Chrome

We've learned about the first internet Web Browsers like WorldWideWeb, Mosaic, Netscape and Firefox, Internet Explorer and Edge.

Another type of browser is Chrome.

In 2008 Google thought that the internet browsers out there were not good enough, so they made their own, and called it Chrome.
It is still very popular today and a lot of people use it.


(from: wikipedia - google chrome)


Kid Facts - Blast from the past: Oil Pump

Marbled Polecat

We just learned about the Greater Grison.

Another animal in the same family is the Marbled Polecat, also called Vormela Peregusna.

These animals look a little funny.
They have a black and white face sort of like a badger, but their body is a brown, orange or yellow with black spots on it.
Marbled Polecats grow to be about 30 centimeters long, and weigh about 500 grams.

Sometimes when these little animals get scared they can let out a very stinky smell to tell predators to stay away!
Sort of like a skunk, but they don't spray it up into the air.


(from: wikipedia - marbled polecat)


Kid Facts - Blast from the past: Olive Baboon

Olfactory Receptor

We just learned about the Olfactory Mucosa.

Another part of the nose is the Olfactory Receptor, also called odorant receptors or just OR.

These are tiny little parts of cells in the nose that sit and wait for smells to come in.
There are tiny little hairs called cilia that these cells are in, just waiting for something to smell.

If a smell comes in, it will be made up of some chemicals.
Each olfactory receptor is built to handle a different type of smell.

When a smell like a flower comes in, that will bring flower smelling chemicals into the nose, and the receptors that are waiting for flower smells will get excited and let out other chemicals that tell the brain which kind of smell just came in.


(from: wikipedia - olfactory receptor)


Kid Facts - Blast from the past: Anti-Growth Signals

Aruba

We just learned about the country of Saint Pierre and Miquelon

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

This country is in the Carribbean, and just north of South America and Venezuela.
It is about 180 square kilometers, and about 116,000 people live there.
The people in this country speak Dutch or Papiemento, which is like Portuguese and Spanish mixed.
Some people also speak English and Spanish.


(from: wikipedia - aruba)

The flag of Aruba is blue, with a red star and two sideways yellow lines.
Blue is for the ocean, yellow lines are for gold and flowers, and the star is like a compass star for all the people in Aruba that have come from different places around the world.


(from: wikipedia - flag of aruba)

To eat in this country you might have stoba, which is a stew made from papaya and goat's meat.

(from: wikipedia - aruba)

Visiting this country you might go see one of the many beautiful beaches or resorts to relax in the sunshine.

(from: wikipedia - aruba)

There are markings from ancient people who used to live in Aruba known as the Arawak.

(from: wikipedia - aruba)


Kid Facts - Blast from the past: Slovakia

Nobody Knows the Trouble I've Seen

We just learned about the He's Got the Whole World in His Hands.

Another famous Christian song is Nobody Knows the Trouble I've Seen.

This is another song that started off as something that African American slaves would sing.
Life was very bad for slaves that had to work very hard jobs and were treated very badly.
So this is one of the songs they would sing about how they have lots of troubles, but heaven is waiting for them.

It was first recorded in 1867, but the song was a lot older than that.
One of the most famous recordings was by a famous musician named Louis Armstrong.

Lyrics:
Nobody knows the trouble I've been through, Nobody knows my sorrow
Nobody knows the trouble I've seen, Glory hallelujah!
Sometimes I'm up, sometimes I'm down, Oh, yes, Lord
Sometimes I'm almost to the ground, Oh, yes, Lord
Although you see me going 'long so, Oh, yes, Lord
I have my trials here below, Oh, yes, Lord
If you get there before I do, Oh, yes, Lord
Tell all-a my friends I'm coming to Heaven!, Oh, yes, Lord


(from: wikipedia - nobody knows the trouble i've seen)


Kid Facts - Blast from the past: Amazing Grace - John Newton

g

Rehoboam and Abijah - Sistine Chapel - Michelangelo

We just learned about the Sistine Chapel paintings of Jesus' ancestors, Aminadab, Naason.
Salmon, Boaz and Obed, Jesse, David and Solomon.

Another of the ancestor paintings is called Rehoboam and Abijah.

In the old testament of the Bible, King Solomon had a son named Rehoboam, and then Rehoboam had a son named Abijah.
In the Bible they were not very good followers of God and did not have a great time.

The painting shows a person on the left and right, and a small person who is maybe a child on the right.
These are probably not supposed to be Rehoboam and Abijah.


(from: wikipedia - gallery of sistine chapel ceiling)


Kid Facts - Blast from the past: Spiral Jetty - Robert Smithson

Hindi - His face is rough

We just learned in Hindi her hands are soft is उसके हाथ कोमल हैं (usake haath komal hain).

To say his face is rough you would say उसका चेहरा खुरदरा है (usaka chehara khuradara hai).

His - उसका (usaka) - sounds like oo-skah - 文A

face - चेहरा (chehara) - sounds like chay-hah-dah - 文A

rough - खुरदरा (khuradara) - sounds like koo-day-drah - 文A

is - है (hai) - sounds like hay - 文A



So all together उसका चेहरा खुरदरा है (usaka chehara khuradara hai) sounds like oo-skah chay-hah-dah koo-day-drah hay.



(from: wikipedia - devanagari)

Swahili: Uso wake ni mkali

Russian: Его лицо грубо (Yego litso grubo)

Norwegian: Ansiktet hans er grovt

Greek: Το πρόσωπό του είναι τραχύ (To prósopó tou eínai trachý)

ASL: His face is rough

Italian: il suo volto è ruvida

German: Sein Gesicht ist rau.

Spanish: Su cara es áspera

French: Son visage est rude