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UbanmeUdie:




As generous as this gesture may be, it is rather an exhibition of foolishness.

Such funds should have been donated to the likes of Bendel Insurance of Benin or Mighty Jets of Jos to prevent their extinction.

Nigerians are always good abroad and terrible at home.

I wonder who cursed Nigeria with such unpatriotic tendencies from its citizens.


Rubbish!

Make I no talk fess

thenewsadvocate:
Australia has officially fallen into its first recession in 29 years with the biggest fall in Gross Domestic Product (GDP) on record.

According to national accounts, data published by the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) on Wednesday GDP contracted by 7 percent in the June quarter more than three times more than the previous biggest fall of 2 percent in 1974.

Click to read more...
https://thenewsadvocate.com/2020/09/02/breaking-recession-hits-australia-for-first-time-in-almost-30-years/

My dream country.
Make dem sell small snake come Africa,their gdp go increase.

alfonso36:
E don reach make you sef create thread for us to feed our eyes

Seconded!!

Kiddwaya face sha
E go good for meme

5. The world’s first completely covered underwater diving suit was invented as far back as 1715 and consisted of an airtight oak barrel. The suit was used mainly for salvage operations of shipwrecks.



John Lethbridge barrel
John Lethbridge was the inventor of the first underwater diving suit. Lethbridge came up with this idea while working as a salvager for the East India Company. His design consisted of an airtight, oak barrel. The barrel was six feet in length and the diver had to lay flat on his stomach once the barrel was put into the waters with the help of a rope. It had two airtight holes on the sides for the hands and a hole with glass in the front for the diver’s window. During trials, Lethbridge demonstrated that the suit enabled divers to stay 12 fathoms underwater for at least 30 minutes at one go.




Once the diver comes out of the water after 30 minutes, fresh air was pumped into the suit through a vent using bellows. The used air was let out through another vent at the same time.

The suit was used mostly to retrieve material from wrecks. During Lethbridge’s first salvage operation using his invention, he recovered 25 chests of silver and 65 cannons! (source)

5. The world’s first completely covered underwater diving suit was invented as far back as 1715 and consisted of an airtight oak barrel. The suit was used mainly for salvage operations of shipwrecks.



John Lethbridge barrel
John Lethbridge was the inventor of the first underwater diving suit. Lethbridge came up with this idea while working as a salvager for the East India Company. His design consisted of an airtight, oak barrel. The barrel was six feet in length and the diver had to lay flat on his stomach once the barrel was put into the waters with the help of a rope. It had two airtight holes on the sides for the hands and a hole with glass in the front for the diver’s window. During trials, Lethbridge demonstrated that the suit enabled divers to stay 12 fathoms underwater for at least 30 minutes at one go.

Once the diver comes out of the water after 30 minutes, fresh air was pumped into the suit through a vent using bellows. The used air was let out through another vent at the same time.







The suit was used mostly to retrieve material from wrecks. During Lethbridge’s first salvage operation using his invention, he recovered 25 chests of silver and 65

4. In the first Olympics of 1904, the men’s marathon first place finisher completed the race in a car and was disqualified. The second-place finisher was carried to the finish line by his trainers, and the fourth finisher took a detour to eat during the race.

The men’s marathon in the 1904 Olympic Games might have been one of the strangest races in history. It was more of a comedy show than a serious event. Only a few of the runners in the marathon had previous experience. The other participants were “oddities.” There were 10 Greeks who had never run a marathon, two belonged to the Tsuana tribe of South Africa and arrived barefoot to the race, and one was a Cuban mailman who wore street clothing to the race.That was not all. The first to complete the race was American runner Fred Lorz. Apparently, Lorz had dropped out of the race after nine miles and then hitch-hiked in a car. When the car broke down at the 19th mile, he jogged to the finish line. He was banned from the competition for life.



Tom Hicks
The second to arrive, and the champion, was Thomas Hicks. Ten miles from the finish line, he almost gave up but his trainers urged him to continue. He was given several doses of strychnine, a common rat poison, to help get him to the end of the race. When he reached the stadium, his trainers and supporters who carried him to the finish line! Even though he got the gold medal that time, he never ran professionally again.

Andarín Carvajal, a Cuban postman, ran the race in street clothes. He had not eaten in 40 hours and took a detour into an apple orchard during the race. He ate some rotten apples that gave him stomach cramps. Despite falling ill, he managed to finish in the fourth place! (source)

3. Switzerland attacked its neighboring country, Liechtenstein, three times and by mistake every time.



Swiss–Liechtensteiner border
Switzerland holds a strange record in attacking its neighbor, Liechtenstein. Apparently, Switzerland has attacked Liechtenstein three times in 30 years, surprisingly by mistake each time!
Liechtenstein is a small country only 62 square miles in area. The country has a population of 37,000 people. But in spite of its small size, Liechtenstein is one of the richest countries in the world with one of the lowest unemployment rates. Another thing about Liechtenstein is that it does not have an army of its own. It disbanded its army in 1868 and is one of the 22 countries today without an armed force.

The first time Switzerland attacked Liechtenstein was on December 5, 1985. The Swiss Army was organizing a training exercise that involved launching missiles. Unknowingly, the Swiss Army launched the missiles into the heavily forested Liechtenstein causing a massive forest fire. The Liechtenstein government was very angry and Switzerland had to pay a heavy sum for the environmental damage.

The second attack took place on October 13, 1992. The Swiss Army received orders to set up an observation post in Treisenberg. They followed the orders and marched to Treisenberg. What they didn’t realize was that Treisenberg lies within the territory of Liechtenstein. They marched into Treisenberg with rifles and only later realized that they were in Liechtenstein.
The last attack was on March 1, 2007. A group of Swiss Army infantry soldiers was in training when the weather took a bad turn. There was heavy rainfall and the soldiers were not carrying any GPS or compass. Eventually, they ended up in Liechtenstein! Switzerland apologized to the Liechtenstein government for the intrusion, yet again. (source)
Switzerland should try this with north Korea,local man wants to check something

2. Inspired by Jules Verne’s Around The World in 80 Days, Nellie Bly was the first to attempt traveling around the world in 1889. She completed her journey in only 72 days and even met Jules Verne himself.Jules Verne’s Around the World in 80 Days is a classic that took us around the world with Phileas Fogg. An American journalist, Elizabeth Cochrane Seaman, or better known by her pen name Nellie Bly, was the first to attempt to travel the world in 80 days. In 1888, Bly suggested to her editor that she take a trip across the world to prove Jules Verne’s calculations. A year later, on November 14, 1889, she embarked upon the 40,070-kilometer journey and boarded the Augusta Victoria, a steamer of the Hamburg America Line.
At the same time, the New York newspaper Cosmopolitan sponsored its own reporter, Elizabeth Bisland, to beat both Bly’s and the fictional Phileas Fogg’s time. During the course of her journey, Bly traveled through England, France (where she met Jules Verne in person), Brindisi, the Suez Canal, Colombo (Ceylon), the Straits Settlements of Penang and Singapore, Hong Kong, and Japan. As she was traveling via steamships and rails, she had to suffer occasional setbacks due to bad weather and arrived at San Fransisco two days behind her schedule. But she was able to make up for the delay as her employer, Joseph Pulitzer, the owner of the New York World, chartered a private train for her. She reached New Jersey on January 25, 1890. It only took her around 72 days to get back to New York, thus completing her travel around the world in just 72 days. She beat Phileas Fogg’s record and became the first person to travel around the world. The other reporter arrived four days later. (source)

2. Inspired by Jules Verne’s Around The World in 80 Days, Nellie Bly was the first to attempt traveling around the world in 1889. She completed her journey in only 72 days and even met Jules Verne himself.

1. In 1867, Russia sold the territory of Alaska to the U.S. for $7.2 million. A mere 50 years later, the Americans had earned that amount back 100 times over.



US purchases Alaska from Russia for $7.2 million
The United States acquired Alaska from the Russian Empire on March 30, 1867. The Russian Empire was eager to sell off Alaska as the place lacked natural resources and was uninhabitable. Moreover, they feared that the UK might seize Alaska in case war broke out between the two. As a result of the purchase, the United States added 586,412 square miles of new territory.
There were mixed reactions from both the nations on the purchase. It was not quite clear why the United States wanted to purchase Alaska and whether the deal would be profitable. One of the American newspapers asked, “Why does America need this ‘ice box’ and 50,000 wild Eskimos who drink fish oil for breakfast?” Even the Congress disapproved of the purchase. But the deal was finalized at $7.2 million, or about 2 cents per acre ($4.74/km2).It was in 1896 that the Klondike Gold Rush took place and Alaska came to be seen as a valuable addition to the United States. The gold rush brought in hundreds of millions of dollars. The seal fishery was another attraction that brought considerable revenue to the US. There have been reports suggesting that the revenue that came from the seal fisheries was in excess of the price paid for acquiring Alaska. So, in no more than 50 years, the United States was able to profit from its purchase. (source)

Hadampson:
I'm here now with the popcorn. This is going to be fun. Let me call my people here to join me

Jaycew
NiklauseFred
subomi007
danny6552
skylane
lamboladee
Richdee1

How come I didn't see this thread yesterday night?

Thanks for the Mann.
Wait make I finish my breakfast fess

Millions of historical events have contributed to creating the world we know today. Our school textbooks just provide us information on some of the grandest historical events but leave out the lesser-known stories. So, we decided to bring to you some lesser-known historical events. From the purchase of Alaska by the United States to the project of creating spy cats, we bring to you some of the most interesting but lesser-known events from history around the world.

Somebody should call lalasticala na!

Righteousness89:
I Heard the owner or the Maker of Ship made a Statement that
Not Even God Can Sink the Ship

Yes Mr Righteousness89.
What do you have to say about the statement?

DICKstractor:
I was on the ship. I swam almost 450miles before I could see dry land.

Funfact: I did this without floating jacket.

Pls stay away from Ogbomosho weed.

femi4:
just 23, it won't go round now

Go round?!
Righteousness89 pls comman tell this guy something.

28)It was 400 miles from land when it sank.


Newfoundland was the nearest destination, but the Titanic was already under water within a few hours of hitting the iceberg.


29)Newspapers didn't get the story right.


When news of the sinking reached the mainland, several papers misreported that there were zero casualties. Once the real numbers started coming in, people banded together to raise money for the victims.

30)A movie about the disaster came out less than a month after it happened.


Saved from the Titanic was a silent film released in May of 1912. It starred Dorothy Gibson, an actress who survived the sinking.

Another survivor later became an activist and ran for U.S. Senate.


One of Titanic's most famous survivors was Margaret Brown, who was later nicknamed "The Unsinkable Molly Brown." She became an avid activist, supporting women's suffrage and even running for Senate, though she didn't win.


23)The youngest survivor died in 2009.


Millvina Dean was two months old when she was on the Titanic. She lived to be 97.


24)Milton S. Hershey was supposed to be a passenger.


The chocolate mogul had a ticket and everything, but had to switch to another ship that brought him into New York earlier for business meetings.

25)There was supposed to be a lifeboat drill the day it sank.


Captain Edward John Smith cancelled a lifeboat drill planned on the day of the sinking. Nobody knows why he called it off.


26)They know where the iceberg came from.


The 100-foot chunk of ice was traced back to a glacier in Greenland


27)It took on 400 tons of water per minute after it hit the iceberg.


The water filled the bow of the ship first, which caused the stern to lift up into the air and eventually break off

There were first class passengers and then there was John Jacob Astor IV.


Astor was the wealthiest passenger on board. He was worth over $90 million. That's over two billion dollars by today's standards when taking inflation into account.


20)The ship's baker, Charles Joughin, was among the survivors.


Joughin spent two hours in the water before being rescued. He claimed he was able to last so long because he drank a lot of whiskey beforehand.

21)A woman who survived the Titanic's sinking later survived the sinking of another ship.


Stewardess and nurse Violet Jessop survived the sinking of the Titanic only to experience another ship sinking on the Britannic four years later in 1916. Jessop survived again, but suffered a traumatic head injury.

It had 15,000 bottles of ale and 1,000 bottles of wine on board.


The ship was also stocked with 850 bottles of liquor as well as 8,000 cigars! Some of the champagne was actually recovered when the shipwreck was discovered in 1985.

17)The ship's final dinner was a feast.


The last meal served on the Titanic consisted of 10 courses. The menu included oysters, cream of barley soup, poached salmon, and much more.

The ship had its own newspaper.


The Atlantic Daily Bulletin was printed and posted every night in the First Class Smoking Room.

14)The musicians had a tough job.


The musicians on the ship were expected to know all 352 songs listed in a song book given out to first-class passengers so they could make requests.

They continued to play as the Titanic went down.


The iconic scene from the movie also happened in real life: To help calm down the guests, all of the musicians continued to play as the ship went down, ultimately losing their lives in the sinking.

There were only 23 female crew members.


Those 23 women made up the estimated 885 crew members that were on board

13)It was supposed to be a romantic vacation for some.


Thirteen couples on board were on their honeymoon.

The exact number of fatalities is still unknown.


There are rough estimates based on the ship manifests, but people traveled under fake names and from so many different places that those lists weren’t entirely accurate.

(10)There were over 2,200 people on board.


The numbers vary on exactly how many people were on the ship, but only 32% survived the sinking.

(It required a lot of coal.


Over 800 tons of coal were burned to power the ship every day.

(9)It had a huge send-off.


Over 100,000 people attended the ship's launch. It left from Belfast, Ireland

(7)There were plenty of amenities in first class.


Luxuries included a swimming pool, Turkish bath, squash court, and a dog kennel.

(6)There were only 20 lifeboats.


The ship was equipped to hold 64. Many of the lifeboats were sent out before they were full. There were 28 people on the first boat and the capacity was 65.

(5)The interior design was based on a London hotel.


The Ritz in London's Piccadilly neighborhood loosely inspired the interior of the ship. The hotel opened in 1906 and is still operating today.