Hawaii is a U.S. state of the United States. It is the last state which joined the United States. Hawaii became a state on August 21, 1959. It is the only state made only of islands. Hawaii is also the name of the largest island. The capital and largest city of Hawaii is Honolulu on the island named Oahu. Read more »

Bears are a group of large mammals. They form the family Ursidae, in the suborder Caniformia  of the order Carnivora. There are 9 living bear species.Bears usually have a big body with short and thick legs. They only have a very short tail. They have small eyes and round ears. They usually have longer, shaggy fur. Read more »

Snail is a common name for almost all members of the molluscan  class Gastropoda that have coiled shells in the adult stage. When the word is used in a general sense, it includes sea snails, land snails and freshwater snails.Snails can be found in a wide range of environments including ditches, deserts, and the abyssal depths of the sea. Read more »

Mother’s Day is an annual holiday that recognizes mothers, motherhood and maternal bonds in general, as well the positive contributions that they make to society. In the United States, it is celebrated on the second Sunday in May.

Father’s Day is a corresponding holiday honoring fathers. It was thought up in 1910 by Sonora Smart Dodd, after listening to one of the early Mother’s Day sermons. Read more »

A napkin holder is a device used to hold napkins. A napkin holder can be made from virtually any solid material and is built so that the napkins do not slip from its hold, either by way of sandwiching them between two surfaces, or simply enclosing them on their sides in a horizontal design. Read more »

A caterpillar is a young butterfly  or moth  that has just hatched out of its egg. A caterpillar is a kind of larva. When it is older, the caterpillar will turn into a pupa (also known as a chrysalis), and then later the pupa will turn into a butterfly.

Caterpillars usually have three pairs of small, but noticeable, true legs at the front and up to 5 pairs of fleshy false legs at the back.

Caterpillars are commonly found feeding on leaves, but they are also found inside living stems and branches or on the roots of plants and dead wood. Read more »

Zebras are African equids best known for their distinctive white and black stripes. Their stripes come in different patterns unique to each individual. They are generally social animals and can be seen in small harems to large herds. In addition to their stripes, zebras have erect, mohawk-like manes. Unlike their closest relatives, horses  and asses, zebras have never been truly domesticated. Read more »

The sun is so bright that it can hurt to look at it and can damage your eyesight, so never stare at the sun and never use binoculars  or a telescope to look at it. The Sun makes light, heat and the solar wind. Solar wind moves past the earth outside our atmosphere. It is made of plasma  and small particles that fly away from the sun all the way as far as Neptune. The sun is the main source of energy  for life on Earth. It is no wonder that for ancient  peoples the sun was an object of worship. Read more »

Apple is a somewhat round fruit. It usually has a red, yellow, or green skin. It also has a firm, edible outer part surrounding a core with small seeds. The apple is the most widely grown fruit. The fruit is found on the branch of an apple tree.

People first grew apple trees in Central Asia. Apples are now grown in most of the cooler parts of the world. Read more »

Modern wire rope was invented by the German mining  engineer Wilhelm Albert  in the years between 1831 and 1834 for use in mining in the Harz Mountains in Clausthal, Lower Saxony, Germany. It was quickly accepted because it proved superior to ropes made of hemp or to metal chains, such as had been used before.

Wilhelm Albert’s first ropes consisted of wires twisted about a hemp rope core, six such strands then being twisted around another hemp rope core in alternating directions for extra stability. Earlier forms of wire rope had been made by covering a bundle of wires with hemp. Read more »