Answers to Questions Kids Ask! - Where "Why?" Turns to "Wow!"
Born on this day
August 25, 20101918 - Leonard Bernstein
1917 - Mel Ferrer
1930 - Sir Sean Connery
1938 - Frederick Forsyth
1942 - Howard Jacobson
1947 - Ann Archer
1949 - Martin Amis
1954 - Elvis Costello
1956 - Matt Aitken
1961 - Billy Ray Cyrus
1970 - Claudia Schiffer
I’m told that one of the secret ingredients in toothpaste is a small amount of one particular chemical that helps clean your teeth. Know what it does? For a short period of time after brushing your teeth, it keeps the taste buds in your mouth from sensing any sweet taste. For some reason, the chemical doesn’t turn off bitter or sour tastes just sweet. So your taste buds sense only a portion of the variety of tastes that make orange juice so delicious. The good news is that it doesn’t take long for the chemical’s effect to disappear — and then o.j. tastes deliciously sweet and satisfying all over again!
Link to this question!
Why does lemon juice prevent cut apples from turning brown and vinegar doesn’t?
Cut apples turn brown because of a reaction called oxidation. Oxygen in the air reacts with a natural substance in apples called phenolase and turns the cut surface brown. Mild…
Why does the skin of a banana turn brown when I leave it outside?
Bananas turn brown when left outside after a while because certain chemicals in the fruit react with the oxygen in the air by destroying cells, creating that icky brown color….
What is puke?
Puke is a lot of things. You may have heard these words to describe it: vomit, throw up, upchuck, gut soup, ralphing, and barf. Whatever you call it, it’s the…
Can you drink sea water?
Water from the sea is too salty to drink. Although your body needs salt, it is possible to have too much of it. See, your body is made of cells…
Where did the phrase “By the Skin of Your Teeth” come from?
If you pass a test by just a few points or your team barely wins the soccer game, people might say you did so by the skin of your teeth….