Akure
Akure
Akure town (city) is the capital of Ondo state, in the southwestern part of Nigeria. The Akure people are Yorubas, Akure lies “in the southern part of the forested Yoruba…
African Map
Post-Independence Challenges of African States
Written by Oluboyo Ayomide, a student of the Department of History and International Studies, Adekunle Ajasin University, Akungba-Akoko, Ondo State, Nigeria. Africa after European Departure The situation in which the…
mike the headless chicken
Facts about Mike the Headless Chicken
Of course, it will be surprising to know that a chicken lived for 18 months (nearly two years) after its head was chopped off. This is the story of Mike…
dancing plague of 1518
The Dancing Plague of 1518
It would of course seem astonishing to know that residents of a particular place died as a result of uncontrollable dancing. In Strasbourg city of the Holy Roman Empire, in…
Bullet Bra. Historydailypost
Bullet Bra: The Underwear for the Sweater Girls in 1940s-1950s
Bullet bra is a bra worn by ladies in the 1940s and 1950s. The bra was invented in the late 1940s; it is a full-support bra with a parabolic cup.…
Kim Goodman
Kim Goodman: The Woman with the Biggest Eyeballs in the World
Kim Goodman is a woman that can force her eyes 12 millimetres or 0.47 inches out of her eye sockets. It is recorded that she holds the world record for…