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“further out” from the centre of the Earth
and are closer to outer space than
countries that lie towards the north and
south poles, such as the Scandinavian
countries, Russia, Canada, the United States
and Greenland. Going by this phenomenon,
the title of the highest spot on Earth
belongs to a mountain in Ecuador that you
may not have heard of. The rather
unspectacular Mount Chimborazo in the
Andes of South America has been identified
as the highest point on earth and its closest
part to outer space. The peak is in reality
1.5 miles “higher up” than Mount Everest
because it sits atop the Earth’s bulge,
though it only measures 20,564 ft from sea
level, while Everest measures 29,029 ft. But
for the sake of clarity, Everest is still the
highest mountain in the world from sea
level, but if two objects are descending
from outer space from the same distance
and at the same pace to the two mountains,
the one coming down to Chimborazo will
land before the one descending to
Everest. Everest is actually the fifth furthest
place from the centre of the Earth;
Huascaran in Peru, Cotopaxi in Ecuador,
Kilimanjaro in Tanzania and Chimborazo are
all further.

Babies are born tabula rasa: For ages,
arguments and counterarguments have
been made by psychologists and
philosophers over whether human beings
are born with the so-called blank slate. But
thanks to advancements in genetic studies,
most of us are now in the know that
humans transfer some of their
characteristics (known as traits) to their
offspring. These traits go a long way in
determining how the offspring will react
when put in certain situations and
subjected to certain conditions.

Different parts of the tongue detect
different flavours : Even in my university
days, I was taught by professors that
different parts of the human tongue are
specialized for detecting different tastes.
The so-called tongue map balkanized our
taste organ into areas responsible for
detecting sweetness, bitterness, saltiness,
sourness and unami. Per contra, it turns out
that most taste buds on the tongue and in
other areas of the mouth can detect any
taste irrespective of their position.

Europeans brought Christianity to Africa
and Christianity is a Western
Religion : Christianity is the world’s largest
religion and it originated from Asia in the
geographical East. The movement that gave
rise to Christianity was begun by Jesus
Christ who was born over 2000 years ago
in Bethlehem in present-day Palestine. The
followers of the teachings of Christ were
first called “Christians” in the town of
Antioch which is now a historical site in
present-day Turkey. Antioch lies on the
eastern part of Turkey which is in Asia. It is
not clear when Christianity was brought to
either Europe or Africa. It is recorded in the
Bible that Christ was taken to Egypt as an
infant by Mary and Joseph who were
fleeing from Herod the Great during the
Massacre of the Innocents. However, Christ’s
ministry began few years before He was
crucified. It is not recorded if He went to
Africa or Europe during His ministry. What is
clear, though, is that one of His apostles,
Mark, established the first church in Africa
twelve years after the crucifixion, known as
the Church of Alexandria.
Some years before that, another apostle,
Philip, was recorded in the Acts of the
Apostles to have baptized an Ethiopian
eunuch on the road leading to Gaza from
Jerusalem. The Acts, however, did not tell us
where the eunuch went afterwards or if he
spread the message in Ethiopia. A church
was established in Ethiopia some years
after the Church of Alexandria in Egypt and
it is still in existence today. Most present-
day Ethiopians are Christians and their own
form of Christianity is not linked to the ones
spread by the Europeans.
The Bible, the Church and People in the

Middle Ages believed that the Earth was
flat : According to the notion – which has
been erroneously published in some
textbooks – Christians in the Middle Ages
believed that the Earth was flat. The notion
has it that it was not until Genoese explorer,
Christopher Columbus, had “sailed round
the world” without falling off the Earth's
presumed edge (and “discovered” what
turned out to be North America) that the
Church leaders came to the realization that
the Earth is indeed spherical and not flat.
Contrary to this view, Greek astronomers
and pretty much everyone else then knew
long before the advent of Christianity that
the Earth was spherical. The early Greeks
were renowned astronomers who made
predictions that are still correct today. The
Bible also alluded to a spherical Earth. Isaiah
40:22 says that “He (God) sits enthroned
above the circle of the earth.” It was only a

It may sound a little bit misleading,
because this problem is not only limited
to Nigerian schools. It’s a worldwide
phenomenon occasioned by teachers,
lecturers and instructors who make no
effort to update themselves and add to
what they already know. These lies – at
least some of them – were facts at some
point in time, but things have since moved
on. Truths become lies as new discoveries
are being made.
Here are 16 lies that are still dished out the
world over even as you read this:

There are six classes of food: I was taught –
and I know most of you were taught – that
there are 6 classes of food, namely,
proteins, carbohydrates, vitamins, fats and
oil, minerals and water. It is no longer the
case. Officially, there are now SEVEN classes
of food: proteins, carbohydrates, vitamins
(or vegetables), fibers, fats and oil, minerals
and water. Fiber is derived from plants and
it was initially left out by nutritionists
because it seemingly does not add any
nutrient to the body. What fiber does that it
alters the way our gastrointestinal tract
absorbs food. Fiber itself is indigestible; it is
broken down in the large intestine not by
the body’s digestive system, but by the
trillions of bacteria that live there.

There are nine planets in the solar
system : Astronomers are regularly
discovering new planets all over the
universe. However, the number of planets in
our own solar system has been reduced
from nine to eight. This is due to the
declassification of Pluto as a planet. Pluto
was officially downgraded by astronomers
at the 26th General Assembly of the
International Astronomical Union which
was held in Prague, Czech Republic, in
2006. It is now a dwarf planet.
Astronomers found out that it is merely a
huge ball of ice and rock orbiting the Sun in
an area known as the Kuiper Belt. The
Kuiper Belt is located beyond the planet
Neptune (which is now the farthest planet
in the solar system) and it contains over
70,000 icy objects similar to Pluto. Pluto
happens to be one of the biggest of these
icy objects, but it’s not the biggest. The
biggest is Eris. Eris, a dwarf planet, is the
largest object in the Kuiper Belt. It’s about
25% more massive than Pluto.

There are four oceans: That was until the
year 2000 when the International
Hydrographic Organization concluded that
a distinct body of sea that completely
surrounds the continent Antarctica will be
the Earth’s fifth ocean. The exact
geographic coordinates of the salty water
are yet to be agreed upon, but most
sources will tell you that it lies to the south
of Australia, New Zealand and the tip of the
South American continent.

There are three states of matter: There are
several states of matter, in fact. According
to physicists, in addition to solid, liquid and
gaseous, plasma can be observed in
everyday life. Actually, scientists claim that
plasma is the most abundant form of
matter in the universe, because most of the
stars, including our own Sun, are in a
plasma state. Other states of matter include
the neutron-degenerate matter, Bose-
Einstein condensates, liquid crystals,
superfluids, quark-gluon plasmas, quantum
hall state, supersolid, string-net liquid,
superglass and dark matter. But these
forms of matter are very rare and some of
them have not been observed, but are
believed to exist.

Humans have only five senses: It turns out
that sight, hearing, touch, smell and taste
are not the only sensory responses human
beings exhibit. Human sensory receptors
can also respond to pain (nociception),
changes in temperature (thermoception),
changes in balance (equilibrioception),
position (proprioception), magnetic
direction (magnetoception) and the
passage of time (chronoception).


Humans evolved from apes: This is a great
lie and misconception that has been here
with us since the day Charles Darwin
published his controversial “On the Origin
of Species by Means of Natural Selection, or
the Preservation of Favoured Races in the
Struggle for Life.” According to this well-
known biological framework, human
beings and the modern-day apes evolved
from a single, now-extinct ancestor. As time
passed by, these ancestors of ours began to
evolve differently based on climatic,
nutritional, geographical and social
changes.

Mount Everest is the highest place on
earth :
Mount Everest is the highest
mountain in the world quite alright, but it’s
not the part of the world that is closest to
outer space. Here how it works: the Earth
does not have a perfectly round structure
like the world globes you’ll find in most
schools. Geographers call this anomaly an
oblate spheroid, which means that the
earth has a bulge towards the equator. As a
result of this bulge, places close to the
equator are


http://saharareporters.com/2014/12/05/16-errors-are-still-taught-nigerian-schools-today-chinedu-rylan

Good news!

Am sure the op is now more confused...let me not add to that.

Lol yoruba pple have invaded this thread.

some pple will surely have heart attack over this news.

Anybody who takes this list serious is doomed.

Omen100:
People like you irritate my miserable soul.

fixed

Was that a mock sitting or what?

It is not only a celebrity thing o, yoruba guys like Igbo women pass everything. It is only the celebrities that have money to mee ife dina ya.

This is true. Frontpage please!

okeke00:
keep on living on denial

efulefu

okeke00:
most of your wealthy business men in onitsha are now relocating to asaba, the ones in Nnewi have left for a long time, lagos may be.
What does it signify? = your state is in a mess

sorry op but all the criminals in onitsha have moved to Asaba. Ask anyone.

It is so b'cos that was the only university serving the region when those alumni(mainly northerners) were students. By the way if i list that of UNN u will see why it is called university of Nigeria.

Ventolin and Aminophylline help but when its acute (when i cant breath or even walk) then aminophylline injection does it.

joywendy:
SPAM ALERT!! LIES!!

u get their time.

Sheggy13:
Your ignorance is epic. Imagine such utterance. I know u must be from the South east to make such utterance. I don't need to be told. Stroll into OAU Ife and see if u will ever come close to a 1st class.

What he said is true and i have heard severally.

InvertedHammer:
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This is absolutely ridiculous, preposterous and reprehensible!!!.

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The fact that u couldn't achieve such with all ur grammar makes it more ridiculous.

emusmith:
Some Parents sha...
You would agree with me there are some names you hear that causes you to want to see the parents: Not because the names in themselves are "wrong" but you just want to know why the Name?...lol. E.g.
1. Judas (Baba himself)
2.Samson. (Oga Samson)
3. Holy Heavens ( Always smiling)
4. Purity is Power. (I knew this)
5. Nicodemus...
6. Alphonsus
7. Good luck
8. Napoleon
9. Temptation (I knew this one personally. Its on her book in school)
10. Barbie e.t.c

Are there others you know I didn't mention? Please share.

Romanus

rosebowl01:
Very good point there about migration and reasons for migration.

Sorry, but there ain't any point there. The major determinant of migration pattern is opportunity for survival or to better life and not the so called 'big economy' or infrastructure. Development is about harnesing one's resources for his overall welfare, and societies achieve this in varying degrees. Some have gone far while some are at the starting point . If a nation or people fail to achieve this or are comfortable with the way they are, other people who have foresight could catch in on the opportunity created by this failure for their own benefit. The Africans in the 18th century had raw materials but couldn't make use of them optimally. The availability of these raw materials created an opportunity for european who needed these raw materials for their industries and therefore settled in large numbers in Africa despite mosquito bite etc. That didnt mean Africa was more developed, it was just a case of opportunity. Oil workers from US, telecomunication executives, construction workers and other sectors of our economy that is foreign driven are so because we lack the skills and knowledge to run them. This failure creates an opportunity for sharpsighted foreigners, and not because we have more infrastructure or that Nigeria is more developed than US. If an Igboman leaves Igboland for the red roofs of ibadam or the mud houses of sokoto, it signifies the failure on the part of the natives to convert their resources to wealth and not that ibadam has 'big economy' or has infrastructure. Pls tell me what infrastructure ibadam has?

Posting topics anyhow is not a sign of madness but posting stupid topics anyhow.
-Bill gates (1994)

Almighty ibadam. The biggest economy in Nigeria. Pls who will survive here?

kITATITA:
And the Bible didn't say you should kill or imprison sinners. All crimes are sinful but not all sins are criminal. Jesus welcomed both the sinners and the righteous. Why are you playing God by punishing sinners when you are not righteous.

are you saying that homosexualism is not criminal in Nigeria or are u saying Jesus welcomed sinners even when they are proud of their sins?

Archbishop Of Jos Opposes FG
Punishment Of Gays
Finally someone with some semblance of
sense. The Archbishop of Jos has come out
to stress that the Catholic Church in Nigeria
is opposed to any kind of discrimination
against homosexuals.
The Nigerian govt passed a law last year
that hands a 14-year sentence to anyone in
a same-sex union or in a homosexual
relationship.
Archbishop Ignatius Kaigama in a
statement to the press said (via The Tablet)
“We are not
supporting the
criminalization of
people with different
sexual orientations,”
Archbishop Kaigama
stressed. “We would
defend any person
with homosexual
orientation who is
being harassed, who is
being imprisoned, who
is being punished.”
He added: “The
Government may want
to punish them – we
don’t. In fact we will tell
the Government to
stop punishing those
with different
orientations.”
This will come as a bit of shock to many
christians in Nigeria as many have strongly
opposed homosexuality, and in many cases
support the law to ban homosexuality and
punish those guilty.

http://jaguda.com/2014/10/11/archbishop-jos-opposes-fg-punishment-gays/

jjwaterfalls:
West coast university
Anyway I feel for all those who hav spent their life savings thinking dey were in skool. I can imagine the frustrtion. :

danaiks:
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sirjohnson:
Very good

pabon:
Coming ooo

deebsman1:
Good 1

akpanikpe:
Make I book space de watch

Decapo:
Hear d names sef

austinbrown:
Yes ma nigga

bunmioguns:
Nawa o

tiamiyukunle69:
Funny

firstolalekan:
ok

lilprinze:
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Caught red handed

The grammar is terrible, but i dont think revealing her identity to the world is necessary. Therefore i call on seun or whoever is in charge to remove this topic.

profstar:
Oh nice thank, I pray for you, your alawe no go stop
Congrat to u too

Tnx Guy

Congratulations to you.

I mean to us.

wtf

italo:
Attack the argument, not the person.

please read the comment again, i mean your argument is funny.