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Curious Questions from Curious Minds!

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  • Write away

    Why can eraser erase pencil marks and not pen marks?

    Abhiroop Batabyal , Hyderabad, Telangana

    Pencils are composed of graphite. When you write with a pencil, graphite particles get stuck to the paper fibres, leaving behind letters you just wrote. When you use an eraser, the sticky rubber in in grabs and holds on to the graphite particles. Poof! No more pencil marks. Pens are different. The dyes used in the ink seep into the paper’s fibres. When you use an eraser, it cannot separate the intermolecular forces, hence making it impossible to erase ink with erasers.
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  • Cock-A-Doodle-Doo

    Why does the rooster crow in the morning?

    Abel Jacob , Coimbatore

    Roosters crow because they have an internal clock that helps them anticipate sunrise. Almost all animals have daily cycles of activity known as ‘circadian rhythms’ that roughly follow the cycle of day and night. Roosters anticipate sunrise to get a head start on their daily hunt for food and defence of territory. The rooster’s sunrise song is actually a way of establishing his territory — he sends a signal to other roosters not to trespass on his area.
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  • Pearly white

    Why are teeth white in colour?

    A. Karthik , Hyderabad

    The outer part of a tooth is made of a tissue known as the enamel. The enamel is composed of different minerals, of which hydroxyapatite — a phosphate of calcium — is the most prominent. Calcium is naturally white in color, and this explains the colour of our teeth.
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  • In the piggy bank

    Why are pigs used for savings, i.e. ‘piggy’ banks?

    S. Deepthika , Coimbatore

    One theory is that long before banks existed, people used to drop their money into jars made of orange-coloured clay called ‘pygg’. Over the next two or three centuries, people slowly forgot that ‘pygg’ once referred to the earthenware pots, jars and cups of yesteryear. When potters received requests for ‘pygg’ banks, they started producing banks shaped like ‘pigs’. This appealed to delighted customers, gradually resulting in the cute little ‘piggy’ banks that we see today.
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