7th A knowledge bank

HOGWAR
TS SCHOOL OF
WITCHCRAFT AND
WIZARDARY

We cordially
invite you all to our
special school to which
you have to pass a few
tasks we give. If you
pass those tasks, you
will be sorted into your
respective houses and
will be considered as a
wizard or witch.
So get ready for our
impossible tasks to

It is hard to grasp just how small the

atoms that make up your body are until
you take a look at the sheer number of
them. An adult is made up of around
7,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000
(7 octillion) atoms.
Istanbul was a vending machine that
dispenses food and water to the citys
massive population of in exchange for
recycled plastic bottles.
Scientists have discovered the ancient
lost continent mauritia that sunk beneath
the Indian ocean nearly 85 billion years
ago.
Greek name for the mosquito is
Anopheles which in translated an good
for nothing.
Theres an island in the pacific where
many of the residents are completely
color blind, only able to perceive black
and white colors. However, they often
take a psychedelic drug which allows
them to perceive colored hallucinations.
Bruce Lee left Hong Kong for Seattle in
1958 with nothing but $100 in his pocket.
He gave cha-cha lessons to first-class
passengers to earn extra money during
the ship ride to US.

make it possible.
The school will be
starting on 10/9/2014,
Wednesday.
BySharvani, Poorvi the
Harry Potter fans

When New York City Hall was renovated in

1903, a secret stairwell was discovered, said
to be used by aldermen to escape the
building when angry constituents were
waiting for them outside.
Ostracod, a shrimp-like organism about
1mm in size that some fish accidentally eat
while hunting for plankton. When eaten by a
translucent cardinalfish, the ostracod
immediately releases a bioluminescent
chemical in an attempt to illuminate the fish

from the inside, making it immediately

identifiable to predators. Not wanting to be
eaten, the cardinalfish immediately spits out
the ostracod, resulting in little underwater
fish fireworks.

Aliens in India!!
CHARAMA (Chhattisgarh): Chhattisgarh state
department of archaeology and culture
plans to seek help from Nasa and Isro for
research on 10,000-year-old rock paintings
depicting aliens and UFOs in Charama
region in Kanker district in tribal Bastar
region.
According to archaeologist JR Bhagat, these
paintings have depicted aliens like those
shown in Hollywood and Bollywood flicks.
Located about 130km from Raipur, the
caves come under village Chandeli and
Gotitola.
"The findings suggest that humans in
prehistoric times may have seen or
imagined beings from other planets which
still create curiosity among people and
researchers. Extensive research is needed
for further findings. Chhattisgarh presently
doesn't have any such expert who could
give clarity on the subject," Bhagat told TOI.