Pine Trees and Dandelions in the Garden of Saint-Paul Hospital - Van Gogh

We just learned about the painting Trees in the Garden in Front of the Entrance to Saint-Paul Hospital.

Another of Van Gogh's paintings is Pine Trees and Dandelions in the Garden of Saint-Paul Hospital.

Van Gogh was in the hospital for a long time, even through the winter.
So when the garden was not green and fresh, he painted the pine trees that were still green.


(from: wikipedia - saint-paul asylum, saint-remy (van gogh series))


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Arabic - Dog, Cat

We just learned that to ask if someone speaks Arabic you say هل تتحدث العربية؟ (hal tatahadath alearabiatu) or (hal tatahadathina alearabiatu).

To say dog in Arabic, you say كلب (kalb) 文A


To say cat in Hindi, you say قطة (qita) 文A



(from: wikipedia - lebanese academy of sciences)

Hindi: कुत्ता (kutta), बिल्ली (billee)

Swahili: mbwa, paka

Russian: собака (sobaka), кошка (koshka)

Norwegian: hund, katt

Greek: σκύλος (skýlos), γάτα (gáta)

ASL: dog, cat

Italian: cane, gatto

German: Hunt, Katze

Spanish: perro, gato

French: chien, chat

Golf Flag

We just learned about the Foxtrot Flag.

Another of the maritime flags is the Golf Flag, used for the letter G.

It is up and down stripes of blue and yellow, and also means "I require a pilot" or "I am hauling nets".


(from: wikipedia - international maritime signal flags)


Kid Facts - Blast from the past: Computer Keyboard - Special Keys

Magnificent Star

We just learned about the Brisingida.

Another type of starfish is the Magnificent Star, or luidia magnifica.

This starfish lives in the Pacific Ocean.
It has 10 arms, and comes in colors like yellow and red, or brown and olive.


(from: wikipedia - luida magnifica)


Kid Facts - Blast from the past: Red-Faced Spider Monkey

Multiple Sleep Latency Test (MSLT)

We just learned about Polysomnography.

Another type of sleep disorder test is the Multiple Sleep Latency Test (MSLT).

For this type of test, a person has to take a bunch of naps and then try to sleep at night, and the study looks at how well they sleep after having a bunch of nights.

(from: wikipedia - multi sleep latency test)


Kid Facts - Blast from the past: Incus

Delhi India

We just learned about the city of Guangzhou China.

Let's learn a little about the city of Delhi India!

This city is in India.
It is about 1,400 square kilometers, and about 16 million people live there.
The people in this city speak Hindi, Punjabi, Urdu, Bengali or other languages.


(from: wikipedia - delhi)

Cricket and Soccer are the two biggest sports in Delhi, where there are the teams the Delhi Capitals and Delhi F.C.


(from: wikipedia - delhi capitals)

To eat in this city you might have Kebab, which is cut up meat on a skewer.

(from: wikipedia - kebab)

Visiting this city you might go see the red fort, built in 1639 for the emperors.

(from: wikipedia - red fort)

There is a place called the Qutb Minar complex with ancient buildings going back to 1320 AD.

(from: wikipedia - qutb minar complex)


Kid Facts - Blast from the past: Panama

Jacob and Esau

We just learned about the Isaac and Rebekah.

Another part of the Bible is Jacob and Esau, from Genesis 25 to 33.

After Isaac and Rebekah got married, they had twin sons named Jacob and Esau.
Isaac really liked that Esau was a hunter and liked to go out into the country.
Rebekah really liked that Jacob stayed at home and work in the tents.

Jacob and Esau did not get along very well, after Jacob stole special blessings from their dad Isaac.
When they grew up, Jacob moved away from Esau because he was scared that Esau would hurt him.
Later on Esau met up with Jacob and they became friends again.


(from: wikipedia - jacob and esau)


Kid Facts - Blast from the past: Joy to the World