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
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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?

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

LovelyAmulet1000's picture LovelyAmulet1000 replied on Brazil

I am grateful for information!

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