KIDS MEWS # 1

FUN FACTS 1. The Noisy serpent was the original name of the vacuum cleaner. 2. Rabbits and parrots can see what is behind them without turning their

heads. 3. Everyone has a unique tongue print, just like fingerprints. 4. The largest snowflake ever recorded reportedly measured 15 inches!

RIDDLEY RIDDLES 1.) What goes up but doesn’t come down? *Your age/rain

2.) What is tall when it is young, and short when it is old? *A candle

3.) What is light as feather, but even the world’s stongest man can’t hold it for more than 5 minutes ? *Breath

JOKES OF THE DAY Q:) What is the biggest ant in the world? A:) An eleph-ant!

Q:) Why did the man throw butter out the window? A:) He wanted to see a butterfly!

Q:) What is a cat's favorite color? A:) Purr-ple!

Q:) Whats a dog’s favorite treat? A:) Pupcakes

WEIRD WORLD RECORDS * Japanese fashion designer Kazuhiro Watanabe, who holds the world record for the “Tallest Mohawk,” at 3 feet 8.6 inches. ** A tower created from Lego bricks is pictured completed in front of Oslo City Hall, April 24, 2010. It measures 30,22 meters.

AMAZING ANIMALS: THE BALD EAGLE 1. Females are slightly bigger than males. Females can be up to 3 feet and males 2.8 feet. Their wingspan can be 7 feet wide. 2.) Bald Eagles can fly in the sky up to 10,000 feet from the ground and can fly up to 40 miles per hour! 3.) Bald Eagle have 7,000 feathers. When they lose one feather from one wing they lose one from the other wing too.

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KIDS MEWS #2

FUN FACTS 1. About 10% of the world's population is left-handed. 2. Did you know Sailor, Dead Leaf, Paper Kite, Blue Striped Crow, Julia

and Great Egg Fly are all names of BUTTERFLIES? 3. Lightning strikes about 6,000 times per minute on this planet!

RIDDLEY RIDDLES 1.) What get’s wetter the more it dries? * A towel 2.) . What has a face and two hands but no arms or legs? *A clock 3.) What has a thumb and four fingers but is not alive? * A glove

JOKES OF THE DAY Q:) What are caterpillars afraid of? A:) Doger-pillars! Q:) What do you say when you meet a two-headed dinosaur? A:) Hello, hello! Q:) What do dogs eat at the movies? A:) Pup-corn! Q:) How do you make a skeleton laugh? A:) Tickle her funny bone!

WEIRD WORLD RECORDS ** Chad Fell blew the largest bubblegum bubble at 20 in. at the Double Springs High School in Winston County, Alabama. *** Suresh Joachim of Sri Lanka takes the longest escalator ride, which was 140 miles long, at the Westfield Shopping Centre in Burwood, New South Wales, Australia.

AMAZING ANIMALS: REINDEER 1. Reindeer are usually 4-5 ft tall not including their antlers. Their antlers are 3ft tall They can weigh anywhere between 240-700 pounds. 2.) Reindeer shed their antlers in the winter. Like a human’s fingerprint no two reindeer antlers are exactly the same. 3.) Their hooves are used to dig for food in the snow. The outer edges of their hooves are sharp while help them walk on ice and rocks.

KIDS MEWS #3

FUN FACTS 1. "Almost" is the longest word in the English language with all the

letters in alphabetical order. 2. Ketchup was sold in the 1830s as medicine. 3. Your heart beats over 100,000 times a day.

RIDDLEY RIDDLES 1.) What has to be broken before you can use it? *An egg.

2.) What has a neck but no head? * A bottle 3.) What belongs to you but is used more by others? * Your name.

JOKES OF THE DAY Q:) What to polar bears eat for lunch? A:) Ice berg-ers! Q:) How do bees get to school? A:) By the school buzz Q:) What do you get when you cross a dinosaur with fireworks? A:) Dino-mite!

WEIRD WORLD RECORDS * Ann Atkins has the largest collection of garden gnomes with 2,010 ** In 2011 Iranian Grand Master Ehsan Ghaem-Maghami played 604 simultaneous chess games. It took him 24 hours and he won 580 of them.

AMAZING ANIMALS: THE WALRUS 1. Walruses weigh from 1,320 to 3,300 lbs. and can be as long as 10.5 feet! Walrus tusks are actually their large teeth and they never stop growing. They use their tusks to pull themselves out of the water. 2.) At times walruses can sleep solid for 19 hours. They can sometimes stay awake for roughly three and a half straight days while at sea. 3.) Walruses can dive down 260ft to the bottom of the ocean, they use their 450 whiskers to sense food. They can hold their breath underwater for up to 30 minutes!

KIDS MEWS # 4

FUN FACTS 1. Did you know 25% of the bones in your body, are in your feet! 2. A jellyfish is 95 percent water. 3. Recycling one glass jar, saves enough energy to watch T.V for 3 hours 4. Like fingerprints, everyone's tongue print is di!erent.

RIDDLES RIDDLES 1.)Everyone has it and no one can lose it, what is it? *A shadow 2.)What word begins and ends with an ‘e’ but only has one letter? *An envelope 3.) What has one head, one foot and four legs? *A Bed

JOKES OF THE DAY Q:) What did the cat have for breakfast? A:) Mice Crispies Q:) Why didn't the dinosaur cross the road? A:) Because there were no roads than! Q:) What are a snake's favorite magic spells? A:) Abra-da-cobra

WEIRD WORLD RECORDS *The record for the most T-shirts worn at once is 227 and was achieved by Jef Van Dijck in Brecht, Belgium, on April 24, 2008. **The beard of Sarwan Singh of Canada measured 2.33 meters (7 feet, 8 inches) from the end of his chin to the tip of the beard.

AMAZING ANIMALS: THE SQUIRREL 1.) Squirrels communicate with each other by making chirping sounds and by tail movements. 2.) Squirrels have five toes on their back feet and four toes on their front feet. Their front toes are very sharp. They use their front toes to grip the tree trunk. 3.) Some squirrels can run up to 20 miles per hour and can jump up to 20ft. Flying squirrels can jump up to 150 feet!

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KIDS MEWS # 5

FUN FACTS *Mel Blanc, who played the voice of Bugs Bunny, was allergic to carrots. *The cardboard box was inducted into the “National Toy Hall of Fame”

**There are more than 10,000 varieties of tomatoes.

RIDDLES RIDDLES 1.) It's been around for millions of years, but it's no more than a month old. What is it?

● The Moon

2.) What has two hands, a round face, always runs, but stays in place? *A clock 3.) What word looks the same backwards and upside down? *SWIMS

JOKES OF THE DAY Q:) How do shellfish get to the hospital? A:) In the clam-bulance Q:) How do you make an Octupus laugh? A:) With ten-tickles Q:) What do sea monsters eat? A:) Fish & Ships! Q:) What is the difference between a piano and a fish? Y A;) You can tune a piano but you cannot tuna fish.

WEIRD WORLD RECORDS * )Kingda Ka at Six Flags Great Adventure near Jackson, New Jersey includes a drop of 418 ft. It's also the world's tallest roller coaster at 456 ft . *The tallest tree ever was an Australian eucalyptus – In 1872 it was measured at 435 feet tall.

AMAZING ANIMALS: SALMON 1.) Salmon are called "FRY" when emerging from their eggs. 2.)Salmon have an average of 2500 eggs, but can have up to 7000. 3.) The largest salmon caught is 126 lbs. 4.)The oldest salmon fossil found is 50 million years old 5.) 5 to 6 million years ago salmon had fangs, weighed over 500 lbs. and were ten feet long.

 

KIDS MEWS # 6

FUN FACTS 1. Most people fall asleep in seven minutes. 2. Did you know, the ants never sleep! There are more than 1 million ants in

the world for every human being! Just imagine, how many ants survive in the world!

3. A sneeze can travel 100 km. an hour!

RIDDLES RIDDLES 1.) What goes up and down but does not move? *Stairs 2.) What is full of holes but can still hold water? *A sponge 3. What breaks when you say it? *Silence

JOKES OF THE DAY Q:) What do you call an old snowman? A:) Water. Q:) What did one toilet say to the other? A:) You look flushed Q:) What part of the car is the laziest? A:) The wheels because they are always tired!

WEIRD WORLD RECORDS * The largest gathering of people in Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtle costumes is 836. **Jordan Romero, a 13-year-old boy from California, is o!cially the youngest person to ever climb Mount Everest,in a group with his father and three Sherpa guides.

AMAZING ANIMALS: CAMELS 1.) A camel’s hump does not store water. Their humps store fat. Camels have the ability to store up to 80 pounds of fat in their humps at one time.When no food is available the fat in the camels hump converts to energy and water so the camel can live. 2.)Camels coats (hair) reflect the desert sun and keeps them cool in very hot temperatures. It will also keep them warm in cooler temperatures.

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KIDS MEWS # 7

FUN FACTS 1.) ‘Odd’ and ‘Even’ are popular boy’s names in Norway. 2.) About 6,000,000 pounds of space dust settle on earth every year 3.) Dragonflies can see in all directions at once.

RIDDLES RIDDLES 1.) What is at the end of a rainbow? *The letter ‘W’ 2.) A cowboy rides into town on Friday, stays for three days, then leaves on Friday. How did he do it? *His horse’s name is Friday. 3.) What invention lets you look right through a wall? *A window.

JOKES OF THE DAY Q:) What do you get when you cross a frog and a robot? A:) Rib-bot

Q:) How do all the oceans say hello to each other? A:) Thye wave!

Q:) How do you get a kleenex to dance? A:) You put a little boogie in it.

WEIRD WORLD RECORDS * The world record for most baby carrots held in one hand is 1oo carrots, by basketball star Shaquiell O’Neil on Record Setter. ** U.S. dog, Abbie Girl surfed 107.2 meters (351.7 feet) at Ocean Beach Dog Beach, in San Diego, Ca.

AMAZING ANIMALS: SLOTHS 1.) Sloths are arboreal animals, so they spend most of their time in trees. The majority of it spent upside down! They are great swimmers as well, with the ability to hold their breath for 40 minutes underwater. 2.)Sloths have a greenish color algae that grows on their fur that acts as camouflage in the trees. 3.) They have very slow digestive systems, it can take up to 30 days to digest even just one leaf.

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KIDS MEWS # 8

FUN FACTS 1.) The human brain generates enough energy to power a light bulb. 2.) Hippopotomonstrosesquippedaliophobia is the fear of long words. 3.) Fingernails grow 4x faster than the toenails. It also depends on the season; in the summer, nails grow faster than in winter.

RIDDLES RIDDLES 1.) What is black and white and read all over? *A newspaper 2.) The more you take, the more you leave behind. What are they? *Footprints 3.) What two keys can’t open any door? *A monkey and a donkey.

JOKES OF THE DAY Q:) What did one eye say to the other eye? A:) Don’t look now but something between us smells! Q:) What sound does a nut make when it sneezes? A:) CASHEWS!

Q:) Where do horses live? A:) In neigh-borhoods..

WEIRD WORLD RECORDS * The most frequently stolen book from public libraries, according to the Guinness World Records, is the book named Guinness World Records. ** The longest novel has 13,095 pages, over 30 volumes, and contains almost 2 million words.

AMAZING ANIMALS: PENGUINS 1.) Emperor Penguins are the tallest species, standing nearly 4 feet tall. The smallest is the Little Blue Penguin, which is only about 16 inches. 2.) Penguins black and white feathers help camouflage them from predators while swimming. From above, their black backs blend into the dark ocean water and, from below, their white bellies match the bright surface lit by sunlight. 3.) The earliest known penguin fossil was found in 61.6 million-year old Antarctic rock, evidence that they exsisted and outlived the mass extinction that killed the dinosaurs.

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KIDS MEWS # 9

FUN FACTS 1.) The human brain generates enough energy to power a light bulb. 2.) Hippopotomonstrosesquippedaliophobia is the fear of long words. 3.) Fingernails grow 4x faster than the toenails. It also depends on the season; in the summer, nails grow faster than in winter.

RIDDLES RIDDLES 1.) What is harder to catch the faster you run? * Your breath 2.) What has no eyes no legs or ears and I help move the earth? * A worm. 3.) What never asks questions but is often answered? * A doorbell.

JOKES OF THE DAY Q:) What kind of shoes do spies wear?

A:) Sneakers

Q:)What time does a tennis player get up? A:) Tennish

Q:) What is an astronauts favorite key on the keyboard? A:) The spacebar.

WEIRD WORLD RECORDS * 2012: Val Kolpakov of Alpharetta, Georgia, has been recognized for the largest collection of toothpaste tubes at 2,037. ** Sam Wakeling holds the current Guinness World Record for unicycle distance in 24 hours: 453.6km

AMAZING ANIMALS: LEOPARDS 1.) Leopard cubs are born blind and are completely dependant on their mothers. Their eyes begin to open after about ten or more days and for the first few months their eyes are bright blue. 2.) Leopards are great climbers and great swimmers. They are also fast runners and can run 36 miles per hour and can leap up to 20ft.! 3.) The color of a leopard’s fur coat often depends on the habitat in which they live. The pattern and color of each leopards coat o!ers them both protection and assistance in hunting. Arabian leopards are often deep golden matching their

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KIDS MEWS # 10

FUN FACTS

1.) You are born with 300 bones, by the time you are an adult you will have 206. 2.) A woodpecker can peck 20x a second! 3.)There is a hotel in Sweden built entirely out of ice; it is rebuilt every year.

RIDDLES RIDDLES 1.)What goes up when rain comes down? * An Umbrella 2.) What can run but can’t walk? *A drop of water. 3.) Name four days of the week that start with the letter “t”? * Tuesday, Thursday, today, and tomorrow.

JOKES OF THE DAY Q:) What color is a burp? A:) Burple

Q:) How do you help sick birds? A:) Tweetment

Q:) What’s a pirate’s favorite subject in school? A:) Arrrrrrrrrt!

WEIRD WORLD RECORDS * A Michael Jackson impersonator dances with more than 13,000 fans in celebration of the late singer's birthday. The event, held in Mexico, broke a Guinness World Record for being the largest "Thriller" dance. ** The world's oldest piece of chewing gum is over 9,000 years old!

AMAZING ANIMALS: THE HIPPOPOTAMUS 1.) Hippo’s are the 3rd largest land mammal they can be as long as 12 ft. and up to 5 ft. tall. They can weigh 3 ½ tonnes but survive on a vegetarian diet of mostly grass, eating up to 150 pounds of it in just one day! 2.) The word "hippopotamus" comes from the Greek word "river horse." Though their closest relatives are acutaly pigs, dolphins and whales. 3.) Hippos are a semi-aquatic animal meaning they spend a lot of the time in the water. They don’t have sweat glands so they spend a lot of time in the water to stay cool.

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KIDS MEWS # 11

FUN FACTS

1.) The Earth is 93 million miles away from the sun. 2.) It has been estimated that the number of actively spoken languages in the world today is about 6,000. 3.) The Earth is 93 million miles away from the sun.

RIDDLES RIDDLES 1.) What travels around the world but stays in one spot? * A stamp! 2.) What can you catch but not throw? *A cold 3.) What has one eye but cannot see? * A needle

JOKES OF THE DAY Q:) Why did the cow go in the spaceship? A:) It wanted to see the mooooooon! Q:) What do you call a fairy who doesn’t take a bath? A: Stinker Bell. Q:) What do you get when you cross a porcupine and a turtle? A:) A slowpoke

WEIRD WORLD RECORDS * The tallest man in this world was Robert Wadlow, a chinese man who was 7’1″ tall! **Charles Osborn set record without trying, hiccupping for a whooping 68 years with each hiccup lasting for 10 seconds.

AMAZING ANIMALS: WHALE SHARK 1.) Whale sharks are the biggest fish on our planet. They can be up to 46 feet long and can weigh up to 12 tons -24, 000 pounds, that is even bigger than a school bus! 2.) Whale sharks have about 3,000 tiny teeth (less than 6mm long) but they don’t use those teeth to eat. Whale sharks are filter feeders and sieve plankton through their gills for much of their nourishment. 3.) Whale sharks have pale yellow spots and stripes on their bluish skin. Each has its own unique pattern of spots and stripes, so you can tell an individual whale shark by looking at the arrangement of its spots and stripes.

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KIDS MEWS # 12

FUN FACTS

1.) A mole can dig a tunnel 300 feet long in just one night. 2.) When you see lightning, it is traveling at about 227 million mph. 3.) Peanuts are one of the ingredients in dynamite.

RIDDLES RIDDLES 1.) What goes all around cities but never goes inside? * Roads 2.) I’m full of keys, but I can’t open any door. What am I? * A piano 3.) What dies if you give it water? * Fire

JOKES OF THE DAY Q:) What do you get if you put a cow on a trampoline? A:) A milkshake Q:) What’s brown and sticky? A:) A stick Q:) Why did the chicken cross the playground? A:) To get to the other slide.

WEIRD WORLD RECORDS * Carlton Williams 50-year-old Welsh builder set a world record by completing an incredible 2,220 press-ups in an hour. **In 2003, Immaculate Baking Co. created a 40,000-pound chocolate-chip cookie measuring over 100 feet in diameter to capture the record for World's Biggest Cookie. The cookie was cut and sold, and 100% of the proceeds were donated to a good cause.

AMAZING ANIMALS: PORCUPINE 1.) The name porcupine means ‘one who rises up in anger’. These nocturnal species are di!cult to find in the daytime as spend most of it asleep. 2.) There are two main groups of porcupines: Old World porcupines which are mainly ground-dwelling animals and New World porcupines which have adapted and learned to climb trees. 3.) A porcupine has an estimated 30,000 quills covering their entire body, except for their face and tail.on its back to provide protection from predators.

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KIDS MEWS # 13  

FUN FACTS 1. To create Darth Vader’s Wheeze, a sound engineer breathed into a scuba

diving mask

2. Bloodhounds can follow a scent that is four days old

3. You can compete in an underwater mountain biking race in Whales

RIDDLY RIDDLES  Q: What never asks questions but is

often answered?

A: A doorbell.

Q: What has two legs but can’t walk?

A: A pair of pants.

Q: What gets wetter the more it dries?

A: A towel.

Q: I’m tall when I’m young and I’m

short when I’m old. What am I?

A: A candle.

JOKES OF THE DAY Q: What does a cloud wear under his

raincoat?

A: Thunderwear.

Q: Why can’t Cinderella play soccer?

A: Because she’s always running

away from the ball.

Q: What is a pirate’s favourite letter?

A: ARRRRRRRR.

Q: How does a train eat?

A: It goes chew chew.

 

WEIRD WORLD RECORDS The world’s largest pizza readily available to purchase by a pizza shop

measures 20 feet long and 3 feet wide is the “The Giant Sicilian” as Big

Mama’s and Papa’s PIzzeria, Los Angeles, California, USA

AMAZING ANIMALS: ARMADILLO  Armadillos are covered in bony plates that cover their entire body to create their

‘armour’. They are the only living mammal to wear such a shell. The plates

overlap each other for added protection.There are 20 different species of

armadillo, all of which live solely in Latin America with the exception of the

Nine-banded armadillo which has expanded into the USA. © Enchanted Little World 2018

KIDS MEWS #14  

FUN FACTS 1. Pirates wore earrings because they believed it improved their eyesight.

2. Most elephants weigh less than the tongue of a blue whale.

3. The world’s oldest piece of chewing gum is over 9,000 years old!

RIDDLY RIDDLES  Q: What has many rings, but no fingers?

A: A telephone

Q: What starts with a P, ends with an

E and has thousands of letters?

A: The Word “Post Office”

Q: Why did the boy bury his flashlight?

A: Because the batteries died!

Q: What has to be broken before you

can use it?

A: An egg

JOKES OF THE DAY Q: What do you call a fairy that has

not taken a bath?

A: Stinkerbell

Q: What can make an octopus laugh?

A: Ten tickles.

Q: Where do cows go for their

holidays?

A: Moo York.

Q: Why can’t you play basketball with

pigs?

A: Because the hog the ball

 

WEIRD WORLD RECORDS Maryland teenager Lucas Etter holds the Guinness Book of World records for

“fastest time solving a Rubik’s cube/” The 14-year-old solved the puzzle cube in

just 4.904 seconds!

AMAZING ANIMALS: MOOSE Moose are the largest members of the deer family, weighing as much as 1200

pounds; they can grow to be 5 to 6.5 feet from hooves to shoulders.Moose are

browsers and will casually devour 73 pounds a day in the summer and 34

pounds in the winter. During winter Moose shed their “paddles’ antlers every

winter and grow new ones the following spring.  © Enchanted Little World 2018

KIDS MEWS # 15

  FUN FACTS 

1. There's an island in Japan you can visit that's inhabited only by friendly bunnies. 2. The British royal family isn't allowed to play Monopoly.

3. It's illegal to own just one guinea pig in Switzerland because they get lonely.

RIDDLY RIDDLES  Q:What has a face and two hands, but no arms or legs? A: A Clock Q: I’m full of keys but I can’t open any door. What am I? A: A Piano Q: What belongs to you but is used more by others? A: Your Name Q:Lives in winter, dies in summer, and grows with its roots upward.What is it? A: An Icicle

JOKES OF THE DAY Q: Why did they quit giving tests at the zoo? A: Because it was full of cheetahs Q: What do you get when you cross an elephant and a potato? A: Mashed Potatoes Q: How do you get a tissue to dance? A: You put a little boogie in it Q: What has four wheel and flies? A: A Garbage Truck 

WEIRD WORLD RECORDS Samantha Valle's two rescue dogs, Feather and Geronimo, hold Guinness World

Titles for their skills. Feather, a greyhound holds the record for highest dog jump at 6.2 feet, while Geronimo,a border collie holds the title for the most double dutch-style

skips in one minute.

AMAZING ANIMALS: HORSES Did you know horses have the unique ability to sleep both lying down and standing

up? Or that horses have bigger eyes than any other mammal that lives on land. Their eyes are on the side of their head they are capable of seeing nearly 360 degrees at

one time. © Enchanted Little World 2018