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Dare the Komodo at Your Peril

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By Titilayo Kupoliyi Its venom is so dreadful that even larger prey animals like water buffaloes may succumb to their wounds after escaping an initial attack from it. This venom prevents a prey’s blood from clotting, causing massive blood loss and induces shock. This is what an encounter with Continue Reading

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What Palm Oil Does for Your Skin, Hair  

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By Titilayo Kupoliyi Palm oil has been used in the skincare industry for many years due to its numerous benefits for the skin. Palm oil has been used for beauty treatments for thousands of years, and is found in many products today, from soaps and shampoos to cosmetics and lotions. Red palm oil can be […]Continue Reading

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Fact-Checking: Facebook User Shares Altered Image, Claims Two-Headed Man Arrived Nigeria

Web News 25 March 2024 203 0

By Olufisoye  Adenitan Onilogbo Hakeem Effect at AMCA Awards  Image Source: Punch  Claim: A Facebook user,  Very Dark Man, has claimed that a two-headed man has arrived in Nigeria.  Verdict: Misleading. Available findings showed that the image is an artistic work produced by Onilogbo Hakeem Effect for a movie scene in the Anikulapo series, Rise […]Continue Reading

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The Healing Power of Hug

Web News 18 March 2024 324 0

By Taiwo Akinola Hug is a physical embrace of one another in a way of showing pleasantries, calming down a distressed person, showing affection, among others. People hug in places such as churches, open places, corporate environments, to mention but a few. According to research, the effect of a hug builds trust, a sense of […]Continue Reading

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Kissing Could Bring You These…

Web News 11 March 2024 234 0

By Adetutu Adetule Kissing Humans is the pucker up for all kinds of reasons. We kiss for love, to say hello and goodbye touch or caress with the lips as a sign of love, sexual desire, or greeting. Benefits Healthier mouth – saliva contains substances that fight bacteria, viruses and fungi. Deep kissing increases the […]Continue Reading

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Archeologists in Turkey Discover ‘World’s Oldest Bread’

Web News 9 March 2024 172 0

*Dates Back 8,600 Years Archaeologists in Turkey say they have discovered the world’s oldest known bread, dating back to 6600 BC. A largely destroyed oven structure was found in an area called “Mekan 66,” where there are adjoining mudbrick houses, at the archaeological site of Çatalhöyük in the southern Turkish province of Konya, according to […]Continue Reading

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What Makes Camels Unique, with Great Reserve

Web News 12 February 2024 483 0

By Titilayo Kupoliyi People have kept camels for more than 4,000 years and still depend on them for survival all over the world. There are over 160 words for camel in Arabic alone. There are two types of camels: One humped or “dromedary” camels and two-humped Bactrian camels. Camels have three sets of eyelids and […]Continue Reading

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Ease Hacks to Get Wrinkles out of Fabrics without Pressing Iron

Web News 6 February 2024 207 0

By Titilayo Kupoliyi There is a popular saying that ‘the way you are dressed, is the way you will be addressed. Dressing well starts from the neatness of one’s attire hence the clothes must be without wrinkles. A lot of times, appearance can be the difference between success and failure as we go about our […]Continue Reading

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Do You Know Urine Once Served as Tooth Care?

Web News 29 January 2024 157 0

By Titilayo Kupoliyi Tooth care is as old as human existence. When tracing human history back over the centuries, many are surprised to learn that ancient people didn’t brush their teeth. The first record of toothbrush was in Babylonian and Egyptian times. The earliest chew sticks were discovered in Sumer in southern Mesopotamia in 3500 […]Continue Reading

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Houthi Missile Attack Sets Oil Tanker Ablaze

Web News 27 January 2024 175 0

An oil tanker caught fire in the Gulf of Aden, its operator says, after Houthis said they hit it with a missile. The Yemeni movement said it targeted the Marlin Luanda on Friday evening. Operator Trafigura told the BBC the strike caused a fire in one of the ship’s cargo tanks and firefighting equipment was […]Continue Reading

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How Often Do You Wash Your Undies? 

Web News 18 January 2024 229 0

By Titilayo Kupoliyi Underwear, underclothing or undergarments are items of clothing worn beneath outer clothes, usually in direct contact with the skin, although they may comprise more than a single layer. They serve to keep outer clothing from being soiled or damaged by bodily excretions, to lessen the friction of outerwear against the skin, to […]Continue Reading

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Madagascan Animal That Brews Disputations

Web News 11 December 2023 267 0

By Khadijat Uthman People can’t agree on what it is exactly because it looks like a cat but has some features of Viverrids. Recent genetic research suggests that it is an animal of its kind. The name is fossa described as one of the strangest mammals in the whole world. It is called Fossa, cat-like […]Continue Reading

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Country Called Undisputed Queen of Traffic Jams

Web News 26 October 2023 428 0

 By Titilayo Kupoliyi Traffic congestion can be caused by factors such as accidents, traffic overload, construction and even pedestrians crossing the road incorrectly or holding up vehicles. In Tier 2 and Tier 3 cities, traffic congestion becomes worse due to bad roads, and poor connectivity among other factors. If you think that what you go […]Continue Reading

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Don’t Throw Away That Corn Silk!

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By Titilayo Kupoliyi Corn silk is the shiny, thread-like, weak fibers that grow as part of ears of corn (maize).  The tuft or tassel of silky fibers protrudes from the tip of the ear of corn, and is a key part of the vegetable’s reproductive system and essential to crop pollination. The fibers trap the […]Continue Reading

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When Lure to Japa Overrides Inheritance

Web News 3 October 2023 206 0

By Titilayo Kupoliyi Proverbs 13:22 says “A good man leaves an inheritance to his children’s children.” This aphorism in the Holy Bible is conventional in many respects: society worldwide value bequeathing inheritance to the next generation. Such properties could be houses, lands, vehicles, farms, money, which parents feel with satisfaction, will help their children Continue Reading

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Imagine Being Thrilled Living in Basket

Web News 25 September 2023 479 0

By Titilayo Kupoliyi The Big Basket building, in Newark, Ohio, was built as the headquarters of the Longaberger Company, an American manufacturer of handcrafted maple wood baskets and other lifestyle products The Longaberger basket building was birthed by Dave Longaberger  “I figured if Walt Disney could build an empire around a mouse, the Longaberger home […]Continue Reading

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Drunk House in Sopot Popping Imagination  

Web News 21 September 2023 370 0

By Titilayo Kupoliyi ‘Crooked house’, a hot spot for criminals would naturally run through the mind, but wait a minute, it is equally called ‘Drunk house’. Guess the dubious lots in the house are also riotous ale gulpers. Nope! Crooked house is way out of that, it is rather an architectural magic in Poland.   […]Continue Reading

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Why Big Duck Matters for Flanders

Web News 18 September 2023 302 0

By Titilayo Kupoliyi At the dawn of the Great Depression, Long Island duck farmer Martin Maurer and his wife, Jeule, were on a road trip and enjoyed a cup of Joe inside a big coffee pot. They decided, the story goes, that if the world can have a big coffee pot, then it really needs […]Continue Reading

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When Spain’s Haro Bathes with Wine

Web News 11 September 2023 334 0

By Titilayo Kupoliyi What It Feels everyone covers each other with wine splashed from all manner of containers like buckets, cups, bottles, jugs and even water pistols. The battle of the wine in Haro, Spain is a Spanish fiesta like no other. It is messy, wet, hot and sticky but undoubtedly exuberant, crazy, juvenile and […]Continue Reading

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Queer Initiation Rites of Papua New Guinea Sambians

Web News 7 September 2023 371 0

By Titilayo Kupoliyi The Sambian people of Papua New Guinea practice one of the most bizarre cultures known to westernization. A cultural anthropologist, Gilbert Herdt, has described their ritual act of initiation as “ritualised homosexuality.” Once they turn seven or nine, they are taken away from their mothers. This process allows for the detachment of […]Continue Reading

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Queer: Tribe Indulges Six-Year-Olds in Sexual Activities

Web News 4 September 2023 374 0

By Titilayo Kupoliyi The Trobrianders of the Trobriand Island got their name from the lieutenant of a French ship that landed in the archipelago of Papua New Guinea. They reside in the Kiriwina Island, one of the largest in the archipelago, and still maintain their ways of life: principally fishing and agriculture. Despite the attempts […]Continue Reading

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Handling Sexual Temptation as a Teenager

Web News 29 August 2023 330 0

As a flower blooms at maturation, so are young boys and girls as they approach the teen age. At this stage of their life, their physical features become more noticeable and they become more attractive to observers.  Individually they are more aware of this striking change that has occurred in their physical appearance, and within […]Continue Reading

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What’s all the fuss about Holiday lessons?

Web News 26 August 2023 283 0

By Maxwell Oyekunle Holiday is coming!Holiday is coming!No more clanging bellsNo more teachers’ whip!Goodbye teachers, goodbye scholarsWe are going on a jolly holiday! Girls: A jolly –All: Holiday!Girls: A jolly –All: Holiday! A time it was when the song above “Holiday is Coming” rents the air at the scent of the approach of the period […]Continue Reading

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Death Stalks Nation’s Streets in Garb of Mentally Challenged (Video)

Web News 23 August 2023 482 0

By Simeon Ugbodovon/Tope Bolugbe Taking a walk around areas including Oke-Ado, Orita-Challenge, J. Allen junction, Dugbe Bank Road, Dugbe-Eleyele route in Ibadan, the Oyo State capital,  it is not unusual to catch sight of mentally challenged persons. Some of whom can be seen lying on road medians, marketplaces, and road intersections.  And their number Continue Reading

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The Land Where Eggs Never Tilt When Perched on Nails ( Video)

Web News 23 August 2023 378 0

By Titilayo Kupoliyi Something unique about Ecuador! Want to know it? Then stream along. First let’s get to know where Ecuador is. The country is located in the western corner at the top of the South American continent. Ecuador is named after the Equator, an imaginary line that demarcates and separates the earth into two: […]Continue Reading