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Sunday, 05 June 2022 06:53

People who've clinically died and been resuscitated reveal what they felt and saw moments after their ‘death’

Something everyone faces in life, regardless of class, culture, or creed, is death. And despite its inevitability, the experience of death and what happens after still remains unknown to us. Because of this, many people are curious about the experiences of those who've clinically died and been brought back. Recently, u/APater6076 asked people who've died and been resuscitated, "What was your experience? Did you see bright lights? Nothing? Do you remember anything about it?" In response, people described how they 'died' and what their experience was like: 1. "A very warm blackness. It wasn't cold or scary but very calm…

Saturday, 04 June 2022 06:32

Zimbabwe toe-selling 'joke' misses the mark in Nigeria

An apparent social media ruse in Zimbabwe about people selling their toes for large amounts of money is being taken more seriously elsewhere in Africa. The unfounded story that suggests Zimbabweans are parting with their digits to beat poverty is trending in Nigeria. A tongue-and-cheek Zimbabwean blog post suggested the trade was happening at a shopping centre in the capital, Harare. It quotes WhatsApp messages with figures as high as $40,000 (£31,800) being offered by traditional healers in South Africa for a big toe. It is not uncommon for body parts to be used in unscrupulous traditional so-called cures. Touted…

Saturday, 28 May 2022 06:16

Electrician cuts village power repeatedly to meet girlfriend in secret

An Indian man was recently ousted as the cause of frequent power outages in his native village, as he always cut the power in the entire settlement whenever he wanted to see his girlfriend. For weeks, the people of Ganeshpur, a small village in eastern Bihar’s Purnia district, had to put up with frequent power outages that only seemed to occur a few hours after sunset. No one seemed to know what was causing the problems, as the power company had not reported any power grid malfunctions, and none of the neighboring villages were dealing with similar issues. Exasperated, many…

Saturday, 21 May 2022 06:51

You don’t like the sound of your voice? This surgical procedure will get you the pitch you like

Ever wish you had the deep voice of James Earl Jones? Well, maybe that’s an unattainable goal, but if you’re willing to go under the knife for a deeper or higher voice, there’s a surgeon in Turkey who can help. Kursat Yelken has been performing voice deepening surgeries for 15 years and claims that demand for the procedure has been increasing. He currently operates on 100 – 150 people a year, from executives wanting to sound more assertive, to transgender people looking to make their voice match their new gender. The Turkish doctor, who trained at Harvard Medical School, can…

Thursday, 19 May 2022 06:28

‘Ladies snatching our husbands with indecent dressing, big buttocks’, protesting women cry out

Some married women in Imo State recently protested in Owerri against female students in tertiary institutions whom they accused of using “indecent dressing and big buttocks” to snatch their husbands. The protest is captured in a clip that is circulating on Facebook and Instagram Women, over ten of them, could be seen in the clip marching across female hostels, warning the female students to desist from wearing indecent dress or be ready to face punishment. PREMIUM TIMES could not confirm the exact date of the protest, but people said it must have happened on Friday. The protesting women said women…

Saturday, 14 May 2022 06:03

Couple sue son for $650,000 for not giving them a grandchild

A couple in the Indian state of Uttarakhand has taken their son to court, asking him to either pay back the $650,000 they claim to have invested in him or give them a grandchild within a year. Sanjeev and Sadhana Prasad filed a highly unusual lawsuit against their own son on the grounds of “mental harassment”. They claim to have invested substantial sums of money into his education and professional training over the years, helped him financially when he couldn’t find a job, and arranged and paid for his wedding in 2016. In return, they were expecting a “grandchild to…

Saturday, 07 May 2022 06:32

Woman jailed for ‘stealing’ partner's sperm

The woman was involved in a 'friends with benefits' relationship with a man She wanted more from the relationship and sabotaged her condom supply The woman told the man that she had nobbled the condoms and was pregnant He reported her to the authorities who convicted her of of sexual assault A German woman has been jailed for six months after she was convicted of stealing her partner's sperm by poking holes in his condoms. The woman, who wished to become pregnant, sabotaged her partner's condoms without his permission so she could harvest his genetic material. The court in western…

Saturday, 30 April 2022 06:04

World’s most loyal employee has been working for the same company for 84 years

Walter Orthmann, a 100-year-old man from Brazil has been working for the same company since 1938, which officially makes his career worthy of the Guinness Book of Records. Orthman began working for Industrias Renaux S.A., a textile company in Brusque, on January 17, 1938, when he was only 15-years-old. He began as an assistant in the shipping department, but over the years, he was promoted to administrative assistant and, eventually, sales manager. During his 84-year-long career, Walter went on sales trips all over the world, received his paycheck in nine different currency denominations, and used nearly every commercial airline in…

Saturday, 23 April 2022 04:10

Illegal immigrant wins $270,000 from lottery scratchcard, but can’t claim it

Imagine going from having nothing to your name to winning over a quarter of a million dollars only to be unable to claim it due to a lack of ID. That’s exactly the problem an Algerian undocumented immigrant in Belgium is facing right now. A few days ago, the lottery winner, whose name has not been disclosed for obvious reasons, went into a shop in Zeebrugge, a Belgian port city and popular transit point for migrants and refugees, and bought a lottery scratchcard. He paid 5 euros for it and ended up winning a whopping 250,000 euros ($270,000). He was…

Saturday, 16 April 2022 06:38

Professional baby namer charges clients up to $10,000 per name

Taylor A. Humphrey, a 33-year-old woman from New York, works as a professional baby namer, charging people thousands of dollars for helping them pick out the perfect names for their offspring. It’s hard to believe that someone could make a living helping expecting parents select a suitable name for their child, but Taylor A. Humphrey is living proof that it can be done. She has been a full-time baby namer for years, charging clients between $1,500 and $10,000 for providing suitable baby names based on a variety of factors. Her services range from a simple phone call and a list…

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Saturday, 09 April 2022 05:53

61-year-old man gets 90 doses of Covid-19 vaccine

An unnamed 61-year-old man in German reportedly got 90 doses of Covid-19 vaccine injected into his body so he could make money selling vaccination certificates to people who didn’t want to get vaccinated. The man from the eastern German city of Magdeburg, whose name was not released, allegedly managed to receive up to 90 shots of Covid-19 vaccine at various vaccination centers in the eastern state of Saxony for months, before being caught earlier this month. He was finally discovered when he came to a vaccination center in Eilenburg, Saxony for the second day in a row, asking to get…

Saturday, 02 April 2022 06:06

Food startup announces plan to serve Lion, Tiger and Elephant meat

Food technology company Primeval Foods plans to launch an entire menagerie of exotic meats that didn’t actually come from animals, including lion burgers, tiger nuggets or giraffe ham. As the meat-alternatives market becomes increasingly competitive, food tech companies are coming up with new and ingenious ways of making their products stand out. Primeval Foods, a London-based startup specializing in cellular agriculture, plans to start selling exotic meats cultivated in a laboratory. And we’re not talking expensive and hard-to-come-by beef either, but the types of meat most people never even imagined were edible, like lion or tiger meat. No animals are…

Friday, 11 March 2022 06:20

Lagos-Ibadan train stops abruptly after running out of diesel

A Lagos-Ibadan train, on Thursday, stopped abruptly after “running out of diesel”. According to a Twitter user, King Isaiah Obadore, who was reportedly on the train, the crew members said the train stopped moving because it had exhausted diesel. “Boarded Train from Ibadan to Lagos. We’re still stuck in the forest with unknown Chinese Men,” Obadore said. “They said fuel finished. What a beautiful country, Nigeria.” In a trending video, another passenger was seen commenting about the situation while some passengers were seen hanging around the train. When contacted, Mahmood Yakubu, spokesperson of the Nigerian Railway Corporation (NRC), said he…

Saturday, 05 March 2022 06:03

Florida man blames Putin for why he was speeding

A Florida man, who was pulled over for speeding last week, attempted to place blame on Russian President Vladimir Putin during the traffic stop, authorities said. The unidentified driver was pulled over by a Flagler County deputy in Palm Coast last Thursday for allegedly running a stop sign and going 50 mph in a 30 mph zone, the deputy said in bodycam footage released by the Flagler County Sheriff’s Office on Tuesday. According to the footage, the man gave the deputy a myriad of reasons as to why he was spending, including that he had just got the car and…

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