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1. The Brain is the part of the body's nervous System. The Brain,spinal cord and nerves makes up our nervous system. 2. We use our brain 100%. Almost every part of the brain in active at some time. Only thing,we may not use our whole brain all at once,but we do use them fully. 3.Our  brain creates connections or pathways between 100 billion of microscopic cells called Neurons.They  are nerve cells that carry messages back and forth between our brain and body. "When you sit in the same position for 15-30 minutes,may lost feeling in the feet with heavy foot unable to stand and pain".This is because nerves run through all your body and temporarily squash your nerves in that area.So the nerves in that area can't send messages back to the brain normally,and you feel a pain.Again when you stand up,the nerves are not compressed,pain last for seconds and your foot will comes to normal. 4.The brain stem is located at the base of the brain,connecting to the spinal cord

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2013 List of Holidays in United States,United Kingdom and India Holidays in United States 2013 Jan 1 New Year's Day Jan 21 Martin Luther King Day Feb 14 Valentine's Day Feb 18 Presidents' Day Mar 31 Easter Sunday May 12 Mother's Day May 27 Memorial Day Jun 16 Father's Day Jul 4 Independence Day Sep 2 Labor Day Oct 14 Columbus Day (Most regions) Oct 31 Halloween Nov 11 Veterans Day Nov 28 Thanksgiving Day Dec 24 Christmas Eve Dec 25 Christmas Day Dec 31 New Year's Eve Holidays in India 2013 1 Jan New Year's Day 13 Jan Makar Sankranti 14 Jan Pongal 18 Jan Guru Govind Singh Jayanti 25 Jan Milad un-Nabi/Id-e-Milad 26 Jan Republic Day 15 Feb Vasant Panchami 19 Feb Shivaji Jayanti 23 Feb Maharishi Dayanand Saraswati Jayanti 25 Feb Guru Ravidas Jayanti 10 Mar Maha Shivaratri/Shivaratri 26 Mar Dolyatra 27 Mar Holi 29 Mar Good Friday 31 Mar Easter Day 11 Apr Chaitra Sukhladi 13 Apr Vaisakhi 14

Rock is a naturally occurring solid aggregate of one or more minerals or mineraloids. For example, the common rock, granite, is a combination of the quartz, feldspar and biotite minerals. The Earth's outer solid layer, the lithosphere, is made of rock.The scientific study of rocks is called petrology. 10 cool facts about rocks 1.The three types of rock found on the earth are sedimentary,Igneous and metamorphic rocks. 2.Molten rock below the earth's surface is called magma. When molten rock is expelled from a volcano,it's called Lava. 3.The earth's surface is made up of massive slabs of rock known as plates.The scientist called it as tectonic plates. When the plates move and collide,they can form mountain ranges and even cause earthquakes . 4.Generally we have a thought that rocks are hard.But it is not true. Most rocks are hard but not all of them .Some rocks such as those made up of the mineral calcite,are soft enough to scratch with your fingernail.

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Quick facts about Elephants *An elephant's trunk is actually an extended nose and upper lip.An adult African elephant's trunk is about two meters long. *Elephants uses trunks for smelling,touching,grasping,collect food and water,breathing,and even hurl objects. *Elephants can suck 7.5 liters of water into its trunk at a time. *Elephants will use their trunk to make loud trumpeting noise, in case,if it is threatened and give warnings to other elephants. * Elephants are fond of water and enjoy showering by sucking water into their trunks and spraying it all over themselves. Afterwards, they often spray their skin with a protective coating of dust. *The trunk contains an estimated 100,000 muscles and tendons in the trunk, giving it extreme flexibility and strength. *Asian elephants have one finger—like projection at the tip of the trunk and African elephants have two. These finger—like projections are used for grasping small and delicate objects. *

Tiger is the most ferocious, popular and charismatic megafauna in the world .The magnificent tiger is one of the most powerful predators in the world.   T9UG9UXHDYUW *Tigers are the largest members of the cat family. *The scientific name for the tiger is Panthera tigris. *There are five subspecies of tiger: Bengal, South China, Indochinese, Sumatran, and Siberian.Since the 1950s three subspecies of  tiger—Caspian, Bali, and Javan—are extinct.The five remaining species are also endangered due to poaching.They have been pushed to the edge of existence through hunting and habitat loss. *It weighs up to 363 kilograms, stretches 6 feet long, and has a 3-foot- (1-meter-) long tail. *A tiger retracts its claws as it walks, leaving no claw marks in its tracks. *A tiger's mighty roar can be heard as far as two miles (three kilometers) away. *Tigers are good swimmers and can swim upto 6 kilometres. *Tigers are carnivorous and they hunts for prey primarily by sight and sound.