100 interesting and amazing FACTS

Here are some interestin and ver amazing true facts:1-It is impossible to lick your elbow (busted)2-A crocodile can't stick it's tongue out.3-A shrimp's heart is in it's head.4-People say "Bless you" when you sneeze because when you sneeze,your heart stops for a mili-second.5-In a study of 200,000 ostriches over a period of 80 years, no one reported a single case where an ostrich buried its head in the sand.6-It is physically impossible for pigs...

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GOD, THESE BLESSINGS ARE TOO MUCH FOR ME

What ordinarily should have been a thing of joy turned sour recently, as a mother of five, Mrs. Paulina Lucius, was delivered of a set of premature quadruplets. The incident took place at the Rural Hospital in Kaura Local Government Area of Kaduna State.The birth of the quadruplets has brought the total number of the woman’s children to nine. Paulina’s husband, Mr. Lucius Kanvong, had in the early hours of February 27, this year, visited his wife,...

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FATHER AND SON DIE IN ALPS TRAGEDY

A father tumbled to his death as he searched for his son who had fallen 300 metres while they were hiking in the French Alps, police believe.The bodies of Peter Saunders, 48, and son Charlie, 12, were found by rescue services near Mont Blanc on Sunday morning.Mr Saunders had called for help at 2pm local time on Saturday after Charlie fell down a cliff on a mountain trail in the Chamonix valley.It was reported the pair had set off without snowshoes...

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GOOGLE’S TALKING TRAINERS: THE NEXT LEVEL IN FOOTWEAR?

IN another attempt to integrate the web with devices other traditional devices like PCs, tablets and smartphones, new footwear from Google can provide directions, speed and can even dish out motivational talk using connection between the shoes, and an Android smartphone.The futuristic Google Talking Shoe is an experimental talking sneaker concept being developed by Google. The shoe is said to be able to literally talk and communicate with its user...

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WHY WILL SMITH TURNED DOWN DJANGO UNCHAINED

Will Smith has revealed the reason that he passed on playing the role of Django in the Oscar-winning 'Django Unchained'.Smith was originally in line to play the role in Tarantino's exploitation thriller, but turned it down leaving Jamie Foxx to slip into the part of the wronged slave.For those who haven't seen the film, there's a mild spoiler ahead...“Django wasn’t the lead, so it was like, I need to be the lead,” he told EW.“The other character...

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NORTH KOREA ROCKETS 'READY TO HIT US BASES

North Korea's leader has told rocket units to be on standby for an attack on US bases, according to state media.The country's KCNA news agency said Kim Jong-Un had signed off on the order to train sights on American bases in South Korea and the Pacific after a midnight meeting with top generals.It comes after two American stealth bombers flew over South Korea in a show of force to Pyongyang, following an escalation of rhetoric from the North's young...

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BABY MERCHANTS: 32 PREGNANT TEENAGERS ARRESTED IN ABIA BABY FACTORY

Thirty-two pregnant teenagers at various stages of their pregnancies have been arrested in Umuzue community in Osisioma Ngwa Local Government Area of Abia State by men of the Nigerian Security and Civil Defense Corps (NSCDC).They were arrested together with the owner of the home, Mrs Nnenna Mba and two male workers on April 2, 2013 following a tip-off. The girls , whose ages range between 10 and 20 were believed to have run to the home after getting...

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MAN SHOOTS HIMSELF IN HEAD WITH HARPOON GUN

A Brazilian man has somehow avoided any brain damage after shooting himself through the eye with a six-inch harpoon.Bruno Coutinho was cleaning his harpoon gun at his home in Petropolis when he accidentally triggered the apparatus, sending the harpoon through his left eye and into his cranium.X-rays showed the harpoon speared through his eye straight through to the back of his skull.It took doctors four hours to successfully remove the metal harpoon.A...

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NEW FLYING CAR WILL BE "SAFER THAN DRIVING ON ROAD

A new model of flying car could make flying as easy and safe as driving on the ground - with an autopilot “steering”, and a full-vehicle parachute for when things go wrong.The Terrafugia TF-X will also be able to take off vertically - meaning that, in theory, drivers will be able to lift off direct from their homes.The vehicle is partially electric-powered, has helicopter-style rotors, and predicted to cost around the price of a luxury car once it...

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WOMAN KILLED BY MUSHROOMS PICKED IN GARDEN

A woman died after she ate one of the world's most poisonous mushrooms that she unwittingly picked from her garden in Somerset, an inquest has heard.Christina Hale died from multiple organ failure five days after using death caps while cooking her and her husband an evening meal.The death cap is so poisonous that eating just half of one can be fatal and there is no antidote.Mrs Hale had gathered the deadly fungi at the couple's Bridgwater home and...

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STAR WARS: NEW MOVIE TO BE MADE IN BRITAIN

Filming of the next Star Wars movie will take place in Britain, returning the franchise to its British roots.The seventh film in the cult sci-fi series is due to start production next year and is planned for release in 2015.The six previous Star Wars films were all partly filmed in the UK at several studios steeped in British cinematic history, including Pinewood, Elstree and Shepperton.Disney's Lucasfilm president Kathleen Kennedy said in a statement:...

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ASTRONAUT ENDS SPACE MISSION WITH BOWIE CLASSIC

On the eve of his return to Earth after nearly five months on board the International Space Station, Canadian astronaut Chris Hadfield has recorded his own version of David Bowie's Space Oddity.The Canadian commander, who has been described by Twitter followers as the "coolest guy in outer space", has posted a five-minute clip on YouTube in which he performs the 1969 classic.It shows the 53-year-old singing with unexpected dulcet tones and strumming...

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FEMALE ZOO WORKER KILLED IN TIGER ATTACK

A female zoo worker who was injured in a tiger attack at an animal park in Cumbria has died, police have said.Sarah McClay, 24, was in the big cat enclosure when she was mauled at South Lakes Wild Animal Park in Dalton-in-Furness on Friday afternoon.She was taken by air ambulance to Royal Preston Hospital immediately after the incident, but she had been so badly mauled, she died four hours later.Ms McClay was from the Barrow-in-Furness area. Cumbria...

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80-YEAR-OLD BECOMES OLDEST MAN TO CLIMB MOUNT EVEREST

An 80-year-old Japanese mountaineer, Yuichiro Miura, who climbed Mount Everest five years ago, but just missed becoming the oldest man to reach the summit, has finally claimed the title.Miura reached the summit days before his rival, 81-year-old Nepalese man Min Bahadur Sherchan, is due to set off on the same climb.Public broadcaster NHK showed footage of Miura’s daughter Emili talking with them via speaker phone in Tokyo, clapping when her brother...

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MAN LIVED FOR YEARS WITH PENCIL INSIDE HIS HEAD

A young man lived for many years with a pencil lodged inside his head, said German surgeons who detected the object on a CT scan and safely removed it.The patient, a 24-year-old man from Afghanistan, had complained of impaired vision in his right eye, headaches and a discharge from his right nostril.Asked how the pencil had become lodged in his head, he said he only remembered a childhood accident about 15 years earlier where he fell and suffered...

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ANGELINA JOLIE'S FIRST APPEARANCE SINCE BREAST OP

Angelina Jolie has made her first red carpet appearance since revealing she has had a double mastectomy.She joined her fiance Brad Pitt at the London premiere of his new film World War Z.Jolie thanked him for his support, and spoke about how pleased she is that the important issue of women's health was now being discussed more.The actress revealed last month that she had had her breasts removed after discovering she has an inherited genetic mutation...

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'SUSPICIOUS' FIRE AT ISLAMIC BOARDING SCHOOL

Some 128 pupils and staff have been evacuated after a "suspicious" fire broke out at an Islamic boarding school in Kent. Police were called to the Darul Uloom School, in Foxbury Avenue, Chislehurst, at 11.50pm on Saturday.Two men were treated for smoke inhalation and 10% of the building was damaged during the blaze, which was brought under control within an hour.Sky News' Charlotte Lomas said there would be a police update shortly, "which does...

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EX-BANKER KILLS WIFE, COMMITS SUICIDE

IT was double tragedy in Ondo State as a 47-year-old ex-banker, now a taxi driver, Jimoh Lateef, after ten years of marriage, stabbed his former wife, Amudat Oluwafunmilayo, to death and thereafter committed suicide by hanging. The marriage was blessed with five children before things fell apart between the couple who lived at Omoniyi quarters along Agbogbo area of Owo-Benin-Akure expressway.The wife, 45,  was a trader at Iloro market, Akure...

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POLICEMAN HIT BY CAR: ATTEMPTED MURDER CHARGE

A man has been accused of attempting to murder a police officer who was struck by a car in Birmingham.The policeman suffered multiple fractures after the collision in Oval Road, Erdington on Friday and remains in a serious but stable condition in hospital.A 50-year-old man has been remanded in custody and will appear before magistrates on Monday, West Midlands Police confirmed.He has also been charged with dangerous driving, burglary and assault.The...

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STEROIDS PUT TEENAGE BODYBUILDERS AT RISK'

The pressure to look like sculpted sportsmen and movie stars is being blamed for why teenage boys are taking anabolic steroids and dubious boydbuilding supplements despite the risk to their health.Using such steroids is not illegal in the UK, but selling them is.They are easy to find online, with overseas pharmacies shipping the class C drugs to customers in Britain.A recent study by experts at King's College London and John Moores University in...

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ILLEGAL IMMIGRANT' RISKS LIFE TO ENTER SPAIN

Police in Spain have arrested a suspected illegal immigrant found secretly clinging onto the roaring engine of a catamaran ferry.Dramatic police footage shows the barefoot, shirtless man dangerously positioned over the water-churning propeller of the vessel.The Interior Ministry said the 48-year-old Algerian was immediately detained after he was spotted on board the passenger boat from Tangier, Morocco, as it arrived in Tarifa.Authorities believe...

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FLYING BIKES: FIRMS CREATE AIRBORNE PROTOTYPE

Dodging buses and cars in the morning rush hour could be a thing of the past for the hard-done-by cyclist - thanks to a new invention by a group of bike boffins.Three companies in the Czech Republic have teamed up to make a prototype of an electric bicycle that is capable of flying.The amazing machine is currently controlled remotely while in development but its designers hope to have it capable of carrying people soon.They also hope battery technology...

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US FOOTBALLER SEIZED AFTER BARKING AT POLICE DOG

A US college football player has been charged after he was spotted barking at a police dog.University of Florida linebacker Antonio Morrison was arrested early Sunday on two misdemeanours.According to the Alachua County Sheriff's Office, Morrison walked up to the open window of a police car and barked at a dog named Bear.The dog responded by barking back, prompting an officer to arrest Morrison for interfering with a police canine.He also was charged...

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EGYPT: 'DOZENS KILLED' AS RALLIES TURN VIOLENT

At least 70 people have been killed after security forces attacked a protest by supporters of deposed President Mohamed Morsi in Cairo, according to the Muslim Brotherhood.Doctors at a field hospital said another 1,000 people had been wounded in clashes on the road to Cairo's international airport."They are not shooting to wound, they are shooting to kill," Muslim Brotherhood spokesman Gehad El-Haddad said, adding that demonstrators had been hit...

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PREMIER LEAGUE - LIVERPOOL DENY TALK OF SALE

Fenway Sports Group, headed by Liverpool's principal owner John W Henry, was reported to be ready to consider offers for the Premier League club.The group completed its purchase of Liverpool in October 2010, after a turbulent period under previous owners George Gillett and Tom Hicks.Liverpool have been unable to play their way into the Champions League places since the new owners moved in, despite heavy investment in the playing staff, with manager...

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GOVS’ HOSTAGE: NORTHERN YOUTHS SPIT FIRE

Northern youths, under the auspices of Arewa Rapid Response Network (ARRN), have said they will retaliate if the ‘persistent humiliation’ of their leaders continues. The youths issued the threat yesterday in a statement following Tuesday’s incident in Rivers State where four northern governors were held hostage by suspected political thugs.They warned that the North would no longer tolerate a situation where their leaders were made to face a...

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WOOLWICH: MICHAEL ADEBOLAJO ASSAULTED IN JAIL

Woolwich murder suspect Michael Adebolajo has been assaulted in prison, according to Sky sources.Adebolajo, 28, of Romford, Essex, and Michael Adebowale, 22, of Greenwich, London, are both charged with the murder of Drummer Lee Rigby in May.A statement from the Metropolitan Police said: "We can confirm that an allegation of assault was passed to the MPS on the 17th July by Belmarsh prison. An investigation has been started."Drummer Rigby was hacked...

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SUPERMAN/BATMAN MOVIE CONFIRMED

After all this talk of a 'Justice League' movie, it looks as though a Superman/Batman storyline could happen sooner than we thought… in the impending 'Man of Steel' sequel. It's official -DC's greatest superheroes, Batman and Superman, will be teaming up for the first time on the big screen… in an all-new adventure from the team that brought you 'Man of Steel'. This incredible announcement comes amidst speculation of an impending 'Justice League'...

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INTERNET PORN: DAVID CAMERON PLANS CRACKDOWN

Every internet user will be forced to opt in if they want to access internet pornography in a new crackdown spearheaded by David Cameron.Possessing violent pornography showing simulated rape scenes will also be made a crime in England and Wales under the Prime Minister's plans.Mr Cameron has also set out steps to subject videos streamed online in the UK to the same restrictions as those sold in shops.And he warned internet giants that they could...

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