Today in History-November 18

1477		William Claxton publishes the first dated book printed in England. It is a translation from the French of The Dictes and Sayings of the Philosopers by Earl Rivers.
1626		St. Peter’s Cathedral in Rome is officially dedicated.

FUN FACTS!

1. Heart attacks are more likely to happen on a Monday.
2. If you consistently fart for 6 years & 9 months, enough gas is produced to create the energy of an atomic bomb!

Press release by NPF on Femi Otedola's foiled Kidnap.

PRESS RELEASE
POLICE FOIL PLANNED KIDNAPPING OF NIGERIAN
OIL MAGNATE FEMI OTEDOLA

1· IGP Restates Commitment of NPF to Clamp down on all Criminal Activities

An attempt to kidnap a Nigerian oil magnate, Femi Otedola, has been foiled by the Nigeria Police Force.

Fun Facts!

1. Banging your head against a wall burns 150 calories an hour.
2. In the UK, it is illegal to eat mince pies on Christmas Day!

Today in History- November 14

1501		Arthur Tudor of England marries Katherine of Aragon.
1812		As Napoleon Bonaparte‘s army retreats form Moscow, temperatures drop to 20 degrees below zero.
1851		Herman Melville’s novel Moby Dick is published in New York.

Fun Facts

1. If Pinokio says “My Noes Will Grow Now”, it would cause a paradox. 
2. Polar bears can eat as many as 86 penguins in a single sitting. (If they lived in the same place)

Today in History- November 13

1474		In the Swiss-Burgundian Wars, Swiss infantry shatters the army of Charles the Bold at Hericourt near Belfort, countering his march to Lorraine.
1835		Texans officially proclaim independence from Mexico, and calls itself the Lone Star Republic, after its flag, until its admission to the Union in 1845.
1851		The London-to-Paris telegraph begins operation.

Fun Facts!

1. “Facebook Addiction Disorder” is a mental disorder identified by Psychologists.
2. The average woman uses her height in lipstick every 5 years.
3. 29th May is officially “Put a Pillow on Your Fridge Day“.
4. Cherophobia is the fear of fun.
5. Human saliva has a boiling point three times that of regular water.

Recession is not my fault- President Muhammadu Buhari

President Muhammadu Buhari has rejected the criticism that his handling of the economy led the country into a recession.

Speaking at the State House,in Abuja during a meeting with ‎ the Senior Executive Course No 38 of the National Institute for Policy and Strategic Studies, (NIPSS), he said that it was not his administration that led the country into recession.

How corpers can make more money!!!

To an average corps member in the National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) Scheme, the current living allowance paid by the Nigerian Government isn’t sufficient to cater for their daily needs. In an effort to cushion the effect of the money drought, some who still have their parent’s back depend on supplementary funding from home. If you are one, know that such support wouldn’t last forever. Start thinking of alternative means of survival on your own. The following tips should help.

Federal Government Releases Expenditure so far in 2016

The Federal Government has released the sectoral performance details of capital allocations in the 2016 Appropriation Act for the different ministries, departments and agencies (MDAs) as at the end of October.

The Minister of Budget and National Planning, Udoma Udoma, said on Friday last week that government had spent about N3.577 trillion, or 58.7 per cent of the N6.06 trillion 2016 budget.

Today in History- November 12

1035		King Canute of Norway dies.
1276		Suspicious of the intentions of Llywelyn ap Gruffydd, the Prince of Wales, English King Edward I resolves to invade Wales.
1859		The first flying-trapeze circus act is performed by Jules Leotard at the Circus Napoleon.

Fun Facts!

1. If you lift a kangaroo’s tail off the ground it can’t hop.
2. Hyphephilia are people who get aroused by touching fabrics.
3. Billy goats urinate on their own heads to smell more attractive to females.
4. The person who invented the Frisbee was cremated and made into frisbees after he died!
5. During your lifetime, you will produce enough saliva to fill two swimming pools.

Today in History-November 11

1499		Pretender to the throne Perkin Warbeck is executed.
1778		aIndians, led by William Butler, massacre the inhabitants of Cherry Valley, N.Y.
1831		Nat Turner, a slave who led a revolt against slave owners, is hanged in Jerusalem, Virginia.

16 logos you never knew what they meant!

1. You’ll probably recognize this as the Beats logo:

Today in history

1799 Napoleon Bonaparte participates in a coup and declares himself dictator of France.
1848 The first U.S. Post Office in California opens in San Francisco at Clay and Pike streets. At the time there are only about 15,000 European settlers living in the state.
1900 Russia completes its occupation of Manchuria.

Fun facts

1. There were experts in the early ages hat used to taste the urine of people to diagnose different diseases

Riddle time!

In the dark they are found without being fetched, in the light they are lost without being stolen.