Children's Site of Facts : Page 2

How long is Giraffe’s tongue?

Where do budgerigars live in the wild?

Who was the man in the Iron Mask?

Who created Sherlock Holmes?

Who was the French Forest Ranger famous for his fables?

Who gave four white feathers to Harry Faversham?

Which poet Laureate was said to have worked himself to death?

Who – when asked by a customs officer “what have you to declare?” replied “Only my Genius”?

Who wrote the two baffling mystery novels, The Woman in White and The Moonstone?

What were the real names of the three musketeers?

First Impressions was the title Jane Austen gave to her first book but under what title was it published?

What was the only book for which Jonathan Swift, who wrote scores of books, was paid?

Who wrote the famous fairy story Cinderella?

Which notorious duelist was also an author and playwright?

When was The Arabian Nights Entertainment first written?

Who was the first American Author to Achieve International Fame?

Who was the Army Nurse who won fame by writing books for girls?

Why do some children need a brace on their teeth?

Why do wounds turn into scars?

Why does smoke seem to come out of mouths in cold weather?

Why do we grow, without really noticing?

How many sets of teeth do we grow?

How do we hear?

What causes different skin colors?

Why do muscles ache after exercise?

Where is the Tower of London?

What is Big Ben?

Where is the Taj Mahal?

Who invented the cigarette?

Who invented the Thermometer?

Who invented the first Thermos Flask?

Who invented printing?

Who invented Video-recorder?

Who invented toothpaste tube?

Who invented Television?

Who invented potato crisp?

Who invented Laser?