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[A MUST READ] 16 Striking Shocking Facts You May Never Have Come Across by SamzySamuel(m): 9:45am On Jul 08, 2017
<b>I’m sure you will be left surprised after reading this!</b>

1. There is a town in Jamaica called ABEOKUTA. It was founded by former slaves from present-day Ogun State who were brought to a plantation in that of Jamaica.

2· The letter ‘i’ that Apple use (in their products iPhone, iPad, iMac, iPod) stands for “Interactive”.

3· Edward James Roye, the fifth president of Liberia, was of Igbo descent.

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

5· The name”Nigeria” was coined by Flora Shaw, the wife of Lord Lugard, Nigeria’s Governor-General from 1914 to 1919.

6· There is a high school in Kingston, Jamaica named CALABAR High School, the capital of Cross River State.

7· Queen Elizabeth II is the only person who travels to any country without visa.

8· Ebun House, located at 85 Odunfa Street, was the first three-story building built in Lagos. It was constructed in 1914.

9· The city of Port Harcourt (capital of Rivers State) was named after Lewis Vernon Harcourt in 1913 by Frederick Lugard. It was originally known as Iguocha.

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