Some Intresting Facts About Africa

1. The Gambia has only one university.

2. Equatorial Guinea is Africa’s only spanish speaking country.

3. South Africa is the most visited African country.

4. Nigeria has the richest Black people in Africa.

5. Samuel Eto’o is the highest paid Footballer of all time, he received about
£350,000 weekly in Russia in 2011.

6. A person from Botswana is called a Motswana, the plural is Batswana.

7. A person from Lesotho is called a Mosotho.

8. A person from Niger is called a Nigerien.

8. A person from Burkina Faso is called a Burkinabe.

9. Nigeria has won more football cups than England.

10. Zimbabwe’s President, Robert Gabriel Mugabe is the world’s most
educated President with 7 degrees, two of them are Masters.

11. Al-Ahly of Egypt is the richest club in Africa.

12. Didier Drogba is Chelsea’s highest goalscorer in European competition.

13. Johannesburg, South Africa is the most visited city in Africa.

14. Zinedine Zidane wanted to play for Àlgeria, but the selector rejected him, saying they are already many
players like him in the team.

15. President Jacob Zuma was given a special award by Fifa for refereeing
on Robben Island during his years as a political prisoner.

16. President Robert Mugabe was jailed for 11 years for fighting for freedom.

17. President Robert Mugabe is Africa’s oldest Head of State and the world’s second oldest Head of State.
He was born in 1924.

18. The Seychelles are the most educated Africans. Seychelles’ literacy
rates (Adult: 92%, Youth: 99%) Zimbabwe is 2nd (Adult: 91.2%,Youth: 99%).

19. Rwanda is a better country for gender equality than England and USA.

20. Somalia got its first ATM on October 7, 2014.

21. South Africa has the most Grammy award winners in Africa.

22. Ethiopia has the most airports in Africa.

23. Ethiopia’s economy is growing faster than China’s.

24. Eritrea’s President, Isaias Afwerki is the least richest President in Africa.

25. Ethiopia is Africa’s oldest independent country, it has existed for over 3,000 years without being colonised.

26. Haile Selassie 1 was the 225th and last Emperor of Ethiopia.

27. Nigeria has the most monarchs in the world.

28. Angola has more Portuguese speakers than Portugal.

29. President Jose Eduardo Dos Santos has ruled Angola since 1979.

30. President Teodoro Obiang Nguema Mbasogo is Africa’s longest serving
Head of State. He has ruled Equatorial Guinea since August 3, 1979 when he overthrew his uncle, Francisco Nguema. His son, Teodoro Nguema Obiang Mangue is his Vice President and will succeed him if he
resigns. He started ruling Dos Santo

31. George Weah of Liberia is the first man to win World, European and African footballer of the year in the same year.

32. Swaziland is the only remaining absolute mornach in the world.

33. The Gambia is the smallest country in Africa followed by Swaziland.

34. King Sobhuza ll of Swaziland took the longest time in reigning
Swaziland, 62 years as he was crowned in 1921 and died in August 1982 at
the age of 83 years.

34.1. King Sobhuza II of swaziland, married 70 wives, who gave him 210
children between 1920 and 1970.

35. Zimbabwe is the only country in the world were almost everyone was a
billionaire at one point.
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Must Listen - The Strangest Secret In The World- By Earl Nightingale

This is one of the most mind blowing Audios i have ever listened to, and i must say that it has completely changed my life.

 I thought it wise to share it with my readers too because i know it can change your life too, if you let it. So just sit down, relax and and this wonderful Audio by Earl Nightingale.

More Intresting Facts You May Like To Know

• Birds don’t urinate.
• Ants never sleep. Also they don’t have lungs. Worker ants may live seven years and the queen may live as long as 15 years.
• Horses and cows sleep while standing up.
• If you lift a kangaroo’s tail off the ground it can’t hop – they use their tails for balance.
• The horn of a rhinoceros is made from compacted hair rather than bone or another substance.
• The bat is the only mammal that can fly. The leg bones of a bat are so thin that no bat can walk.
• Bats always turn left when leaving a cave.
• A tarantula spider can survive for more than two years without food.
• Even when a snake has its eyes closed, it can still see through its eyelids.
• Despite the white, fluffy appearance of Polar Bears fur, it actually has black skin
• The average housefly only lives for 2 or 3 weeks.
• Male mosquitos do not bite, only female mosquito bites.
• For every human in the world there are one million ants.
• For every person there are rougly 200 million insects.
• Even a small amount of alcohol placed on a scorpion will make it go crazy and sting itself to death!
• Alligators and sharks can live up to 100 years.
• Rats breed so quickly that in just 18 months, 2 rats could have created over 1 million relatives.
• A bee must visit 4,000 flowers in order to make one tablespoon of honey.
• A honeybee has two stomaches- one for honey, one for food.
• A bee can see the colors green, blue and ultra-violet – but red looks like black.
• Great white Sharks can go as long as three months without eating.
• Mayflies live for a year or more as larvae; but as adults they live for only a few hours.
• Killer whales kill sharks by torpedoing up into the shark’s stomach from underneath, causing the shark to explode.
• Killer whales are not whales at all, rather a species of dolphin.
• Most elephants weigh less than the tongue of a blue whale. The heart of a blue whale is the size of a small car.
• When a dolphin is sick or injured, its cries of distress summon immediate aid from other dolphins, who try to support it to the surface so that it can breathe.
• A dragonfly can spot an insect moving 33 feet away.
• The heart of a shrimp is located in its head.
• A snail can sleep for 3 years.
• The oceans contain 99 percent of the living space on the planet.
• The fastest bird, the spine-tailed swift, can fly as fast as 106mph.
• A cow gives nearly 200,000 glasses of milk in her lifetime.
• A newborn kangaroo is about 1 inch in length. It then grows inside its mother’s bag.
• Dolphins sleep with one half of the brain at a time, and one eye closed.
• The leech has 32 brains.
• Camels have three eyelids to protect themselves from the desert blowing sand.
• The average outdoor-only cat has a lifespan of about three years. Indoor-only cats can live sixteen years and longer.
• It takes a lobster about seven years to grow to be one pound.
• On average, pigs live for about 15 years.
• Sharks are the only animals that never get sick. They are immune to every type of disease including cancer.
• Goat’s eyes have rectangular pupils.
• The placement of a donkey’s eyes in its head enables it to see all four feet at all times.

How To Make Your Cv Irresitable To Potential Employers

Hello pals, i just thought i should make a quick post about something i feel may have denied many qualified people the job opportunities they so desire even when it was obvious that they where qualified for it

here are a couple of tips i think you should consider when writing your cv which would definately help you create an irresistible CV.

1. Your CV Must be Brief.
Don't go  putting information that is not needed on you cv. it just pisses off and makes who ever is supposed to go through your cv, get tired and probably not read it to the very end.
As a rule of Thumb, make sure your cv is not more than two pages long.

Change Of CBT Examination Date (UTME JAMB) 2013.

This email was sent to JAMB canditates  siting for the CBT UTME examinations, so i just thought i  share with you all.

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The Units Of Measurement Of A Computers Memory

Hi Pals, i Just wanted to share with you the various units by which a computers memory can be measured.

1 Bit = Binary Digit Of a Computers Memory

8 Bits = 1 Byte

1024 bytes = 1 KB (kilobyte)

1024 KB = 1 MB( Mega Byte)

1024 MB = 1 GB ( Giga Byte)

1024 GB = 1 TB (Terra Byte)

The Most Incredible Pencil Sketches I've Ever Seen

Here Are some incredible pencil sketches  by Olga Melamory Larionova. The sketches just blow my mind away, especially the one with a lady that has water pouring down her face. Hmmm.. an amazing piece of art indeed. see screen shots below.

Would love to know what you think about them.

15 WRONG REASONS TO GET MARRIED!

15 WRONG REASONS TO GET MARRIED!
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1. You must not get married because of lust.

2. Infatuation (Love at first sight- sudden love)

3. Just liking the idea of marriage. It's just like joining the Army because you like the uniform. Nobody joins the army with a promise that he won't go to war.

4. The fear of remaining unmarried(my friends are all married, my sisters are all
married e.t.c)

5. Pressure (parents, friends, etc)

6. Because you want to escape being jilted (if he is the right man/woman, he or she wont jilt you)

7. Getting married for money (money does not guarantee a successful marriage at all.

8. Using marriage as an escape route! [I am tired of mom and dad]

9. Having pity... (feeling sorry for the Man or the Woman.)

10. Foolish Expectation......[Marrying an unbeliever and expecting him/her to change in the course marriage! especially if they don't change before you marry them]

11. Marrying for Beauty or Handsomeness.......[The best time to access a woman properly is absolutely when she wakes up in the morning!] Let him see you as you are Now!!!

12. Accidental PREGNANCY! [Just because you become pregnant along the line doesn't mean you have to bury your destiny there.

13. Tribal Connection [I must marry someone from my town.,,etc...]

14. To satisfy your Parents.

15. Marrying to hurt your Parent

- Dr D.K Olukoya (MFM)

Some Technical And Important Acronyms Worth Knowing

Here are the acronyms of some words i think every one should know. Since No knowledge is wasted, you could make use of it someday...sooo, here they are:

ATM: Automatic Teller Machine

SIM: Subscriber Identification Module

GPS: Global Positioning System

GPRS: General Packet Radio Service

PIN: Personal Identification Number

WWW: World Wide Web


HTTP: Hypertext Transfer Protocol


HTML :Hypertext Markup Language


LASER: Light Amplification by Stimulation of Electromagnetic Rays


PDF: Portable Document Reader


DSTV: Digital Satelite Television


GPA: Grade Point Average

GIF: Graphic Interchange Format

SONAR: Sonic Navigation And Ranging


GSM: Global System for Mobile communication


RAM: Random Access Memory


ROM: Read Only Memory


MS DOS: Microsoft Disk Operating System


FAT: File Allocation Table


CSS: Cascading Style Sheet


LNBF: Low Noise Band Frequency


JPEG: Joint Photographic Experts Group


PNG: Portable Network Graphics


PDA: Portable Digital Assistant

POS: Point Of Sale


USB : Universal Serial Bus


VGA: Video Graphic Adapter


APN: Access Point Number


BIOS: Basic Input and Output System


CCNA: Cisco Certified Network Associate


FM: Frequency Modulation


AM: Amplitude Modulation


MW: Medium Wave


SW: Short wave


LW: Long Wave

VAT: Value Added Tax


TIN: tax identification number


ASP: Active Server Pages


FTP: File Transfer Protocol

WCDMA: Wideband Code Division Multiple Access

IMEI: International Mobile Equipment Identity

HSDPA: High Speed Download Packet Access

LAN: Local Area Network

WLAN: Wireless Local Area Network

60 Things You Probably Didn't Know!

    I just thought I should share a couple of Intresting things I found out.

They are things I feel every one should know, or atleast should be fascinating to alot of people.

Some of them are funny, no doubt about it but you could really learn a thing or two from the info & by so doing increase your knowledge database… Enjoy!

1. The word “queue” is the only word in the English language
     that is still  pronounced the same way when the last four letters are removed.

2. An ostrich has two toes on each foot which gives it greater speed

3. A wood pecker can peck 20 times per second

4. What is called a “French kiss” in the English speaking world is known as an
   “English kiss” in France.  (Can you imagine!!)

5. “Almost” is the longest word in the English language with all the letters in
      alphabetical order.

6. “Rhythm” is the longest English word without a vowel.

7. The great horned owl has no sense of smell

8. A cockroach will live nine days without its head before it starves to
    death. (Creepy.) (Hmmm…it was as good as dead anyway)

9. Human thigh bones are stronger than concrete…(I guess it depends on the
    type of concrete we are talking about)

10.You can’t kill yourself by holding your breath.

11. It’s against the law to have a pet dog in Iceland!

12. Your heart beats over 100,000 times a day!

13. The first bomb droped by the allies on berlin in world war II hit an elephant
     ( eyaaaaaaah, Poor  Elephant)

14. The skeleton of Jeremy Bentham is present at all important meetings of the
       University of London. (Now  that’s creepy.)

15. If you yelled for 8 years, 7 months and 6 days you would have produced
      enough sound energy to heat  one cup of coffee. (Hmm...Hardly seems worth it.)

16. Most Elephants weigh less than the tongue of a blue whale

17. Right handed people live, on average, nine years longer than left-handed
       people. (Geezzzz, hows that possible?)

18. Your ribs move about 5 million times a year, everytime you breathe!

19. The elephant is the only mammal that can’t jump!
      (Yea yea and so and so what)