DID YOU KNOW? - by Director Bel

1. That the Sahara Desert wasn’t always a desert?A bazillion years ago, it was actually a Savannah with lakes. 🤭 2. Lagos gains about 77 new residents every hour.(No wonder traffic tie wrapper for here 🥴🫠🤧) 3. The shortest war in history lasted 38 minutes: It was the Anglo-Zanzibar War in 1896. (If na today, social media alone will add more petrol to the fire 😩🤣) 4. In marketing and advertising, there’s something called the “Rule of Seven (or 5–7)” which means a person may need to see something up to 5 to 7 times before they really recognize or remember it. (Na why influencers no dey gree person rest for social media with advert 😂) <a class="tc-blue external-link" href="https://5.Nigeria" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">5.Nigeria </a> has the most mobile phone users in Africa.(More SIM cards than people. Literally. 🤣) 6. The Nigerian passport has more “power” in Africa than people think.We can enter 40+ countries visa-free or visa-on-arrival. (Bhet anything wey you see for airport no be me send you o 🤭) 7. Cleopatra wasn’t Egyptian.She was Greek, from the Ptolemaic dynasty. (Hollywood lied to us! 🤧) 8. Nigeria has over 500 languages. With some languages spoken by only a few thousand people. (Meanwhile Yoruba, Hausa and Igbo no go let other languages hear word. I’m half Igbo and even I roll my eyes at this. 😩😭🙄) 9. Octopuses have three hearts.Two pump blood to the gills, one to the rest of the body. (Mad o!) <a class="tc-blue external-link" href="https://10.Nigeria" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">10.Nigeria </a> has the highest twin birth rate in the world.Especially in Igbo-Ora, nicknamed “Twin Capital of the World.” 11. Honey never spoils.Archaeologists found 3000 year old honey in Egyptian tombs and it was still edible. 12. Penguins have knees.They’re just hidden under feathers and fat. Omeux! 13. Ethiopia follows a different calendar.It’s currently 7 to 8 years behind the Western (Gregorian) calendar. (Issokay!) 14. A group of flamingos is called a “flamboyance.”Very on brand. 🤌🏾 15. Japan has more pets than children. Mostly cats. 😃😂 The above listed 15 random facts were inspired by me reminiscing about my childhood. Growing up long before the internet became a thing, my mom used to buy Encyclopaedia Britannica and Webster’s Dictionary that contained stuff like these. Those books, along with magazines like Time, Cosmopolitan (I always preferred the UK version with the sprinkling of perfume samples in the pages, my goodness! 🫠🥹🤩😫), Reader’s Digest, every kind of novel, and all sorts of board games, were how I learned about the world, and traveled to its corners from my shared bedroom. 🤭 Even now, I still find myself Googling; or these days ChatGPTing random facts just like the ones above.And I thought to share these ones with y’all. If you have more fun or fascinating facts of your own, please drop them in the comments. I would love to learn something new. 😌🤌🏾🥹

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