WHO’S THE GENIUS NOW? FILL IN THE BLANKS AND FIND OUT!
Roman vomitariums were not for V______ But were in fact, theatre exits Tra______, Tele_______ and Ice________ Were all invented by kids
Now you also know that Mo_________ Is the world’s highest peak M_______, the red planet you see at night Has a very low gravity
Pot_______ were the first veggie grown in space Almonds are not really nuts, they’re s_____ In water Li____ sink and it takes 50 licks To finish a scoop of Ic_________
Corn______, X______ and Anes_________ Were all made by mistake The ancient Egyptians gave us the pyramids The Sph______ and the Heiro_________
Vikings often dyed their hair Bl______ An O_____ lived with Florence nightingale The shortest W_____ lasted only 38 minutes Laika was the first dog in Sp_______
A chi______ once lived for 18 months Without it’s cluck-clucking H______ Your E_____ and N_____ never stop growing Your Br______ is constantly eating itself
If you got a perfect score, well then We are being very serious When we say that, for knowing all these facts You are quite the genius!
You dear girls and boys have been geniuses For many, many years Here are some inventions made by people like you In their younger years
Cowboy gun holsters inspired a girl of 6 She invented a carrying case A pack that strapped around the thigh for kids To carry their video games
That treat of treats, the popsicle Or what some call the ice lolly Was invented by an 11 year old He was known to be quite jolly
A boy of 16 made the first trampoline He was jumping with joy and delight Another teen wanted to brighten Christmas Eve And invented the string of lights
Toy trucks were made by a 6 year old He knew how to have fun A 15 year old came up wtih the idea Of the earliest television
One of America’s founding fathers Invented flippers for swimming (Later he also invented the lightning rod) Benjamin Franklin was then just 11
Braille and snowmobiles, ear muffs and waterskis Were each invented by a child You too can come up with a great invention or three By letting your imagination run wild!
YOUNG INVENTORS: *Toy trucks: Robert Patch; Earliest television: Philo T. Farnsworth; Popsicles: Frank Epperson; Swimming fins + Lightning rod: Benjamin Franklin; Trampoline: George Nissen; Christmas lights: Albert Sadacca; TPack: Kelly Reinhart; Braille: Louis Braille; Snowmobiles: Joseph-Armand Bombardier; Earmuffs: Chester Greenwood; Water skis: Ralph Samuelson
IF HISTORY REPEATS ITSELF, I’M SO GETTING MYSELF A DINOSAUR!
At 18, Cleopatra was crowned Egypt’s queen After which she went on to wed Both her brothers, to keep the kingdom together It was quite a common thing then
Vikings often dyed their hair blonde Laika was the first dog in space Coca Cola is older than the Eiffel Tower The ancient Egyptians invented toothpaste
Ancient Greek dudes played sports in the nude An owl lived with Florence nightingale Dentures were first made from the teeth of dead soldiers Shakespeare was scared of trains
People danced whether they liked it or not When they got the Dancing Plague The shortest war lasted only 38 minutes The first computer programmer was Ada Lovelace
There is only one time zone in China Japan has some of the most elderly Marie Curie won the Nobel Prize twice For Physics and for Chemistry
The movie “Star Wars” came out at the same time As the last guillotine execution Ancient Romans used pee to wash their laundry Abe Lincoln was once a wrestling champion
The oldest joke is over 4000 years old And no, it was not about history or art Let me give you a clue, sometimes its a burp or two At other times you let out a _____! (Fart!)
LET’S GET RANDOM – RAISE YOUR HANDS IF YOU’RE SMARTER THAN A FRUIT FLY!
Your nose gets warmer when you tell a lie You can’t sneeze with your eyes wide open There are 130 million books in the world The most expensive sold for $31 million
We all have a mad craving sometimes For an ice cold Coca Cola But you would not be able to buy it In North Korea and in Cuba
A chicken once, for a whole year and a half Lived without its cluck-clucking head Bees can recognize human faces Comets smell like rotten eggs
Your nails grow faster in summer than in winter You expel a balloon-ful of farts everyday No one else has your tongue or your finger prints Bananas are radioactive
Insects have been a part of our planet For millions and million of years They have in fact seen us evolve Into human beings from sea creatures
Your brain is constantly eating itself But do not be alarmed my dear It’s called phagocytosis,and you can think of it Like getting a new brain every year!
Your ears and nose never stop growing On water, apples will always float Scotland’s national animal is a unicorn Most people can’t lick their elbows (Try it!)
Sharks were around before the dinosaurs Australia is wider than the moon I hope all these random and funny facts Have surprised and tickled you.
Did you know, you can hear rhubarb grow Every day, an inch or more It pops and creaks unlike the sweet cherry trees That can take seven years to mature
Strawberries have their seeds on the outside Apples are from the rose family It takes 50 licks to finish an ice cream scoop Bananas are actually berries
The Chinese and Arabs made the first lollipops Lemons float but limes sink Some fireworks have corn, and cotton candy Was invented by a dentist
Carrots at one time were purple in colour Ketchup was used as medicine If your tummy ached or you looked a little pale You’d get spoonfuls of it, yum!
Almonds are not really nuts, they’re seeds Cranberries can bounce like tennis balls Potatoes were the first veggie grown in space White chocolate has no chocolate at all
Durian is the smelliest fruit Peaches and plums have the sweetest smell People tend to steal, of all things cheese French fries are not really French
One in four hazelnuts ends up in Nutella Broccoli has more protein than steak You’ll know the cows have had too many carrots If your glass of milk has a pink shade.
The Milky Way galaxy holds our solar system Which is almost 5 billion years old Venus is the hottest planet in it Our earth actually looks like a squished ball
If you could drive straight up to the sky In one hour you’d be in space But scientists are still working on making Magical things like that take place
Mars, the red planet you see at night Has a much lower gravity That means Dad who’s 200 pounds on earth Will feel as light there as a summer breeze
Your stomach juices can turn into mush A stainless steel razor blade You’re born with 300 bones in your body They grow and connect into 206
You share the building blocks of your life With plants, bacteria and fungi Daffodils, apples and bananas* are your cousins That’s why you’re a fun-girl and fun-guy!
Clouds can weigh a million pounds Most of the universe is invisible It can rain diamonds on Saturn and Jupiter There they don’t set them in rings
Splish-splash water makes up most of your brain That is why you laugh so easily When you hear a joke, even when you don’t It sure is fun to be a human being.
*Humans share almost half of their DNA with daffodils, apples and bananas. How amazing is that!
Dolphins never fully shut off their brains Not even when they go to bed And panthers are just the dusky brothers Of the jaguars and the leopards
The mighty elephant can’t jump at all Sea sponges have no organs or brains And when danger is near, the timid deer Will flash the white undersides of their tails
Cats talk to each other in a secret language They meow only to their humans The octopus has three separate hearts Sloths digest only one leaf in a month
Most penguins live in warm climates Polar bears have beautiful black skin Bats are the only mammals that fly Cows can have best friends
Hummingbirds can fly backwards Kangaroos can’t walk back if they tried Flamingoes are pink, because they eat algae and shrimp No two tigers have the same stripes
Giraffes love to stick out their blue-purple tongues Crocs can’t stick theirs out if they tried Slugs have four noses, dogs sweat through their paws-es Only lady mosquitoes bite
Horses and cows sleep standing up And sharks don’t have any bones Fun facts that shock and awe and amaze The animal world is a fabulous one.
GEOGRAPHY GIRL/ GEOGRAPHY BOY (nouns): LIKE NORMAL GIRLS AND BOYS BUT COOLER!
Did you know that Australia is the smallest continent There are 7 continents on earth 5 billion people live in the largest called Asia Are you also one of those?
Did you know the Sahara is the hottest desert In the African sun, it sizzles No man nor beast can walk long in that heat The mood and the skin both shrivel
Russia and China each touch 14 countries The Pacific Ocean is shrinking 20% of earth’s oxygen comes from the Amazon The salty Dead Sea is sinking
The United States and Canada share The longest border on our planet It is 1500 miles of valleys and mountains Now that is a fact fantastic!
Did you know that Mount Everest may be The world’s highest peak in Nepal But it is far easier to climb than K2 Which is situated in Pakistan
If you have ever wondered about The biggest and smallest countries Russia by far has the largest area The tiniest is Vatican City
Volcanos are quite interesting things They sometimes sleep and sometimes roar The largest one in the world that’s still active Is Hawaii’s Mauna Loa
Our world is a wonderful ball of creation With plants and beasts no one’s still seen While we have explored most of the land Our oceans remain a mystery.
Crispy, salty and savoury chips Icecream cones and corn flakes What a treat they all are to eat Did you know they were all made by mistake?
Another one that was meant for guns To be fired in World War Two Is now also used on jet planes That magical thing called super glue
Sometimes being a bit of a mess Can lead to fantastic creations That’s how Alexander Fleming the scientist Discovered the antibiotic penicillin
X-rays and microwaves are also inventions That came about completely by chance Also chocolate chip cookies because the chips Didn’t melt as their baker had planned
An engineer in the navy, stumbled on the slinky When he was working on serious stuff Off tumbled a spring, that just kept on bouncing And that’s where this toy comes from
Velcro fasteners - we love them or hate them Were inspired from sticky burrs While walking a Swiss engineer, got them on his trousers And his dog got them stuck in his fur
Coca Cola, matches and play-doh These inventions all so super Silly putty and those handy sticky notes All started out as bloopers.
Our ancestors were busy people All across our blue green earth Building pyramids, temples and cities From the Andes to Kuwait
The Egyptians used beer to buy things The Mayans mastered astronomy Roman vomitariums were not for vomiting But theatre exits if you please
Neanderthals were built like wrestlers They were strong and wild and free! The Aztecs played deadly ball games The loser died, the winner lived happily
The oldest letter of complaint Is over 4000 years old Nanni the Mesopotamian was upset With the copper he had been sold
Did you know Cleopatra was not Egyptian She was in fact quite Greek The Chinese had invented toilet paper While the Europeans still used leaves!
Human beings have always loved music The oldest flute is from the ice age The Stonehenge stones are so big Each weighs as much as a blue whale
Egyptian gods had human bodies and animal heads They were quite an awesome sight! A Viking’s old poo was found in 1972 Ancient poop is called Coprolite
Mesopotamia and ancient Egypt The fertile Indus River Valley The ancient Chinese, the Inca, the Aztecs These civilizations make up our history.
Known as a trickster from the time he was born When he was just four days old in his crib Hermes stole Apollo’s sacred sheep With a crawl, a jump and a skip
Hermes grew up to be a messenger To the gods; they now send Him on adventurous trips between The worlds of gods and men
Magical winged sandals carry him At fast as lightning speeds One moment he is in front of you The other moment on Mercury
When he is not carrying messages He is busy making things The sweet sounding lyre, the first ever fire The dice and even writing
Hermes helped his brother Perceus Kill Medusa and her wriggly snakes The brothers fought bravely together There really was no room for mistakes
The messenger of gods also protects All travellers - merchants and thieves Schoolboys and schoolgirls, fathers and mothers Are all watched over by Hermes
In all this delivering, protecting and fighting Hermes still finds time to play This master of fun, when he fools someone You can hear him laughing away.
Mahvash Mohtadullah 