Mother kept a large bowl of fruit on the buffet in the dining room of our home. Depending on the season, the bowl held mangoes or sweet limes, pomegranates or guavas, papayas or apples, as well as bananas, and oranges. In short, the bowl held everything monkeys like, except peanuts.

One morning Mother came walking in from the back garden, through the veranda and past the kitchen. She had just picked roses and thought they would look nice in a vase placed beside the fruit bowl. But when she walked into the dining room, there it was! Sitting right next to the bowl and helping herself to its contents was a mother monkey.

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Before the late 1800s the construction of tall buildings wasn’t very practical. Early building materials such as clay and stone were heavy. To support the weight of high walls, the base of a building had to be thick and wide, restricting usable space in the lower part of the structure. Too many windows made the walls weak, so tall buildings were often dark inside. With stairs providing the only way up, reaching the top of a tall structure meant climbing a seemingly endless flight of steps.

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Imagine climbing a 1,700-foot cliff, walking more than 300 miles, or riding a bike for 24 hours nonstop. Now, try to imagine a six-inch robot tackling all those challenges.

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When Aaron Fotheringham was eight, he watched his older brother rocket a bike down the ramp at a local skate park. With his brother’s support, he tried the ramp in his wheelchair. At first he crashed, but despite bumps, bruises, and a few broken wheelchairs, Aaron kept trying. With a helmet always firmly in place, he sometimes spent 30 hours a week mastering new tricks. Over time he tried more-challenging jumps and flips. He grew to love the sport he calls “hard-core sitting.”

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Christmas Island is an Australian territory in the Indian Ocean. The island is actually a plateau at the top of a mountain that is mostly underwater. Only 1500 or so people lived on the island as of 2010. But Christmas Island is a special place. It is home to the red crabs.

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Meteorites are important to NASA because they can tell us more about what is in space. Some were blasted off the surface of Mars long ago by asteroids¹. They have given us clues about the red planet. Even older meteorites hold clues about the birth of the solar system.

1 - asteroids: a small rocky body orbiting the sun

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Carl Terrell Mitchell, better known by his stage name Twista, was born in 1972. Nineteen years later Mitchell’s first album, “Runnin’ Off at da Mouth,” debuted. In 1997, after appearing on a hit song, Twista was signed to Atlantic Records. Under that label he released “Adrenaline Rush” and formed the group Speedknot Mobstaz in 1998. His 2004 album Kamikaze went to number-one on the U.S. Billboard 200 album chart.

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No one knows exactly what causes tornadoes, but some scientists believe that when warm air meets cold air, a tornado may form. The reason for this is that the warm air is lighter than the cold air, so it rises up fast and meets different winds moving different directions. Under the right conditions, this can cause a tornado. Though there is still much mystery surrounding tornadoes, many people believe that when warm moist air meets cool dry air, tornadoes can result.

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The ice-cream shop around the corner from my house has the best ice-cream in the city. When you first walk inside, there is a long chrome counter with matching stools extending to alongside the far wall. Right where the counter stops, the booth seating begins. There are lots of old-timey knickknacks on the walls and chrome napkin holders on all the tables. My favorite part of the shop is behind the counter glass, where they keep all of the ice-cream flavors. A rainbow of delicious sugary flavors is kept cool and delicious behind the counter glass.

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Freezer burn may have wasted more ice-cream than sidewalks. If you don’t know, freezer burn is when ice crystals form on the surface of ice-cream. These ice crystals can ruin the texture and flavor of the ice cream. But you can prevent freezer burn. Since freezer burn is caused when melted ice-cream is refrozen, rather than eating your ice-cream from the container as it melts, scoop your ice-cream into a bowl and put the container back in the fridge immediately. Doing this ought to help you solve your issues with freezer burn.

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Making ice-cream is not easy. Cream and sugar have to first be mixed in a frozen container. Ingredients may be added at this point, if desired. The mixture must be stirred and whipped until the cream and sugar mixture is frozen. Depending on the equipment, this may take as long as an hour. After the ice-cream is prepared, it must be kept frozen until it is ready to be enjoyed. Making ice-cream is difficult, but most people would agree that it is worth the trouble.

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