National Geographic Kids magazine - the perfect balance between learning and fun! A must-have for children ages 6 and up. Each issue is packed with colorful photos, games, puzzles, fun features and facts about animals, science, technology, and more.
Many astronauts crave TABASCO SAUCE in space. The atlas moth scares predators by flapping its wings, which look like cobra heads. CAN YOU DIG IT? An AARDVARK can dig faster than several people with shovels. YOUR SKIN SHEDS AND REGROWS ABOUT ONCE A MONTH. THE AVERAGE STRAWBERRY HAS 200 SEEDS. 56 million years ago, HORSES were the size of HOUSE CATS. Some artists paint portraits on baked tortillas. SPIDER SILK has been used to make VIOLIN STRINGS.…
DON’T TRY THIS AT HOME! SPEEDY STROLLER Quick! Catch that … stroller? Colin Furze holds the record for fastest stroller, whizzing down a street at nearly 55 miles an hour. Furze, who added a motorcycle engine to a store-bought stroller, also built a steel platform for the driver to stand on. It even has a cup holder! Hope he doesn’t spill any baby bottles when he speeds up. “GO FETCH” IS SO LAST YEAR. DOG CROSSES TIGHTROPE This dog might be headed for America’s Got Talent. Ozzy the border collie mix crossed an 11-foot-5-inch-long rope in 18.2 seconds, the fastest time for a dog. Owner Nick Johnson first taught Ozzy to balance on a pile of books before mastering the 2.5-foot-high tightrope. The canine’s other tightrope tricks include balancing a hoop on his…
Some ATMS in ASIA and EUROPE scan VEIN PATTERNS in your finger to ID your account. Made of aluminum, Japan’s 1-yen coin is so light that it can float on water. ”WAFFLE COINS” are messed-up coins that the U.S. Mint CANCELS by imprinting a WAFFLE PATTERN onto their surface. STACKS OF MONEY in movies often have one FAKE BILL on top, one on the bottom, and BLANK SHEETS of paper in between. NIGERIA’S 100-naira bill has images of COWRIE SHELLS and metal bracelets, some of the country’s OLDEST forms of currency. Archaeologists have dug up 4th-century clay molds used by Roman coin counterfeiters. U.S. “PAPER” CURRENCY isn’t made out of paper. It’s 75 PERCENT COTTON and 25 PERCENT LINEN. In 1644, Sweden issued a plate-size coin that weighed 44 pounds.…
1 According to legend, wild horses roaming a beach shared by Maryland and Virginia descend from survivors of a 17th-century shipwreck. 2 At Hot Water Beach in New Zealand, underground volcanic water creates natural hot springs during low tide. 3 Tourists at a Hawaiian beach discovered rock carvings more than 400 years old. 4 A beach in California is made up of multicolored pieces of sea glass that formed over the past 100 years from a nearby trash site. 5 A man once surfed an 80-foot-tall wave—that’s about as high as an 8-story building. 6 People swim at the same speed in both water and syrup.…
HEIGHT 456 FEET THAT’S AS TALL AS A 45-STORY BUILDING! RACING ROLLER COASTER Get ready for a supercharged ride! Kingda Ka at Six Flags Great Adventure in New Jersey is not only the world’s tallest roller coaster—it’s the world’s second fastest, too! Hang on tight and check out these heart-pumping facts about the ride. DROP 418 FEET PEAK 129-FOOT-TALL CAMEL HUMP SPEED 128 MILES AN HOUR HAVE A NEED FOR SPEED? RIDERS REACH TOP SPEED IN JUST 3.5 SECONDS! RIDE DURATION 50.6 SECONDS CLIMB ANGLE 90° LENGTH 3,118 FEET…
IF I WERE PRESIDENT? FREE CHEW TOYS FOR EVERYONE! Presidential Pups Washington, D.C. On his sixth day serving as president, Joe Biden was signing an important executive order in the Oval Office (the president’s official office in the White House). As he stood up from his desk, reporters heard two things: Biden saying, “Thank you,” and dogs barking nearby! Champ and Major the German shepherds moved into the White House with the president and First Lady Jill Biden in January. But this isn’t Champ’s first time living as a power pooch: Adopted from a breeder as a puppy, he lived with the couple while Biden served as President Barack Obama’s vice president from 2009 to 2017. But it’s all brand-new for two-year-old Major. In 2018, the Bidens adopted him from an animal…
