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January 20, 2014

Smart… or just dumb: Chinese Students Chain Their Heads Up So They Don’t Fall Asleep While Studying (Photos)

These terrifying photos of some Chinese students� study habits were snagged from the Chinese social media site Weibo. These young students actually tied their hairs, necks to bunks so that they don�t fall asleep while studying. Ridiculous, huh?

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SPECIAL INVITATION FROM EDUMARK: This Is A Must-Attend Seminar For All Parents – It’s About Your Child

  Parents and schools are set for very educative and exciting meetings at this year’s International schools show organized by Edumark. According to the project coordinator Mrs Fisayo Balogun, the program has been designed to provide a forum for parents not only to meet good schools but also to listen to experienced counsellors advise them on

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SHOCKING: School Head Boy, 17, Hangs Self Within School Premises In Kwara State

A Senior Secondary School student at Oro Grammar School, Oro, Irepodun LGA of Kwara State, took his own life. Anthony Oyeniyi, 17, hanged himself within the school premises. The tragic incident happened at about 2 p.m. on Monday. The classmates of the deceased reportedly became worried when they noticed that Oyeniyi was missing. A search

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WEIRD CHILD BRIDE CASE: 62-year-old Chief Weds a 15-year-old Girl (PHOTO)

  A wedding ceremony between a 62-year old chief and a 15-year-old girl in Kwa Zulu-Natal province of South Africa took place over the weekend. The article with a photo above was published on January 20, 2014, in ILANGA newspaper, which is a historic national Zulu periodical covering diverse topics: human interest, politics, entertainment, lifestyle

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This Isn’t Cool: 18-year-old girl sells her unborn baby on Facebook for 17,500 Naira

A Chilean teenager has been arrested by police after she put her unborn child up for sale on Facebook. 18-year-old Veronica Carrera Chaparro planned to sell her child for an astonishing sum of £68 after its birth. Miss Chaparro was said to have gotten pregnant for a 17-year-old whose family members gave her the option

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Is your phone ruining your sleep? Experts say checking messages all night can kill your grades at school

Switching off your mobile at 9pm could make you far more productive at school the next day, researchers have found. A team the University of Washington say using your phone late at night can seriously damage your sleep – and your performance at school the next day. They advise students to switch off – or

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How secure are YOUR online passwords? Researchers find 123456 is now the most common password online

  ‘Password’ is no longer the worst password on the internet, researchers have discovered. However, they warn the new ‘worst password’, 123456, is just as insecure. The team at SplashData analysed millions of stolen passwords posted online in 2013 to compile their annual list of the worst. ‘For the first time since SplashData began compiling

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Your brain really IS faster than you think: It takes just 13 milliseconds to see an image, scientists discover

  It might seem impossible to identify a dozen images flashing by in a fraction of a second. But a team of neuroscientists has found that the human brain can do just that at record-breaking speed. U.S. researchers discovered that the human brain can interpret images that the eye sees in just 13 milliseconds –

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Improve Your English: 18 Common Grammar Mistakes Nearly Everyone Makes

Below are 18 common grammar mistakes I see routinely, not only in editorial queries and submissions, but in print: in HR manuals, blogs, magazines, newspapers, trade journals, and even best selling novels. If it makes you feel any better, I’ve made each of these mistakes a hundred times, and I know some of the best

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