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Five Nigerians hoping to win the 2023 NFL Super Bowl

If you ask any Nigerian about football, their mind instantly conjures up images of Jay-Jay Okocha dazzling Super Eagles fans with his silky skills and iconic dancing goal celebrations. However, for some Nigerians, the word football refers to American Football, an entirely different sport and one not usually associated with this incredible country. Since 1984, some 34 Nigerian nationals have…

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The Benefits of Holistic Therapies in Addiction Treatment

When we think of addiction treatment, we typically imagine medical or clinical interventions like medication and psychotherapy. However, a growing body of evidence suggests that an approach that emphasizes holism—or incorporating emotional, mental, physical, and spiritual well-being for comprehensive care—may be more beneficial for people struggling with addiction. Holistic therapies have become…

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Why wombats have square poop and other scientific puzzles

Why wombats have square poop and other scientific puzzles

Men who study science tend to be quite smart. But most of the time, they have little idea of how our world operates, and while making discoveries, they frequently stop at the most basic things. In addition, scientific puzzles that make researchers twist their brains can occasionally be solved with an answer that is so simple that it appears to be a joke. Why do flamingos stand on one leg? If…

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Life lessons learned

If life is taken too lightly, it will certainly respond in kind. It will pick it up with its turbulent current and carry it into the distance, not caring about the integrity of your boat. Even though you are connected, it does not care if you break on the nearest stones or find yourself on the golden shores of a flowering island. Here it’s how lucky, and, apparently, people are still more often…

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6 things to do if you feel like you and your partner are drifting apart

6 things to do if you feel like you and your partner are drifting apart

Relationships are tricky. You or your partner may not have enough time to see each other often. Other circumstances, such as family, career, or priorities, also contribute to the fact that you drift away over time. From this, it becomes sad and anxious that the relationship will end. This article teaches you how to maintain a close relationship with a partner or restore them again. 1. Share your…

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What, according to science, changes in your life after 25

What, according to science, changes in your life after 25

25 years is the invisible boundary that separates youth from adolescence. Today that boundary has shifted to 30 years, but still, 25 remains a sacred number, a kind of bridge that separates the two worlds. It seems that there is almost no difference between the age of 20 and 25, but it is not so. According to science, a lot of things change after crossing that line. 1. Our skin loses about 1%…

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10 things a woman looks for in a man

10 things a woman looks for in a man

When a man meets a girl for the first time, he evaluates her based on his own set of standards. To begin, this is merely the appearance, and what comes next is an assessment of the individual’s intellectual qualities. Women look at men differently; physical attractiveness isn’t necessarily the most important factor. When selecting a life partner, this is the factor that most women focus on. 1.…

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Good jobs: what are the main mistakes when choosing a career?

Good jobs: what are the main mistakes when choosing a career?

Choosing which career path to pursue in the 21st century is becoming progressively more challenging with each passing year. The old ways of doing things, some of which have been around for centuries, are gradually being forgotten as new ways of doing things come into existence. How can you decide what will be to your satisfaction in this crazy world? This is a question that requires a lot of…

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Why do I procrastinate

Why do I procrastinate

You may waste a significant amount of time procrastinating rather than getting down to work. Your tendency for procrastination harms your emotional state and has gotten you into trouble. You can try several different to fight procrastination, but you should be aware that some of them will make things worse. We’ve compiled a list of your behaviours that cause you to procrastinate even more,…

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Top 5 weird religious practice that is disturbing

Top 5 weird religious practice that is disturbing

Most religions have one or two weird practices or features, but sometimes you find one that is just plain strange. This list contains five of the weirdest practices found in modern religions. Now there is one religion for everything. And if good old Catholic guilt doesn’t do it for you, then maybe it’s time for a change. What is religion but a big ancient cult with followers willing to do fancy…

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How to help your partner with anxiety and depression

How to help your partner with anxiety and depression

A person who suffers from high-performance anxiety and depression may seem to be successful and happy in life. However, deep insecurity, persistent discontent with oneself, and concern about whether one is doing everything perfectly may lie beneath perfectionism and the drive to control everything. Anxiety and depression impact not only the person experiencing it but also others around him. 7…

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The Salem witch trials

The Salem witch trials

Since antiquity, those accused of witchcraft have been persecuted. Even under Hammurabi’s rules, witches and sorcerers faced the death sentence, which was substituted by a “test by water” in the event of unconfirmed accusations. The Holy Inquisition Institute reached its peak of power in 1478. The Spanish Inquisition was created around this time by King Ferdinand and Queen Isabella, and a period…

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The golden age of piracy

The golden age of piracy

Like any other period, maritime piracy had its golden age, with living legends like Bartholomew Roberts, Blackbeard, and Henry Avery. The Golden Age lasted just a little more than 80 years. It took place between 1650 and 1726. Because it occurred during the War of the Spanish Succession and the active time of maritime vessels, when private persons employed warships to take the ships of other…

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Prescription writing: Woman ends up applying erect!le dysfunction cream to eye

Prescription writing: Woman ends up applying erect!le dysfunction cream to eye

She tried to decipher the prescription writing but failed to do so and ended up applying an erect!le dysfunction cream to her eye; did not understand the doctor’s prescription writing. Health specialists are known to have non-readable writings, which seem to have evolved from ancient Egypt and need a cryptologist to be deciphered. Unfortunately, this fact can bring serious consequences to…

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The mysteries of the palace of Knossos

The mysteries of the palace of Knossos

At the end of the third millennium, around the 17th century BC, the Mediterranean island of Crete was home to a remarkable civilization, traces of which were only revealed at the dawn of the 20th century AD. On Crete, for the first time in Europe, cities appeared, palaces were built, a written language appeared, and the Cretan State had its own regular army (a fresco showing a detachment of…

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An ancient settlement of elves in the Orkney Islands

An ancient settlement of elves in the Orkney Islands

As you know, elves are fairy–tale characters. But they had their own prototype – the Irish and Scottish Sidhe, or “people of the hills”. However, the Sidhe were also mythical characters, despite the fact that until modern times all the Celts were absolutely sure of their existence. However, the latest findings of archaeologists force us to reconsider this position – ancient settlements have been…

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10 celebrities who are still alive according to conspiracy theories

10 celebrities who are still alive according to conspiracy theories

Of course, it’s not about anything mystical. The dead are really dead—no theories about vampires and zombies. The fact is that the deaths of some famous personalities raise a lot of questions. People have every reason to believe that those didn’t die at all but merely faked their own deaths. Some researchers have even attempted to prove that all these conspiracy theories are by no means…