another of Van Gogh's paintings is The Courtesan (after Eisen) made in 1885.

For a while Van Gogh got really interested in art from Japan, and started trying to copy it and make some of his own painting in Japanese style. He called the paintings Japonaiserie, which means like Japanesery.

The most famous of his paintings was the Courtesan, that he made after copying a magazine cover that had the same person on the front cover.


(from: wikipedia - japonaiserie (van gogh))


Kid Facts - Blast from the past: Virgin of the Rocks - Leonardo da Vinci

Hindi - Counting to Fifty Nine

We counted to 49 in Hindi, let's keep going!

50 पचास (pachaa) - sounds like pah-chah - 文A

51 इक्यावन (ikyaavan) - sounds like ih-k-yah-vah-n - 文A

52 बावन (baavan) - sounds like bah-vah-n - 文A

53 तिरपन (tirapan) - sounds like tee-r-pah-n - 文A

54 चौवन (chauvan) - sounds like chah-oo-vant - 文A

55 पचपन (pachapan) - sounds like pah-ch-pah-n - 文A

56 छप्पन (chhappan) - sounds like chah-pah-n - 文A

57 सत्तावन (sattaavan) - sounds like sah-tah-vah-n - 文A

58 अट्ठावन (atthaavan) - sounds like ah-tah-vah-n - 文A

59 उनसठ (oo-n-sah-th) - sounds like oo-n-sah-th - 文A



(from: wikipedia - devanagari)

Swahili: Hamsini, hamsini na moja, hamsini na mbili, hamsini na tatu, hamsini na nne, hamsini na tano, hamsini na sita, hamsini na saba, hamsini na nane, hamsini na tisa

Russian: пятьдесят (pyat'desyat), пятьдесят один (pyat'desyat odin), пятьдесят два (pyat'desyat dva), пятьдесят три, пятьдесят четыре (pyat'desyat chetyre), пятьдесят пять (pyat'desyat pyat'), пятьдесят шесть (pyat'desyat shest'), пятьдесят семь (pyat'desyat sem'), пятьдесят восемь (pyat'desyat vosem'), пятьдесят девять (pyat'desyat devyat')

Norwegian: femti, femtien, femtito, femtitre, femtifire, femtifem, femtiseks, femtisyv, femti, femti ni

Greek: πενήντα (penínta), πενήντα ένα (penínta éna), πενήντα δύο (penínta dýo), πενήντα τρεις (penínta treis), πενήντα τέσσερις (penínta tésseris), πενήντα πέντε (penínta pénte), πενήντα έξι (penínta éxi), πενήντα επτά (penínta eptá), πενήντα οκτώ (penínta októ), πενήντα εννέα (penínta ennéa)

ASL: Fifty, fifty one, fifty two, fifty three, fifty four, fifty five, fifty six, fifty seven, fifty eight, fifty nine

Italian: cinquanta, cinquantuno, cinquanta due, cinquanta tre, cinquantaquattro, cinquantacinque, cinquantasei, cinquantasette, cinquantotto, cinquantanove

German: fünfzig, einundfünfzig, zweiundfünfzig, dreiundfünfzig, vierundfünfzig, fünfundfünfzig, sechsundfünfzig, siebenundfünfzig, achtundfünfzig, neunundfünfzig

Spanish: cincuenta, cincuenta y uno, cincuenta y dos, cincuenta y tres, cincuenta y cuatro, cincuenta y cinco, cincuenta y seis, cincuenta y siete, cincuenta y ocho, cincuenta y nueve

French: cinquante, cinquante et un, cinquante-deux, cinquante-trois, cinquante-quatre, cinquante-cinq, cinquante-six, cinquante-sept, cinquante-huit, cinquante-deux

Fluid Catalytic Cracking

We just learned about the Catalytic Reforming.

Another part of refining oil is called Fluid Catalytic Cracking.

This is a way that some of the heavy crude oils get turned into gasoline or other petroleum things by boiling and cooling the oil, mixing it with other chemicals, and separating out the parts it wants to keep.


(from: wikipedia - fluid catalytic cracking)


Kid Facts - Blast from the past: Brake Caliper

Long-Tailed Weasel

We just learned about the Haida Ermine.

Another animal in the same family is the Long-Tailed Weasel also called the bridled weasel, masked ermine, big stoat, or Neogale frenata.

These animals live in North and South America, weigh about 9 ounces and are about one foot long.

They grow a brown coat in the summer, and it turns white in the winter.

These weasels give off a strong smell to leave a mark in places sometimes, by dragging their smelly body across rocks or other things.



(from: wikipedia - long-tailed weasel)


Kid Facts - Blast from the past: Emperor Tamarin

Distal Convoluted Tubule

We just learned about the Loop of Henle.

Another part of the kidney is the Distal Convoluted Tubule, also called the DCT.

As the blood is cleaned up along from the Loop of Henle, it goes to the DCT where it helps control the amount of potassium, sodium, and calcium in the blood.


(from: wikipedia - distal convoluted tubule)


Kid Facts - Blast from the past: Concha

Colombia

We just learned about the country of Chile

Let's learn a little about the country of Colombia!

This country is in South America, and borders the Caribbean Sea, Venezuela, Brazil, Ecuador, Peru, Panama, and the Pacific Ocean.
It is about 1.14 million square kilometers, and about 52 million people live there.
The people in this country speak mostly Spanish.


(from: wikipedia - colombia)

The flag of Colombia is sideways stripes of yellow blue and red.
Yellow is for gold, and the sun. Blue is for the sky and water. Red is for the blood of the people who fought for freedom.


(from: wikipedia - flag of colombia)

To eat in this country you might have bandeja paisa, which is a very big meal made up of beans, pork, rice, bananas, sausage, corn bread, black pudding, avocado and lemon.


(from: wikipedia - bandeja paisa)

Visiting this country you might go see Las Lajas Shrine, which is a big church built over a canyon of the Guáitara River.


(from: wikipedia - las lajas shrine)

In the town of San Agustin, there is a park with some ancient sculptures that people believe come from as far back as the year 5 AD.


(from: wikipedia - san agustin archaeological park)


Kid Facts - Blast from the past: Oman

Asher

We just learned about Gad from the 12 tribes of Israel.

Another of the twelve tribes is Asher.

He was the eigth son of Jacob, and his mother was Zilpah.


(from: wikipedia - asher)


Kid Facts - Blast from the past: Crown Him with Many Crowns

Still Life with Straw Hat - Van Gogh

We just learned about the painting Still Life with Earthenware and Bottles.

Another of Van Gogh's still life paintings was Still Life with Straw Hat painted in 1885 in Neunen.

When Van Gogh was teaching some of his friends in the town of Eindhoven how to paint, he made a bunch of paintings himself.
This painting shows some nice smooth brush strokes and lots of light and dark shading of colors.


(from: wikipedia - still life with straw hat)


Kid Facts - Blast from the past: Annunciation - Leonardo da Vinci

Hindi - Counting to Forty Nine

We counted to 39 in Hindi, let's keep going!

41 इकतालीस (ikataalees) - sounds like ih-k-tah-leez - 文A

42 बयालीस (bayaalees) - sounds like bay-ah-leez - 文A

43 तैंतालीस (taintaalees) - sounds like tay-n-tah-leez - 文A

44 चौवालीस (chauvaalees) - sounds like choh-vah-leez - 文A

45 पैंतालीस (paintaalees) - sounds like pay-n-tah-leez - 文A

46 छियालीस (chhiyaalees) - sounds like chee-yah-leez - 文A

47 सैंतालीस (saintaalees) - sounds like say-n-tah-leez - 文A

48 अड़तालीस (adataalees) - sounds like ah-dah-tah-leez - 文A

49 उनचास (unachaas) - sounds like oo-n-chah-z - 文A



(from: wikipedia - devanagari)

Swahili: arobaini na moja, arobaini na mbili, arobaini na tatu, arobaini na nne, arobaini na tano, arobaini na sita, arobaini na saba, arobaini na nane, arobaini na tisa

Russian: сорок (sorok), сорок один (sorok odin), сорок два (sorok dva), сорок три (sorok tri), сорок четыре (sorok chetyre), сорок пять (sorok pyat'), сорок шесть (sorok shest'), сорок семь (sorok sem'), сорок восемь (sorok vosem'), сорок девять (sorok devyat')

Norwegian: førti, førtien, førtito, førtitre, førtifire, førtifem, førtiseks, førtisyv, førtiåtte, førtini

Greek: τσαράντα (saránta), τσαράντα ένα (saránta éna), τσαράντα δύο (saránta dýo), τσαράντα τρεις (saránta treis), τσαράντα τέσσερις (saránta tésseris), τσαράντα πέντε (saránta pénte), τσαράντα έξι (saránta éxi), τσαράντα επτά (saránta eptá), τσαράντα οκτώ (saránta októ), τσαράντα εννέα (saránta ennéa)

ASL: forty, forty one, forty two, forty three, forty four, forty five, forty six, forty seven, forty eight, forty nine

Italian: quaranta, quarantuno, quarantadue, quarantatre, quarantaquattro, quarantacinque, quarantasei, quarantasette, quarantotto, quarantanove

German: vierzig, einundvierzig, zweiundvierzig, dreiundvierzig, vierundvierzig, fünfundvierzig, sechsundvierzig, siebenundvierzig, achtundvierzig, neunundvierzig

Spanish: quarenta, quarenta y uno, quarenta y dos, quarenta y tres, quarenta y cuatro, quarenta y cinco, quarenta y seis, quarenta y siete, quarenta y ocho, quarenta y nueve

French: quarante, quarante et un, quarante-deux, quarante-trois, quarante-quatre, quarante-cinq, quarante-six, quarante-sept, quarante-huit, quarante-neuf

Catalytic Reforming

We just learned about the Naphtha.

Another part of refining oil is Catalytic Reforming.

This is something using chemistry and a very expensive metal called platinum to turn the naphtha into something called reformates.


(from: wikipedia - catalytic reforming)


Kid Facts - Blast from the past: Rotor

Haida Ermine

We just learned about the Ferret.

Another animal in the same family is the Haida Ermine, also called mustela haidarum.

This small animal only lives on a tiny island on the west side of Canada called Haida Gwaii.

It changes its fur color from brown in the summer to white in the winter.
When it is brown the local Haida people call it daayáats’, and when it is white they call it tlag.


(from: wikipedia - haida ermine)


Kid Facts - Blast from the past: Cotton Top Tamarin

Loop of Henle

We just learned about the Proximal Tubule.

Another part of the kidneys is the Loop of Henle.

This is a tube that carries liquid down and back up, and helps separate the dirty liquid which turns into urea going back up at the end of the loop.


(from: wikipedia - loop of henle)


Kid Facts - Blast from the past: Intertragic Notch

Chile

We just learned about the country of Brazil

Let's learn a little about the country of Chile!

This country is in South America, and borders Peru, Bolivia, Argentina and the Drake Passage to the south which is the water between Chile and Antarctica.
It is about 750,000 square kilometers, and about 18 million people live there.
The people in this country speak Spanish.


(from: wikipedia - chile)

The flag of Chile is a blue on the top left with a white star, white on the top right, and red on the bottom.
Blue is for the sky and ocean, the star is for the planet Venus, white is for the snow on the Andes mountains, and red is for the blood of the people who fought for independence.


(from: wikipedia - flag of chile)

To eat in this country you might have dulce de leche, which means sweet milk.
This is a type of dessert that is made of sugar and milk cooked until it is like a pudding.


(from: wikipedia - dulce de leche)

Visiting this country you might go see the volcano Osorno, an 8,700 foot tall stratovolcano.


(from: wikipedia - osorno (volcano))

The largest open pit commer mine in the world is in Chile, called Chuquicamata.

(from: wikipedia - chuquicamata)


Kid Facts - Blast from the past: Mongolia

Gad

We just learned about the Naphthali.

Another of the twelve tribes of Isreal is Gad.

He was the 7th son of Jacob, and the 1st son of Leah's servant Zilpah.


(from: wikipedia - gad (son of jacob))


Kid Facts - Blast from the past: Come Thou Fount of Every Blessing

Still Life with Earthenware and Bottles - Van Gogh

We just learned about Van Gogh's painting Head of a Peasant Woman with a White Cap.

Another of Van Gogh's paintings is Still Life with Earthenware and Bottles, made in Amsterdam in 1884.

This painting is part of a bunch of paintings by Van Gogh called Still Life Paintings.
For a while he lived in the town of Neunen, and made a bunch of paintings of things like bottles, bowls and fruit.
All of these things were not moving, which is why the painting type is called still life.

He tried to do a lot of contrasting to show different colors against each other, like green next to red, and he tried to work on different shades of light showing on the things in his pictures.
While he was in Neunen he also helped to teach some other people how to be painters.


(from: wikipedia - still life paintings by vincent van gogh (netherlands))


Kid Facts - Blast from the past: Leonardo da Vinci

Hindi - Counting to Thirty Nine

We counted to 29 in Hindi, let's keep going!

31 इकतीस, (ikatees) - sounds like ih-kuh-tee-z - 文A

32 बत्तीस (battees) - sounds like buh-tee-z - 文A

33 तैंतीस, (taintees) - sounds like tay-tee-z - 文A

34 चौंतीस (chauntees) - sounds like chaw-tee-z - 文A

35 पैंतीस (paintees) - sounds like pay-tee-z - 文A

36 छत्तीस (chhattees) - sounds like chuh-tee-z - 文A

37 सैंतीस (saintees) - sounds like say-tee-z - 文A

38 अड़तीस (adatees) - sounds like ah-r-tee-z - 文A

39 उनतालीस (unataalees) - sounds like oo-n-tah-lee-z - 文A



(from: wikipedia - devanagari)

Swahili: thelathini na moja, thelathini na mbili, thelathini na tatu, thelathini na nne, thelathini na tano, thelathini na sita, thelathini na saba, thelathini na nane, thelathini na tisa

Russian: тридцать (tridtsat'), тридцать один (tridtsat' odin), тридцать два (tridtsat' dva), тридцать три (tridtsat' tri), тридцать четыре (tridtsat' chetyre), тридцать пять (tridtsat' pyat'), тридцать шесть (tridtsat' shest'), тридцать семь (tridtsat' sem'), тридцать восемь (tridtsat' vosem'), тридцать девять (tridtsat' devyat')

Norwegian: tretti, trettien, trettito, tretti tre, trettifire, trettifem, trettiseks, trettisyv, trettiåtte, trettini

Greek: τριάντα (triánta), τριάντα ένα (triánta éna), τριάντα δύο (triánta dýo), τριάντα τρεις (triánta treis), τριάντα τέσσερις (triánta tésseris), τριάντα πέντε (triánta pénte), τριάντα έξι (triánta éxi), τριάντα επτά (triánta eptá), τριάντα οκτώ (triánta októ), τριάντα εννέα (triánta ennéa)

ASL: thirty, thirty one, thirty two, thirty three, thirty four, thirty five, thirty six, thirty seven, thirty eight, thirty nine

Italian: Trenta, trentuno, trentadue, trentatré, trentaquattro, trentacinque, trentasei, trentasette, trentotto, trentanove

German: einunddreißig, zweiunddreißig, dreiunddreißig, vierunddreißig, fünfunddreißig, sechsunddreißig, siebenunddreißig, achtunddreißig, neununddreißig

Spanish: treinta y uno, treinta y dos, treinta y tres, treinta y cuatro, treinta y cinco, treinta y seis, treinta y siete, treinta y ocho, treinta y nueve

French: trente et un, trente-deux, trente-trois, trente-quatre, trente-cinq, trente-six, trente-sept, trente-huit, trente-neuf

Naphtha

We just learned about the Distillation.

Another part of refining oil is Naphtha.

After some of the things like distillation and desulfurization, the oil is turned into something called naphtha.
This is a flammable liquid that is sometimes sold as fuel like white gas.

In history, the Greek word νάφθα (naphtha) is used in a story of a fiery furnace.
In a book from around 200 BC, there is a story about a thick water used by Nehemiah called Nephthar.

Some mixtures of naphtha have been used to make soap, and also the chemical napalm.


(from: wikipedia - naphtha)


Kid Facts - Blast from the past: Lug Nut

Ferret

We just learned about the Yellow Bellied Weasel.

Another kind of animal in the same family is the Ferret, also called the Mustela furo.

These animals grow to be about 20 inches long, and weigh about 4 pounds.
Their fur comes in either black, brown or white.

Just like dogs and cats, these animals are called domesticated meaning they can be kept as pets.
Long ago people kept them as pets to help out with hunting, for other animals like rabbits.

Sometimes when these pets are playing they get excited and jump around in what is called the "weasel war dance".
People think that they did this in the wild to confuse or scare other animals, but as pets they do it when they are having fun.



(from: wikipedia - ferret)


Kid Facts - Blast from the past: Common Marmoset

Proximal Tubule

We just learned about the Bowman's Capsule.

Another part of the nephron of the kidney is the Proximal Tubule.

When the blood is all collected in the Bowman's Capsule, it slowly filters out some of the bad things in the blood which turn into urea to be pushed out of the body later.


(from: wikipedia - proximal tubule)


Kid Facts - Blast from the past: Earlobe

Brazil

We just learned about the country of Bolivia

Let's learn a little about the country of Brazil!

This country is in South America, and borders all of the countries in South America except Ecuador and Chile.
It is about 8 million square kilometers, and about 217 million people live there.
The people in this country speak Portuguese.


(from: wikipedia - brazil)

The flag of Brazil is green with a yellow diamond in the middle, and a blue circle with a white stripe on it.
Green and yellow are for the old emperor of Brazil, the blue circle with stars is for the starry night sky over Rio de Janeiro on the night of the country's independenc, and the words across the middle of the blue circle say "Ordem e Progresso" which means Order and Progress.


(from: wikipedia - flag of brazil)

To eat in this country you might have feijoda, which is a kind of stew made with beans, beef and pork.


(from: wikipedia - feijoda)

Visiting this country you might go see the 98 foot tall Christ the Redeemer statue, made by artist Paul Landowski in 1931.
It is a status of Jesus with his arms stretched out 92 feet wide, looking over the city of Rio de Janiero.


(from: wikipedia - christ the redeemer (statue))

In the national park called Serra dos Órgãos, there is a rock called Dedo de Deus, which means finger of God.

(from: wikipedia - serra dos orgãos national park)


Kid Facts - Blast from the past: Maldives

Naphtali

We just learned about the Dan.

Another of the twelve tribes was Naphtali.

This was the sixth son of Jacob, and the second son that he had with Bilhah who was his wife Rachel's servant.

In the Bible when God takes Moses up on a mountain and shows him all of the land promised to Abraham, one of the lands he talks about is Naphtali.


(from: wikipedia - naphtali)


Kid Facts - Blast from the past: How Firm A Foundation

Head of a Peasant Woman with White Cap - Van Gogh

We just learned about the Van Gogh painting called The Potato Eaters.

Another of Van Gogh's paintings is the Head of a Peasant Woman with White Cap, painted in 1885 in the Netherlands.

This was also from his group of paintings called the Peasant Character Studies. One special thing about this painting is that many years later when people used an X-Ray to look through the layers of paint, they found out that Van Gogh had first made a self portrait of himself on the canvas, and then painted over it with the new painting of the Peasant Woman.


(from: wikipedia - peasant character studies (van gogh series))


Kid Facts - Blast from the past: Statue of Jimmy Carter - Frederick Hart

Hindi - Counting to Twenty Nine

We counted to 20 in Hindi, let's keep going!

21 इक्कीस (ikkees) - sounds like ik-kee-ss 文A

22 बाईस (baees) - sounds like bah-ay-ss 文A

23 तेईस (teees) - sounds like tay-ay-ss 文A

24 चौबीस (chaubees) - sounds like chow-bee-ss 文A

25 पच्चीस, (pachchees) - sounds like buh-chee-ss 文A

26 छब्बीस, (chhabbees) - sounds like chuh-bee-ss 文A

27 सत्ताईस, (sattaees) - sounds like sah-tah-ay-ss 文A

28 अट्ठाईस, (atthaees) - sounds like ah-tah-ee-ss 文A

29 उनतीस (unatees) - sounds like oo-n-tee-ss - 文A



(from: wikipedia - devanagari)

Swahili: ishirini na moja, ishirini na mbili, ishirini na tatu, ishirini na nne, ishirini na tano, ishirini na sita, ishirini na saba, ishirini na nane, ishirini na tisa

Russian: двадцать один (dvadtsat' odin), двадцать два (dvadtsat' dva), двадцать три (dvadtsat' tri), двадцать четыре (dvadtsat' chetyre), двадцать пять (dvadtsat' pyat'), двадцать шесть (dvadtsat' shest'), двадцать семь (dvadtsat' sem'), двадцать восемь (dvadtsat' vosem'), двадцать девять (dvadtsat' devyat')

Norwegian: tjueen, tjueto, tjue-tre, tjuefire, tjuefem, tjueseks, tjuesju, tjue åtte, tjue ni

Greek: είκοσι ένα (eíkosi éna), είκοσι δύο (eíkosi dýo), είκοσι τρεις (eíkosi treis), είκοσι τέσσερις (eíkosi tésseris), είκοσι πέντε (eíkosi pénte), είκοσι έξι (eíkosi éxi), είκοσι επτά (eíkosi eptá), είκοσι οκτώ (eíkosi októ), είκοσι εννέα (eíkosi ennéa)

ASL: twenty-one, twenty-two, twenty-three, twenty-four, twenty-five, twenty-six, twenty-seven, twenty-eight, twenty-nine

Italian: ventuno, ventidue, ventitré, ventiquattro, venticinque, ventisei, ventisette, ventotto, ventinove

German: einundzwanzig, zweiundzwanzig, dreiundzwanzig, vierundzwanzig, fünfundzwanzig, sechsundzwanzig, siebenundzwanzig, achtundzwanzig, neunundzwanzig

Spanish: veintiún, veintidós, veintitrés, veinticuatro, veinticinco, veintiséis, veintisiete, veintiocho, veintinueve

French: vingt et un, vingt-deux, vingt-trois, vingt-quatre, vingt-cinc, vingt-six, vingt-sept, vingt-huit, vingt-neuf

Distillation

We just learned about the Desalter.

Another part of the way that oil is cleaned up or refined is called Distillation.

When a liquid is boiled, it turns into a gas called steam.
When the steam cools, it turns back into a liquid, which is called condensation.
The liquid boiling and condensing over and over and being collected in different places is called distillation.


(from: wikipedia - continuous distillation)


Kid Facts - Blast from the past: Rims

Yellow-Bellied Weasel

We just learned about the European Mink.

Another type of animal in the same family is the Yellow-Bellied Weasel.

This animal is about 10 inches long, and weighs about 3 pounds.

They get their name from their bright yellow bellies.
Usually they live up in the mountains in Asia, in small little caves called dens.


(from: wikipedia - yellow-bellied weasel)


Kid Facts - Blast from the past: Proboscis Monkey

Bowman's Capsule

We just learned about the Glomerulus.

Another part of the kidney is Bowman's Capsule.

This is also part of the nephron, just like the renal corpuscle and the glomerulus.
Remember that the glomerulus is the bunch of blood vessels that brings blood to the kidneys to be cleaned.
Bowman's Capsule wraps around the glomerulus, and collects the blood in one spot to be cleaned up.


(from: wikipedia - bowman's capsule)


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Bolivia

We just learned about the country of Argentina

Let's learn a little about the country of Bolivia!

This country is in South America, and borders Brazil, Paraguay, Argentina, Chile and Peru.
It is about 1 million square kilometers, and about 12 million people live there.
The people in this country speak Spanish.


(from: wikipedia - bolivia)

The flag of Bolivia is red, yellow and green, with the coat of arms in the middle that has a llama and some wheat and some other things.
Red is for the blood of the heroes of Bolivia, yellow is for wealth, and green is for nature.


(from: wikipedia - flag of bolivia)

To eat in this country you might have pique macho, which is beef, with potatoes, onions, peppers, eggs, mustard, mayonnaise and ketchup.

(from: wikipedia - pique macho)

Visiting this country you might go see Salar de Uyuni, which is the largest salt flat in the world, at over 10,000 square kilometers.
A salt flat is a big flat area where the ground is made of hard packed salt.


(from: wikipedia - salar de uyuni)

Sol de Mañana is a place with pools of sulphur, boiling mud lakes, and steam that sprays up to 50 meters high in some places.


(from: wikipedia - sol de mañana)


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