A dog had been sitting there for a long time. He was very hungry. He looked at the window in a butcher’s shop hoping for something to be thrown to him. But none of the passersby had thrown any food to him. He looked longingly at the shop. The butcher had been watching him for […]
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A grasshopper was a merry fellow. He loved to play in the fields and around the lush green trees. The sweet fragrance of flowers filled his heart with joy. He spent the bright sunny days singing and dancing. And when some of the butterflies and the bees and the swallows sat down to watch him,
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Kevin Systrom, an American entrepreneur and co-founder of Instagram, was born to Diane and Douglas Systrom on 30th December, 1983, in Holliston, Massachusetts. His mother was a marketing executive at Zipcar and his father was the VicePresident of Human Resources at TJX Companies. Kevin’s formal schooling started at the Middlesex School in Concord, Massachusetts. During
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Jack Ma, the founder of Alibaba Group, was born Ma Yun on September 10, 1964, in Hangzhou, Zhejiang province, China. His father, Ma Laifa, and his mother, Cui Wencai, were musical storytellers. He has an older brother and a younger sister. He belonged to a middle-class family. Since childhood, Jack was keen to learn English
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Madame Marie Curie was born with the name Maria Sklodowska in Warsaw, on 7 November 1867. Her nickname was Manya, and was the youngest of the five siblings. She grew up in Poland in 1800’s, during the time when the country was dominated by Russian leaders. Her mother was a school teacher, and Maria’s dad
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James Watt was born on January 30, 1736 in Greenock, Scotland, UK. His mother gave him lessons in reading, and taught him how to draw with a pencil and chalk. His father drilled him in arithmetic and encouraged him to use tools. When James began to go to school, he did not do well due
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Thomas Alva Edison was a great inventor. He was born in Milan, Ohio, on February 11, 1847. He was the youngest of seven children. His middle name was Alva. His family called him ‘Al’. Edison’s family moved to Port Huron, Michigan, when he was a child. He spent most of his childhood there. Young Edison
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Isaac Newton was born on 4th January, 1643 in the county of Lincolnshire, England. His father’s name was also Isaac Newton! His father had died three months before he was born. Newton was tiny and very weak at birth. His mother said that he could fit into a quart size mug, which is about the
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Born in Pisa, Italy on 15th February, 1564, Galileo grew up with his six brothers and sisters during the Italian Renaissance. His father, Vincenzo Galilei, was a musician, and hence Galileo too was fond of music, sounds and rhythms. Galileo began his education at 10, when he moved to Florence along with his family. He
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