Mocomi TimePass The Magazine - Issue 38

1. Get Your Daily CopY! facebook.com/mocomikids ISSUE 38 MAY 10, 2020 GO tO UNSOLVED SCIENCE MYSTERIES CAN MULLAH NASRUDDIN COME UP WITH A CLEVER SOLUTION TO A STRANGE PROBLEM? IS THE YETI REAL? WHAT IS THE MYSTERY OF THE BERMUDA TRIANGLE?

2. FOLKTALE Mullah Nasruddin: Milk for Mullah One day Mullah Nasruddin was going somewhere when he met a man who was carrying a large milk can. The man wished Mullah Nasruddin and said, “Mullahji, I have a problem. Would you be kind enough to provide me a solution?” Mullah Nasruddin willingly consented to hear him out as he was eyeing his big container of milk. The man said, “Whenever I get up in the morning, I feel intoxicated. My head spins around and I feel as if I have eaten or drunk something that is spoilt. I don’t understand what could be the problem.” Mullah Nasruddin asked, “Hmm! This is a serious problem, indeed! Let me think. What do you generally eat or drink before you go to sleep?” The man said, “I drink a big glass of milk.” The Mullah said, “Now, I have found your problem! The milk that you drink in the night causes the intoxication.” The gullible man asked, “How is that, Mullahji?” Mullah explained to him, “You drink milk before sleeping. In your sleep, when you toss in your bed, the milk gets churned. It turns into butter. When butter gets churned, it turns into fat. Fat gets churned, it turns into sugar. Then the sugar gets churned and ferments in your stomach. So, fnally you wake up with fermented liquid in your stomach in the morning, you feel dizzy and uncomfortable and you feel intoxicated.” “So what do I do?” asked the man in simplicity. The clever Mullah said, “The solution of your problem is very simple. Don’t drink milk! Here, give it to me.” Mullah took away the milk can from the man and walked away from there. The poor man stood there looking bewildered. 1

3. FIND Ten Paper boats Pondering Corner Is the Hope Diamond cursed? The Hope Diamond is a rare and deep blue coloured diamond; that was mined from the Kollur region in Golconda. It was cut from a crystal that existed 1.1 billion years ago. It weighs a hefty 45.52 carats. Bad luck and mystery surrounds the Hope Diamond. The Hope Diamond landed in the hands of French traveller Jean-Baptiste Tavernier. Tavernier died from a mysterious fever and legend says that his body was shredded by wolves. King Louis XIV bought the diamond; but his whole family, including several of his grandchildren died soon. When it came to King Louis XVI and his wife Marie Antoinette, they were guillotined in the French Revolution. The diamond was stolen but reappeared in London and was acquired by banker Thomas Hope. The diamond cursed all those who touched it and people kept selling it. It was then bought by an American heir- ess Evalyn Walsh McLean. Would you believe that she too experi- enced terrible tragedies like the death of her 9 year old son in a car crash, suicide of her 25 year old daughter and her husband becom- ing insane? The Hope Diamond was fnally bought by jeweler Harry Winston; who simply put the diamond in an envelope and posted it to the Natural History Museum in Washington D.C. He felt it was the most secure and unnoticeable way of sending such an expen- sive item.

4. Sam Visits Crooked Forest Discover A New Place I’m not on the set of some fairytale movie! The oddly shaped trees you see behind me are totally real! And there are 400 of these mysterious pine trees, here in a suburb called ‘Gryfno’ in the ‘Zachodniopomorskie’ (try saying that!) province of Poland. All of them have the same northward 90-degree bend at the base of their limbs, and have grown to be tall and seemingly unhampered by their C shape curves. Some experts believe that the trees grew like this because they incurred some sort of damage to the tip and along some side branches. Well I think there’s something more than nature at play here because they’re all uniformly deformed! There are a lot of theories about this, like snow storms, or even intentional damage to make furniture. Even the locals here haven’t a clue as to the origin of these mysterious crooked trees. That’s probably because the local town was devastated during World War I and wasn’t rebuilt until the 1970s, by new settlers I suppose. I, however, think that a witch or wizard had something to do with these trees. I mean, how else do you explain 22 rows of crooked trees surrounded by completely normal trees? Five Unsolved Science Mysteries a magnetic feld. Every few hundred thousand years, the poles interchange. How? Why? We don’t know. In the Earth’s outer core, there is liquid iron. Its motion generates Jerry Ehman, while working for the Search for Extra Terrestrial Intelligence in 1977, got a 72 second signal from the constella- tion Sagittarius. No one knows who sent the signal. Death Valley in California is a big patch of dry earth. Stones somehow manage to slide on this dry earth surface by them- selves. Scientists unearthed an iron screw inserted in a rock in Moscow, in 1998. This screw was probably 320 million years old; which is older than dinosaurs. Arkansas in the US witnessed tons of dead black birds falling from the sky, in 2012. No one knows why this happened.

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6. Coley & Bumbley About health and more! Spoilt food can make you sick! Why is Spoilt Food Bad? There are tiny germs and bacteria present all around us. These germs do not normally afect us because our bodies have ways of fltering them out before they can come in. Or they are present in such small quantities that we are able to fght the bacteria and not fall sick. However if you con- sume large quantities of spoiled food, it may over- whelm your immune system, the part responsible for fghting germs. Like humans, bacteria also need to be fed and they use the organic material in food to survive. They break down substances in food and make them useless or harmful to human beings. Some even produce their own substances, which is what makes rotten food smell so bad. Bacteria multiplies at a very fast pace. Eating spoiled food  means consuming large amounts of bacteria which your body is not able to fght of. That is why you must store food in conditions that are not suitable for germs and bacteria to survive. Fun With Words Learn a secret code Use the Pigpen Cipher key and decode the name of a famous fctional detective Key Box A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S W T U V X Y Z Secret Code:

7. Tickle your funny bone an ofce worker and a small bag. It was a brief case. Q: What do you call a Hawaiian murder mystery? A: A Hula-Dunnit There was a mystery involving Q: What do you call a mystery Mexican? A: Juan Doe. AMUSING NEWS Yeti Alert! The Indian Army has taken on a new role - that of explorers in search of the Yeti! The Mountain- eering Expedition Team of the Indian Army has claimed to have spotted Yeti footprints near the Makalu Basecamp on the border of Nepal and Tibet.

8. a comic story sir dig-a-lot History of the Computer One night Sir Dig-a-Lot came late and asked Rohan, “What do you want to learn today Rohan?” “Tell me about the computer. When was it invented, its history,” Rohan eagerly asked. Sir Dig-a-Lot took a deep breath and an- swered, “The first computer was a simple calculator made of a bunch of strings and beads. It was called the Abacus. It was used for simple calculations and was invented in 500 B.C. Pascal's Calculator Blaise Pascal then invented a simple calculator in the year 1642 which didn’t run on electricity, but gears and wheels. This was modified over the years and finally, in the year 1833, Charles Babbage invented the first modern computer.”

9. “But the computer that Babbage invented was only for general purposes and employed punch cards for input and a steam engine for power. It couldn’t be developed because of funding problems and lack of help to develop the parts. For his contribution he is still known as the ‘Father of the Computer’. It was not until the twentieth century that electricity was used to run a computer. In the 1880s Herman Hollerith introduced punch cards and sorting machines for the United States Census Bureau to handle large amounts of data from the census. Hollerith’s company eventually became the core of what we know as IBM.” Rohan interrupted the lesson. “Is my father’s computer made by Babbage? He calls it ancient!” 9

10. Sir Dig-a-Lot laughed and said, “No Rohan, your father’s computer belongs to an advanced era of computers - the third genera- tion. The first generation of computers used vacuum tubes in 1940. They used punched cards or punched paper for the purpose of inputting information only. It was one of the most important inventions. The invention of the transistor marked the beginning of the second generation of computers in the year 1947. In the 1950s the computer ran on a chip. It was only in the year 1960 that computers were affordable and could be kept easily at home. It was Jack St. Claire Kilby’s and Robert Noyce’s invention – the integrated circuit or microchip, that saw the use of computers in large numbers and also the beginning of the third generation of computers.

11. Rohan said, “No wonder my father complains about his computer. Technology is advancing every second.” Sir Dig-a-Lot replied, “That’s right, Rohan. And someday you will contribute to it too. Now off to bed!” stories in rhyme The Acorn and the Pumpkin On the spot where he lay sprawling, Hit him--plump!-- Upon the nose. Up he jumped--a wiser bumpkin. "Gosh!" he said. "Suppose a pumpkin Came a-fallin' on my face! After all, if I had made things, I'll allow that I'm afraid things Might be some what out of place." Once there was a country bumpkin Who observed a great big pumpkin To a slender stem attached; While upon an oak tree nourished, Little acorns grew and fourished. "Bah!" said he. "That's badly matched." "If, despite my humble station, I'd a hand in this Creation, Pumpkins on the oaks would be; And the acorn, light and little, On this pumpkin stem so brittle Would be placed by clever Me." Then, fatigued with so much thought, Rest beneath the oak tree he sought. He Soon in slumber found repose But, alas! An acorn, falling

12. Leia and her friends has gone to play in the park one afternoon. In the far corner of the park, was a small construction site. The ground had been dug up and new swings were being put in. Despite being warned not to go near the dug out ground, Leia and her friends went to explore. Her eyes lit up when she saw something gold twinkling at the bottom of the hole! Complete the Story... fun facts with Hamlet the Hamster To know or not to know, that is the question! Well, wouldn’t you prefer to know? Facts about the Bermuda Triangle The Bermuda Triangle is one of the only two places on Earth where the compass points true north instead of the magentic north. Scientists have discovered large concentrations of methane gas on the ocean floor of the Bermuda Triangle - which could contribute to the large number of accidents and disappearances. Some of the deepest spots on Earth are found in the Bermuda Triangle. The area is known for extremely violent storms which suddenly appear and dissitate. 12

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14. The Team Editor Assistant and Copy Editor Aryaa Naik Dalmiya Lavanya Khare Content Contributing Writers Kaniz Fatima Khan Priyanka Garegat Deepti Raavi Ekta Bhatnagar Raunaq Amarnani Rituparna Chatterjee Archana Rajagopal Layout and Design Walmik Pawar Artists Kalpana Siromani Amol Padwal Shailendra Havane Sujith VS Rohini Dusane Distribution Sitanshu Bhartiya Atul Wankhade Digital Marketing Archana Rajagopal Bharat Pillai Dnyanesh Thombre Tushar Rokade Prashant Kini Shekhar Ramaiah Creator Jesh Krishna Murthy

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