Monday 3 February 2014

Fact Hunters: Polar bears, games & crabs

Sophie Hann
Did you know that the world's largest recorded nugget is "The Welcome Stranger"? The find occurred at Black Lead (or Black Reef), Bull-dog Gully, Moliagul.

Grace Gore
The Arctic Ocean, which is located in the Antarctica, is the coldest as well as the smallest ocean on the Earth. With Antarctica being the coldest place on Earth, the Arctic Ocean which surrounds it, also freezes and from this deep ocean currents are generated.

Lillie Mersh
Polar bears might be huge, but their cubs are tiny! Sows give birth to usually 1 or 2 one-pound cubs and then nurse them until they reach about 20-30 pounds before emerging from the den in March or April.

Lilly Reynolds
Amazingly crabs are also known as decapods because they have 10 legs. The first pair of legs is modified into claws, called chelae. Crabs have external skeleton called "exoskeleton". It is made of chitin and it provides protection for the soft tissue underneath it.

Holly Maskell
Have you ever wondered why the West Ham fans chant ‘Come On You Irons!’? It was because the club was founded in 1895 as Thames Ironworks FC and reformed in 1900 as West Ham United.

Kieran Wright
Did you know that Snakes & Ladders is actually an Indian game? Known as Moksha Patam, the game was popular in ancient India and emphasized the role of fate or karma. A Jain version, Gyanbazi or Gyan chauper, dates to the 16th century.


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