Answers to Questions Kids Ask! - Where "Why?" Turns to "Wow!"
Born on this day
September 19, 20111911 - William Golding
1931 - Brook Benton
1934 - Brian Epstein
1928 - Pete Murray
1933 - David McCallum
1940 - Zandra Rhodes
1940 - Bill Medley
1945 - Kate Adie
1946 - Michael Elphick
1948 - Jeremy Irons
1949 - Twiggy
1963 - David Seaman
1931 - Brook Benton
1934 - Brian Epstein
1928 - Pete Murray
1933 - David McCallum
1940 - Zandra Rhodes
1940 - Bill Medley
1945 - Kate Adie
1946 - Michael Elphick
1948 - Jeremy Irons
1949 - Twiggy
1963 - David Seaman
All Questions
Animals
- Why do dolphins make so many sounds?
- What is the difference between dolphins and porpoises?
- How many times a minute does a bee flap its wings?
- Do animals every help each other?
- Why do bees make honey?
- Do ants sleep?
- How is it that every animal is different?
- Why do dogs like it when we pet them?
- Do cats really have nine lives?
- Why don't house cats roar like lions do?
- Do cats always land on their feet?
- Why do cats cough up hair balls?
- Why do mosquito bites itch?
- Do ants have skeletons?
- My dog gets ticks every once in a while. Can people get ticks too?
- Why don't spiders get caught in their own webs?
- Are worms animals?
- Why are hummingbird feeders red?
- Why don't birds get shocked when they sit on high voltage lines?
- Why don't we ever see baby pigeons?
- Why do penguins have wings? Can they fly?
- What is the smallest bird in the world?
- Why do birds fly?
- What's the fastest bird in the world?
- Where do worms go in the winter?
- Do flying fish really fly?
- Do vampire bats really drink blood?
- What is the fastest swimming fish?
- Do fish breathe water?
- What is the fastest land animal?
- What do Frogs eat?
- What's the difference between a Turtle and a Tortoise?
- What's the fastest animal on Earth?
- What is the slowest animal on Earth?
Animals » Birds
- Why are hummingbird feeders red?
- Why don't birds get shocked when they sit on high voltage lines?
- Why don't we ever see baby pigeons?
- Why do penguins have wings? Can they fly?
- What is the smallest bird in the world?
- Why do birds fly?
- What's the fastest bird in the world?
Animals » Bugs & Insects
- How many times a minute does a bee flap its wings?
- Why do bees make honey?
- Do ants sleep?
- Why do mosquito bites itch?
- Do ants have skeletons?
- My dog gets ticks every once in a while. Can people get ticks too?
- Why don't spiders get caught in their own webs?
Animals » Cats & Dogs
- Why do dogs like it when we pet them?
- Do cats really have nine lives?
- Why don't house cats roar like lions do?
- Do cats always land on their feet?
- Why do cats cough up hair balls?
Art
Food
- Does warm milk really make you sleepy and if so, why?
- Why does an egg have a yolk?
- Why does the inside of my mouth feel colder after I eat minty candies like peppermint Lifesavers?
- Why is white chocolate white?
- Why does an egg soften in vinegar?
- Why doesn't chewing gum stick to your teeth?
- Why is a banana a fruit? Where are the seeds?
- Why when I drink orange juice after brushing my teeth, does it tastes yucky?
- Why do I get sleepy after Thanksgiving dinner?
- Why are eggs egg-shaped?
- What is the difference between a vegetable and a fruit?
- Why does cutting onions make you cry?
- Why does the skin of a banana turn brown when I leave it outside?
- Does gum really take 7 years to digest in your stomach?
- What is Jello made of?
- Why does lemon juice prevent cut apples from turning brown and vinegar doesn’t?
History
Math
- What's a googol?
- What is infinity?
- How Big is Infinity?
- Why can’t you divide by 0?
- What is a perfect number?
- What's the largest number?
- How can you tell whether a number is divisible by another number (leaving no remainder) without actually doing the division?
- What is pi?
Myths & Legends
Outer Space
- Why is our galaxy called “The Milky Way Galaxy”?
- How may galaxies and stars are there in this Universe?
- Is our galaxy traveling through space, or are we just spinning around the sun?
- How many solar systems are there in the universe?
- How do planets stay up in the sky?
- Why does the moon shine?
- What is a "Blue Moon"?
- How far is the closest Black Hole from Earth?
- Why do we see the same side of the moon all the time?
- Why is space black and the sky is blue?
- Why do people think the moon is made of cheese?
- What would happen if a comet hit our earth?
- Why is there no gravity in space?
People & Culture
- What does the term “two bits” mean and where does it come from?
- Where does the phrase, “Close, but no cigar” originate from?
- What is the job of a social worker?
- Who was Helen Keller?
- What is the Doubleganger theroy?
- Who created the globe?
- Why don't they use the 13th floor on skyscaper buildings?
- What is the American Dream?
- Is there really a One Million Dollar bill?
- Was the Underground Railroad a real railroad?
- Why are there different money systems in the different countries?
- What is Buddhism?
- When was the first-ever movie made?
- What do the colors red, white, and blue symbolize in the American flag?
- Where did the phrase “Kick the bucket” come from?
- Where did the phrase “Nothing to sneeze at” come from?
- Who created the alphabet?
- Where did the term “Red Tape” come from?
- Why are some words considered "bad"?
- Where did the phrase “Bleeding Heart” come from?
- Where did the phrase “By the Skin of Your Teeth” come from?
People & Culture » Language & Phrases
- What does the term “two bits” mean and where does it come from?
- Where does the phrase, “Close, but no cigar” originate from?
- Where did the phrase “Kick the bucket” come from?
- Where did the phrase “Nothing to sneeze at” come from?
- Who created the alphabet?
- Where did the term “Red Tape” come from?
- Why are some words considered "bad"?
- Where did the phrase “Bleeding Heart” come from?
- Where did the phrase “By the Skin of Your Teeth” come from?
Places
- What is the largest city in the world?
- What is the biggest hotel in the world?
- What is the longest structure ever built?
- How old is the Grand Canyon?
- What is a suburb?
- What is the highest waterfall in the world?
- How long and deep is the Grand Canyon?
- How many countries are there in the world?
- What are the 7 wonders of the world?
- What is the Bermuda Triangle?
- Why was the Eiffel Tower built?
Science
- What is a light year and how long is it?
- What happens when you put cold liquids in hot water?
- How do they make bulletproof glass bulletproof?
- How come water has no taste or color?
- What is osmosis?
- At what tempature does water boil?
- At what tempature does water freeze?
- What is glass, how is it made?
- Why doesn't alcohol freeze?
- What is Air made out of?
- How come when you mix vinger with baking soda it explodes?
Sports
- Where did the first roller coaster originate?
- Why are there dimples on a golf ball?
- What is the sweet spot of a baseball bat?
- Why is the sport of football also called soccer?
- When was the yo-yo invented?
- How does a hot air balloon work?
- Who invented baseball?
- Who invented the Frisbee?
- When was American football invented?
- What is a basketball made of?
- What is a football made out of? Are they really made of pigskins?
- What do the Olympic rings mean?
Technology
- What does "FTP" stand for?
- Who invented the Internet?
- How many kilobytes in a megabyte and how many megabytes are in a gigabyte?
The Earth
- Why is the Earth round?
- Why in some places, like the desert, is it very hot in the day and very cold at night?
- Why do you see the lightning before you hear the thunder?
- How does hail form?
- How is snow made?
- What is a "sea" compared to an "ocean"?
- Why is the ocean blue?
- Why is the ocean salty?
- Why do seashells sound like the ocean when you hold them next to your ear?
- How can plants deep in the ocean grow without sunlight?
- Why is the ocean salty but rivers aren't?
- How many oceans are there in the world?
- Can you drink sea water?
- What's the deepest ocean in the world?
- Why is the sky blue?
- Does water in the bathtub really “whirl” in one direction in the Southern hemisphere and the opposite direction in the Northern hemisphere?
- Why don't you feel upside down in the southern hemisphere?
- How large is the world in centimeters?
- Where can you find snow at the equator?
- Why is it that Earth is the only planet humans can live on without special equipment?
- What would happen if the earth didn’t have gravity?
- Why does quicksand make you sink?
- How many people are there in the world?
- What is Depletion of the Ozone layer?
The Earth » The Ocean
- What is a "sea" compared to an "ocean"?
- Why is the ocean blue?
- Why is the ocean salty?
- Why do seashells sound like the ocean when you hold them next to your ear?
- How can plants deep in the ocean grow without sunlight?
- Why is the ocean salty but rivers aren't?
- How many oceans are there in the world?
- Can you drink sea water?
- What's the deepest ocean in the world?
The Earth » The Weather
- Why in some places, like the desert, is it very hot in the day and very cold at night?
- Why do you see the lightning before you hear the thunder?
- How does hail form?
- How is snow made?
The Human Body
- Where does blood come from?
- How do fingernails grow?
- What is earwax and how does it form?
- How many bones in the human body?
- Why do we need to breathe air to live?
- Why Do I Burp?
- What is a fart and why do we do it?
- Is picking your nose really bad for you?
- How does your body make you throw up?
- What is a bruise?
- What is a birthmark?
- What are freckles?
- How come we have hair on our bodies?
- Can you get sunburned if it's cloudy outside?
- Why do you get goosebumps on your body but not on your face?
- Why do people blush when they're embarrassed?
- How can poison ivy make me itch so much?
- What makes people have different skin colors?
- What's an Adam's Apple?
- Why whenever I eat ice cream too quickly, do I get a slight headache?
- Why Do I Have a Belly Button?
- What's a Funny Bone?
- What are butterflies in your stomach?
- What causes hiccups?
- If you are color-blind does that mean you see things in black and white like those old movies on TV?
- Why do people need to sleep?
- Is it ever possible to drink too much water?
- Why can't humans eat grass?
- Why do I get a stitch in my side when I run?
- Can two brown-eyed parents can have a blue-eyed child?
- Do your eyes grow like the rest of your body?
- Why does my body jerk before I fall asleep?
- Why do we have toes on our feet?
- Why doesn't it hurt when you cut your finger nails?
- Do identical twins have the same finger prints?
- Why do my fingers, toes, and ears get cold first on a winter day?
- What makes your hands prune up when soaked in water?
- What are fingernails and toenails made of?
- Why do we die?
- What causes wrinkles?
- Why does your hair turn gray when you get older?
- What is cancer?
- Is cigarette smoking more harmful to kids than adults?
- What is motion sickness?
- What's the difference between the flu and a common cold?
The Human Body » Gross Stuff
- What is earwax and how does it form?
- Why Do I Burp?
- What is a fart and why do we do it?
- Is picking your nose really bad for you?
- How does your body make you throw up?
The Human Body » Growing Up
The Human Body » Hands & Feet
- How do fingernails grow?
- Why do we have toes on our feet?
- Why doesn't it hurt when you cut your finger nails?
- Do identical twins have the same finger prints?
- Why do my fingers, toes, and ears get cold first on a winter day?
- What makes your hands prune up when soaked in water?
- What are fingernails and toenails made of?
The Human Body » Your Health
- What is cancer?
- Is cigarette smoking more harmful to kids than adults?
- What is motion sickness?
- What's the difference between the flu and a common cold?
The Human Body » Your Skin
- What is a bruise?
- What is a birthmark?
- What are freckles?
- How come we have hair on our bodies?
- Can you get sunburned if it's cloudy outside?
- Why do you get goosebumps on your body but not on your face?
- Why do people blush when they're embarrassed?
- How can poison ivy make me itch so much?
- What makes people have different skin colors?
Time & Dates
- Why do we have daylight savings time?
- What is Memorial Day?
- Why do we carve pumkins on Halloween?
- Why does Santa wear red?
- How does a holiday become a holiday?
- What happened on the Fourth of July?
- What are some New Year's traditions?
- When was the first New Year celebrated?
- Why do people put up Christmas trees at Christmas?
- Why do people color Easter eggs?
- Why do Americans celebrate Thanksgiving?
- Why is Thanksgiving celebrated when it is?
- How was Valentine's Day invented?
- How did Halloween start?
- How common are Friday the 13ths?
- What day of the week will it be, a year from today?
- What years are leap years?
- Why does February Only Have 28 Days?
Time & Dates » Holidays
- What is Memorial Day?
- Why do we carve pumkins on Halloween?
- Why does Santa wear red?
- How does a holiday become a holiday?
- What happened on the Fourth of July?
- What are some New Year's traditions?
- When was the first New Year celebrated?
- Why do people put up Christmas trees at Christmas?
- Why do people color Easter eggs?
- Why do Americans celebrate Thanksgiving?
- Why is Thanksgiving celebrated when it is?
- How was Valentine's Day invented?
- How did Halloween start?