PEOPLES DAILY, FRIDAY, AUGUST 31, 2012
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J O K ES Maths question An Ibo boy cried home from school to his dad, when his dad asked him what happened. He replied that his teacher at school flogged him for giving the wrong answer to a maths question. His father was very angry and followed the boy to school the next day. Conversation between the teacher's son and father: Father; why did you flog my child like that yesterday. Teacher; I asked your son 1plus 1 and he told me 4. Father; you did not ask him the question properly, he turned to his son and asked him Chidi 1Naira plus 1Naira is what. Son; daddy the answer is 2 Naira. The father was proud of his son while the teacher was disappointed.
FACTS
26. Earwax production is necessary for good ear health. While many people find earwax to be disgusting, it's actually a very important part of your ear's defense system. It protects the delicate inner ear from bacteria, fungus, dirt and even insects. It also cleans and lubricates the ear canal. 27. Babies are always born with blue eyes. The melanin in a newborn's eyes often needs time after birth to be fully deposited or to be darkened by exposure to ultraviolet light, later revealing the baby's true eye color. 28. Every human spent about half an hour as a single cell. 29. After eating too much, your hearing is less sharp. 30. Women are born better smellers than men and remain better smellers over life. 31. Your nose can remember 50,000 different scents. 32. Nails and hair do not continue to grow after we die. They do appear longer when we die, however, as the skin dehydrates and pulls back from the nail beds and scalp. 33. By the age of 60, most people will have lost about half their taste buds. Perhaps you shouldn't trust your grandma's cooking as much as you do. 34. Your eyes are always the same size from birth but your nose and ears never stop growing. 35. By 60 years of age, 60-percent of men and 40-percent of women will snore. Source: Weird facts
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PHOTO OF THE DAY
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Yesterday’s answer
A tiger and its two tiny cubs walk among the tourists at a Buddhist forest monastery and animal sanctuary in Kanchanaburi province in Thailand, now better known as Tiger Temple Source: Dailymail.co.uk