Quinine is a medicine that helps to fight malaria. How was quinine discovered? Watch and find out!

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Quinine was discovered in the Amazon rainforest. Do you know about any forests? Are there any places with lots of trees where you live? Tell us about them!

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Bugs and insects
Health and illness
Nature
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KingMusicTune's picture KingMusicTune replied on Belarus

It is so cool story!

DJDinosaurViolet's picture DJDinosaurViolet replied on Singapore

i like that story

PurpleHappy2's picture PurpleHappy2 replied on Malaysia

Is Qunnie a real medicine?

RockingPopGlitter's picture RockingPopGlitter replied on Turkey

Yep, its a real story. And do you play roblox? :D

LadyCrystalKitten's picture LadyCrystalKitten replied on Romania

Hi PurpleHappy2,

 

Yes, quinine is a real medicine! We hope you liked learning about it in the story!

 

LadyCrystalKitten
LearnEnglish Kids team

OpalScientistLight's picture OpalScientistLight replied on Turkey

I like the story and the stories activity. Cool.

AlwaysCatHieroglyph's picture AlwaysCatHieroglyph replied on Spain

I like the story and I have learnt a lot of history about Peru. I like best the story of the countess of Chincon
and the story of Lima and Callao in the past I went to Peru.

SilverDinosaurBunny's picture SilverDinosaurBunny replied on India

Great story. It helped me in my general knowledge quiz

FlyingVenusCave's picture FlyingVenusCave replied on India

cool guys

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