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Friday, 11 December 2020 05:25

Woman sues boyfriend for not proposing after 8-year relationship

A 26-year-old woman from Zambia recently made international news for allegedly taking her boyfriend to court because he “wasted her time” by failing to propose after an eight-year relationship. Tired of waiting for her partner to pop the big question, Gertrude Ngoma decided to take him to court, as a way of forcing his hand. The woman from Ndola, Zambia’s second largest city, claims Herbert Salaliki, 28, promised to marry her, and even paid the lobola (a traditional dowry) to her parents, as a sign that he will take care of her, but has since been putting it off. Despite…

Friday, 11 December 2020 05:24

Specially-trained dogs can detect people infected with Covid-19 just by sniffing their armpits, study finds

Researchers selected dogs that were trained to sniff bombs and colon cancer They then re-trained them to spot the smell of Covid-19 from human armpits People take a sample of armpit sweat that is then placed in a line up for the dogs The dogs are able to spot signs of the virus in 75 to 100 per cent of instances Dogs can be trained to detect people infected with coronavirus by sniffing their armpits, study finds, and they are already being used in airports around the world. Researchers from the National Veterinary School of Alfort, France, recruited six dogs…

Thursday, 10 December 2020 05:32

Katsina bans WhatsApp in public schools

Katsina State has banned usage of social media platform, WhatsApp, for information dissemination by teachers and non-teaching staff in all public schools in the state. The government said the usage of the platform was encouraging insubordination among staff. A memo dated December, 7, 2020 and issued out to all public schools in the state on Monday, warned of consequences for any staff that flouted the new order. The memo was signed by one Muhammad Dikko from the Zonal Education Quality Assurance of the state Ministry of Education. It read in part, “I am directed to write and inform all principals…

Thursday, 10 December 2020 05:28

Man sells meteorite that crashed through his roof for over $1m

An Indonesian man turned an unusual bit of property damage into a fortune when he sold the meteorite that crashed through his roof for over $1 million. Josua Hutagalung, 33, said he was working outside his home in Sumatra when the meteorite crashed through the roof of the house and landed outside. "When I lifted it, the stone was still warm, and I brought it into the house," Hutagalung told news outlet Kompas. Hutagalung posted a video to Facebook showing the spot where the metallic object had crashed through his tin roof. The 4.5-pound chunk of CM1/2 carbonaceous chondrite, a…

Saturday, 05 December 2020 05:33

Plane makes emergency landing on highway

A light aircraft was forced to make an emergency landing on an interstate in Minnesota. The single-propeller plane appeared to have suffered an engine failure, the Ramsey County Deputy's Federation said on Facebook. Nobody was injured in the accident. BBC

Saturday, 05 December 2020 05:28

Why smart people fail to be happy

“If you’re so smart, how come you aren’t happy?” That’s Naval Ravikant’s challenge¹ to everyone bathing in the misery of their own intelligence. “Happiness is a choice,” he says; something you can work on, like your fitness, nutrition, or career. Naval knows it’s a choice because he too had to make it for himself: “I was born poor and miserable, and I’m now pretty well off and very happy — and I worked at those.” Naval also knows that’s an unpopular statement to make for two reasons: Some people are depressed at a molecular level and thus have a real,…

Tuesday, 01 December 2020 05:31

This toilet costs £14m. Here’s how it works and where it’s used

If you are wondering how to spend a penny in space, well the answer is to spend £14million. That's because space toilets cost a pretty penny. One space toilet on the ISS cost $19million. Why was it so expensive? Well, space toilets are like super-special vacuum cleaners. They need a complex series of pipes and vacuum tubes to suck up waste and dry it out. The extracted water is recycled, and the waste is stored. Eventually, it is sent back into Earth’s atmosphere, where it burns up like shooting stars. In 2007, NASA agreed to pay $19million (£14million) for a…

Monday, 30 November 2020 04:35

Woman visits all 7 continents in less than 4 days, breaks Guinness record

A United Arab Emirates woman broke a Guinness World Record when she visited all seven continents in 3 days, 14 hours, 46 minutes and 48 seconds. Khawla AlRomaithi completed her whirlwind tour of the globe in Sydney, Australia, on Feb. 13, shortly before travel restrictions related to the COVID-19 pandemic went into effect. "It was a difficult journey; the attempt demanded a lot of patience, especially in airports, as well as having to deal with constant plane rides," AlRomaithi said. "I wanted to quit on many different occasions if I am being honest, I just wanted to get back home.…

Sunday, 29 November 2020 05:39

More people died of suicide in Japan in one month than the entire Covid-19 pandemic

Japan is struggling with a mental health crisis as the coronavirus pandemic rages on, with more people dying in one month from suicide than from Covid-19 all year long. The National Police Agency said suicides surged to 2,153 in October alone, with more than 17,000 people taking their own lives this year to date, CBS reported. By comparison, fewer than 2,000 people in the country have died from Covid-19 in 2020. Experts say the pandemic has exacerbated mental health issues due to prolonged lockdowns, isolation from family members, unemployment and other financial concerns, and a lack of school structure. "We…

Sunday, 29 November 2020 05:38

Couple find $25,000 worth of rare coins in new home, return them to owner

A South Carolina couple who recently moved into their home found a cache of rare coins worth about $25,000 -- and returned them to their owner. James and Clarrisa Munford said they closed on their Columbia home in mid-October and were in the process of moving in when they discovered two cases of coins from the 1800s in a built-in closet drawer. UPI

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Sunday, 29 November 2020 05:35

Man compliments waitress on bald head at wife's birthday dinner, suffers consequences for 'over a year'

A Reddit user claims his wife has been slightly angry with him for “over a year” after he complimented a waitress on her attractive bald head. The man, who posted the story to the online forum earlier this week, further revealed that the incident took place during a birthday dinner for his wife, but he still claims he was only making friendly conversation at the time. “Everything was good as usual, but we had a server neither of us had seen before with a somewhat striking appearance: She was completely bald,” the man recounted. “Normally I wouldn’t say anything about…

Friday, 27 November 2020 05:42

Man 'comes back to life' in a mortuary hours after he was declared dead

A man in Kenya who was previously declared dead by doctors has regained consciousness three hours later while workers prepared to embalm him in a morgue. Peter Kigen, 32, was presumed dead on Tuesday after he collapsed at home and was rushed to Kapkatet hospital in Kericho county, reported local media. After being transferred to the morgue, Mr Kigen shocked the staff as he suddenly woke up and wailed in pain as they made an incision on his right leg. Kigen, who reportedly suffered a stomach ailment, was taken to hospital by his family after fainting in his house on…

Saturday, 21 November 2020 05:14

Student scales birch tree for internet access as classes move online

Russian student Alexei Dudoladov has been forced to go to great lengths - or rather great heights - to attend classes online, having to climb a birch tree in his remote Siberian village every time he needs an internet connection. The 21-year-old, a popular blogger and a student at the Omsk Institute of Water Transport, located 2,225 kilometres (1,383 miles) east of Moscow, has got the authorities’ attention by pleading for better internet coverage from the top of a snow-covered birch tree. In his plea - viewed 1.9 million times on TikTok and more than 56,000 times on Instagram since…

Saturday, 14 November 2020 05:24

Mystery as Reps discover senior federal civil servant whose appointment came 4 years before she was born

House of Representatives on Thursday uncovered a worker in Bureau of Public Procurement said to have been born in 1996 but was employed in 1992. Management of BPP appeared before the House Committee in Public Procurement for 2021 budget defence, where a member, Nicholas Ossai, called the attention of the lawmakers to his discovery on the bureau’s nominal roll, asking the Director-General, Mamman Ahmadu, to explain the irregularity. Ossai said, “On personnel, a female staff of the bureau named Lantewa Fatsuma Lawal, Deputy Director, Accounts, with date of birth as 08/01/1996 received her first appointment on 15/12/1992; that is four…

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