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Your Proofness: Sarah Munir Master Storyteller: Hurmat Majid Creativity Analysts: Jamal Khurshid, Essa Malik, Talha Ahmed Khan, Omer Asim, Mohsin Alam, Aamir Khan and Umar Waqas

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4 Q: What do you call cheese that’s not yours?

A: Nacho cheese!

Fun Facts about birds There are over 9,500 species of birds in the world. Scientists typically group them into 30 categories. The Ostrich is the largest bird in the world. It also lays the largest eggs and has the fastest maximum running speed (97 km/h).

Kiwis are endangered, flightless birds that live in New Zealand. They lay the largest eggs, relative to their body.

Q: What do elves learn in school?

A: The elf-abet

Q: Where do pencils go for vacation?

A: Pencil-vania

Q: What did 0 say to 8?

A: Nice belt!

Hummingbirds can fly backwards. The bee hummingbird is the smallest living bird in the world, with a length of just 5 cm.

Around 20% of the bird species migrate long distances every year. Homing pigeons are bred to find their way home from long distances and have been used for thousands of years to carry messages.

The Australian pelican has the longest bill among birds worldwide. It is nearly 2 feet (0.5 m) in length. The sword-billed hummingbird, with its 3.9inch (10 cm) bill, is the only bird with a bill that’s longer than its body.

Owls cannot swivel their eyes. Instead they move their heads completely around to see behind them. They live on every continent except Antarctica.

Soft fringes on their wings make their flight essentially silent.

Q: What did the mushroom say to the fungus?

A: You’re a fun guy [fungi].

The chicks of large bird species often take the longest to hatch. Emu chicks, for example, take 60 days to hatch. Small songbirds take just 2 weeks.

Did you know?

Shakespeare’s Word Bank Did you know that Shakespeare, the greatest story teller of all time, is also given credit for coining a lot of words that we commonly use today? Almost 1,700 words can be credited to Shakespeare’s creative writing style. Although many historians say that some of the words already existed and Shakespeare was simply the first one to put them in writing, many of the words are original Shakespearean creations.

Here are of the most interesting words that Shakespeare is given credit for: Bedazzled: Currently used when you do something fantastic leaving others speechless and unable to think properly.

Shakespeare, however, used it to describe the particular gleam of sunlight on gems in The Taming of the Shrew.

Swagger: First used in Shakespeare’s Henry V, the word depicts a fight someone has with an arrogant person. Now the word has turned into an adverb and means the arrogant manner in which someone walks or behaves. The word ‘swag’ is derived from swagger.

Moonbeam: This beautifully poetic word was first used in A Midsummer Night’s Dream although it simply means moonlight.

The supple quality of its sound is what makes it so poetic.

Majestic: First seen in Julius Caesar the word aptly means grandeur and greatness. The great thing about Shakespeare’s words is that their sound seem to match their meaning.

Fashionable: It was in Trolius and Cressida that Shakespeare laid the foundation for the endless battle of what’s hot and what’s not. With one simple 11-lettered word the game was changed forever.

Inaudible: First used in All’s Well That Ends Well the word refers to a sound that can’t be caught by the human ear. It’s amazing how words creep from literature and find their way not only in everyday language but also to scientific language.

Dwindle: The first time Shakespeare showcased the word was in Macbeth. Dwindle means to slowly waste away. The tumbling feeling that the word leaves on the tongue matches well with the feeling it depicts.

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Get your weekly dose of the unusual and funny news from across the globe!

A new spin on donuts After the great success of the delicious combination of a croissant and a donut, called cronut. Often described as, “the most exciting thing since the birth of the sausage roll”.

Now there’s a food mashup that may actually be better: the wonut. It’s a hybrid of a waffle and a donut, with a chewy middle and a sugary exterior.

To make a wonut you simply make waffles, then deep fry them until they’re golden, dip in a super sweet glaze and add sprinkles. Each one is estimated to have quite a lot of calories, but then again all the good stuff does!

The wonuts were invented by Waffles Cafe in Chicago and have become an instant hit. They come in many interesting flavors including mexican chocolate, green tea, birthday cake, and chocolate turtle (whatever that is). Which is your favourite, the wonut, cronut or the good old donut? MIRROR.CO.UK

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A well preserved mummy

The amazingly intact remains of a monk meditating have remained undiscovered since the 1800s. The discovery of the man preserved sitting in the lotus position has sparked a forensic investigation into the unknown religious devotee — The experts’ initial evaluation suggests that the mummified remains are at least 200 years old. Investigators are now studying the remains in the Mongolian capital Ulaanbataar.

The human relic, which had been preserved in animal skin, was found in Songinokhairkhan province.

These are not the first mummified remains of a monk to be discovered. In Koh Samui, Thailand, a mummified monk wearing sunglasses — Luong Pordaeng, who died in 1973 — provides an unusual tourist attraction.

Pordaeng sits upright in a glass case at Wat Khunaram temple. MIRROR.CO.UK

Fine dining at Mount Everest By becoming the first person to cook a Michelinstarred three course meal on Mount Everest, Chef Sat Basin takes culinary arts to a whole new level. He hopes to achieve a Guinness World Record for the highest formal dinner party.

He will set off for the climb in April to create his gourmet meal at the mountain’s North Col, a sharp-edged pass more than 23,000ft above sea level.

“Food tastes different at altitude, so you need to increase the seasoning and have mouth-filling flavors,” said the 43-year-old. Water boils at a lower temperature as well so you have to bear that in mind. Food has to be very nutritious because the Everest challenge is physically demanding.”

The expedition is being led by former Royal Marine commando and SAS officer Neil Laughton.

Sat opened his restaurant in 2002 and was awarded his first Michelin star in 2003 — followed by a sought-after second in 2011. MIRROR.CO.UK

The latest trend in dog fashion Doting dog owners Mel and Matt Westwood have designed hundreds of rocker denim jackets for pet cats and dogs. The idea got popular after they created a denim jacket for their own pooch last April when he was little. They couldn’t find anything cute enough for their tiny dog. “We couldn’t find anything we liked and promised we would never make him wear something that we wouldn’t be proud to wear ourselves. You wouldn’t do it to a child so why would you do it to a dog?” says Mel. Already in the vintage denim clothing business they started creating dog jackets on popular demands from friends who had seen their own dog dressed in style.

“We both wear a lot of denim so the denim battle jacket was a reflection of our style.” The couple plan to sell the hip jackets in Europe and America after a great success in Germany. MIRROR.CO.UK

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Materials: • Gummy jelly 10 to 15 pieces • Soft drink 500 ml • Popsicle molds

Gummy Jelly Popsicle Instructions: 1. Fill three-quarters of the mold with the soft drink.

2. Drop in four to five gummy bears.

• Popsicle sticks 3. Put in the popsicle sticks and secure.

4. Put in the freezer for five to six hours.

Out in the Wilderness Nim’s Island

Life of Pi

The movie is an adaptation of the Wendy Orr novel with the same name. Nim Rusoe is an adventurous girl who joins her father, a scientist, when he goes off to a secluded island to research marine life in the waters surrounding it. It’s just the two of them but Nim spends her time making friends with all the animals she encounters, chatting on the computer and reading the adventure books by Rover. When her father goes to do some research and a storm strikes while he is gone, Nim finds herself afraid and alone on the island. As a cry for help she emails Rover, hoping he would come and help her find her dad, just like in his novels. What she doesn’t know is that Rover is a woman! What’s even more surprising is that Rover is actually agoraphobic and germ-phobic who has spent her life trying to avoid contact with the real world. But when her creation comes to life and pushes her on to go Rover has no choice but to leave her home and go save the little girl’s life.

The movie is adapted from the thrilling novel

by Yenn Martel. The story unfolds In Canada, when a writer visits the Indian storyteller Pi Patel and asks to be told his life story. Pi tells the story of his childhood in Pondicherry, India, and the origin of his nickname. The story continues in flashback and we see how Pi’s father, a zoo owner, decides to sell his animals and move to Canada after support from the municipal committee is withdrawn.

They board on a Japanese cargo ship with the animals and out of the blue, there is a storm, followed by a shipwrecking. Pi survives in a lifeboat with very few supplies and a male Bengal tiger nicknamed Richard Parker. Adrift in the Pacific Ocean, with Richard Parker getting hungry, Pi needs to find a way to hang in there.

Mysterious Island

Robinson Crusoe

This classic Jules Vern novel is a part of the series The Extraordinary Voyages. It tells the tale of five men stranded on an unchartered island when their hot air balloon is destroyed in a storm. The five passengers are Captain Cyrus Harding, an engineer; his African-American servant Neb; Gideon Spilett, a reporter; Jack Pencroft, a sailor and Herbert Brown, the 15-year-old orphan. After exploring the island the group decides to consider themselves colonists rather than castaways. Naming their new home Lincoln’s Island the group starts working on making it their own. Very soon the colony starts flourishing and the men create a ship called it Bonadventure and take a trip that brings them in contact with other great perils. Returning to the island they find it occupied by a band of pirates. The adventures continue and together they come across some extraordinary discoveries.

If you’re looking for a classic tale of survival in the wild, Daniel Defoe’s Robinson Crusoe is the book for you. As a young and impulsive wanderer, who defies his parents and goes to sea.

He survives a series of violent storms at sea. His captain warns him that the sea does not agree with him and he should find a profession other than being a seaman. Ashamed to go home, Crusoe boards another ship and returns from a successful trip to Africa. A short spell of good fortune is follwed by another series of unfortunate events, which leaves Crusoe and his companions shipwrecked. He washes up on shore only to discover that he was the sole survivor of the wreck on a deserted island. Crusoe soon learns to make do with what little he has and spends his time exploring the island. After finding a pet parrot and dog and even a human companion Crusoe soon becomes the master of the island, only to discover that he is not alone.

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You will need:

• Toilet / Kitchen paper • Scissors • Stapler roll (one per flower) • Coloured craft sheets • Glue (Yellow, red, orange and green)

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What to do: 1. Add half a cup of baking soda to a small dish or container.

2. Mix food colour with half a tablespoon of water.

Don’t use too much water to keep the soda from fizzing.

3. Add the food colour into the baking soda and use your fingers to mix the colour completely in the baking soda. There may be some fizzing, but don’t worry.

4. Mix in a tablespoon of citric acid. This adds more fizz to the eggs when it’s time for them to hatch.

5. Add a tablespoon of oil.

6. Mix everything well until you have a crumbly dough.

7. Take your small dinosaur and press handfuls of the crumbly mixture onto the dinosaur’s body. Cover the dinosaur completely and form an egg shape. Make sure that the mixture is tightly packed on the dinosaur, to keep it from falling off.

8. Leave the eggs to dry overnight.

9. The next day you will find that the eggs have hardened; now they are ready to hatch!

10. To hatch the eggs, take a tub of water and put in the eggs. Have fun watching your tiny dinosaurs hatch!

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Directions: 1. Glue green craft sheet to the toilet paper roll 2. Cut two slits at the top ends of the toilet roll, one on each side.

3. Cut the tulip flower shape from the craft paper 4. Cut some leaves from green craft paper and stick to the front of the toilet roll

What is happening: The baking soda (sodium bicarbonate) and citric acid do nothing when combined. But as soon as they come in contact with water we see a common endothermic chemical reaction. An endothermic chemical reaction is one that is accompanied by a rapid absorption of heat. If you touch the eggs while they are hatching you will notice that they are quite cold, it’s because of the heat absorbtion from the reaction. Could you guess why the eggs fizz while they dissolve? It’s because of the rapid release of carbon dioxide that is a byproduct of the reaction.

5. Slide the flower through the slits at the top of the roll.

SOURCE: EASY-CHILD-CRAFT.COM

SOURCE: FUNATHOMEWITHKIDS.COM