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Please i need advice on this, post for me I am married with 2 kids , i met my husband when he had nothing , we dated for 5 years and we are married for 6 years now, we suffered to the extent of begging food from family members and neighbors . All this long, he pretended to be a good man and that was why i married him. Fast forward, 2 years after, i had a job which was paying very good , i took loan to buy him car to use as Uber here in Accra, he became financially stable after 1 year driving the uber. I bought another car for my personal use which he sometimes drives it when he don’t go to work . My husband dont care about me ever since he became financially stable. He dosnt touch me when he return from work, he sleeps in the sofa or the guest room, he doesn’t sleep in the bedroom again. My husband has now turned different leaves, he is cheating on me with different girls, some are married women, born one’s whom i am even more beautiful than them.  Anytime I approach him of his beh...

This is the story of the "Radium Girls" The hundreds of young women who worked in watch factories throughout the 1920s were exposed to so much radium that they used to come home glowing in the dark. Then they found that the exposure caused their vertebrae to collapse, their jaws to fall off, and their lives to end slowly thanks to agonizing battles with cancer. 

"They called it a 'death march' because of the way they died. If you stopped on the road, you were killed. If you had a malaria attack, they killed you. If you had to stop to defecate, they killed you. If you just couldn't take another step, they killed you." After nearly 80,000 American and Filipino soldiers surrendered to the Japanese following the excruciating three-month Battle of Bataan, there were even greater horrors in store for them. The prisoners were forced to march more than 60 miles through the tropical heat of the Philippines with almost no water and just one bowl of rice for the entire week. And those who survived the marching were treated to worse brutality by their captors. The luckier victims were shot to death, while others were disemboweled, emasculated, decapitated, or even crucified. In the end, as many as 18,000 prisoners were dead within the span of just ten days.

true story behind "The Last Samurai" Meet Frenchman Jules Brunet, the real-life last samurai. Fighting alongside the Shogunate rebels who wanted to maintain traditionalism in Japan, Brunet joined a legion of 3,000 in a battle against 7,000 Imperial troops that lasted half a year in 1868 and 1869. Ultimately, the clash ended with the defeat of the samurai, largely because they did not use Western weaponry the way the Imperial troops did.   

A nurse writes down the last words of a dying soldier, 1917 Seen here is a nurse writing down the last words of a British soldier during World War I. WWI lasted 4 years from 1914 - 1918, with many historians agreeing that 1917 was the worst year of the war.  Nurses played a vital role during the war, as they helped troops recover from their injuries and helped them to get back to the battlefield. Nurses also comforted mortally wounded soldiers. Some soldiers suffered from different psychological disorders due to their time being exposed to a combat zone, including anxiety disorders, depression and battle fatigue, which is now known as Post Traumatic Stress Disorder, which was a condition that was not acknowledged at the time.  Before World War II, WWI was known as "The Great War". It is infamous for its brutal and almost eerie nature. The war is also known for its primitive and basic technology, which led to much of the combat being hand to hand and up-close.  World War I...

his inspiring heroism and tragic end Ira Hayes was the first Marine paratrooper from the Pima tribe of Arizona who became a world-famous hero during the Battle of Iwo Jima, but he had a difficult time dealing with the aftermath of World War II and his subsequent fame. Upon returning home, the photo of Hayes and his comrades hoisting up the American flag atop Mount Suribachi had circulated and Hayes was soon bombarded by patriotic fans in his quiet hometown — and he was even offered a role to play himself in the John Wayne movie "Sands Of Iwo Jima."⁠ In November 1954, the U.S. Marine Corps War Memorial was unveiled at a dedication ceremony in Washington, D.C., which was attended by a struggling Hayes. Ten weeks after the ceremony, Hayes was found dead outside of his home in Sacaton, Arizona in the frigid January temperatures. The coroner ruled that his death was the result of alcohol poisoning and exposure.  

On this day, 15 June 1990, the Battle of Century City took place , as police in Los Angeles attacked striking janitors and their supporters during a peaceful Service Employees International Union demonstration. Janitors in the Century City office complex, most of whom were employed by cleaning contractor ISS, had gone out on strike on May 29 demanding improvements to pay and conditions. On the June 15 protest, LAPD officers brutally attacked the workers and their supporters, leaving several people seriously injured, including one pregnant woman who miscarried as a result. Rather than deter the workers, the violence caused mass outrage. And ISS subsequently agreed to recognise the workers' union, provide for family health coverage and pay a living wage. The event also began to be commemorated with the creation of an annual June 15 Justice for Janitors Day.

the chilling story of the aswang In the centuries-old annals of Filipino folklore, one creature inspires bloodcurdling terror like no other. A cross between a werewolf, a witch, and a vampire, the aswang can take many forms, ranging from a bloodthirsty dog to a fetus-eating "viscera sucker" to a beautiful woman that can use her human appearance to sneak into unsuspecting communities. And the one thing that all of these forms have in common is pure evil.  Though the legends date back to at least the 15th century, fear of the Aswang has remained strong even in the modern era. In fact, at the height of the Cold War in the early 1950s, the CIA took advantage of this fear by mutilating the bodies of Filipino communist insurgents to make it look like they'd been fed on by the aswang, then leaving them out in piles for the enemy to find. 

Though many historical films take creative liberties with their source material, Amon Goeth's character was not exaggerated in "Schindler's List." In fact, Steven Spielberg reportedly toned down Goeth's cruelty out of fear that audiences wouldn't believe he was actually that evil. And even if Spielberg wanted to include all of the Nazi commandant's war crimes, he wouldn't have been able to due to time constraints. Still, many of Goeth's scenes were portrayed with terrifying accuracy — like the ones that showed him shooting Jews from his villa balcony. And when Spielberg invited Holocaust survivors to the film set, one woman who had known Goeth started shaking uncontrollably in fear at the sight of Ralph Fiennes in costume because he reminded her so much of the real Goeth.

One of the enduring mysteries of the American Civil War was a little-known phenomenon referred to at the time as Angel's Glow — the glow seen on some soldiers' wounds after the Battle of Shiloh. Doctors at the time noted that soldiers whose wounds had this strange emission of light seemed to fare much better than soldiers whose wounds did not. It would take nearly 140 years to figure out why

Many Westerners know about the horrors that have happened on their side of the world throughout history. But, all too often, when an atrocity happens on the other side of the world, people don't hear much about it. Alongside all the catastrophes that plagued Europe during World War II, the atrocities committed in Southeast Asia were every bit as disturbing.⁠ ⁠ And few of the atrocities committed in Asia during World War II were as terrible as the Nanking Massacre, also known as the Rape of Nanking. In the mere six weeks during which the Japanese perpetrated the Nanking Massacre starting on December 13, 1937, an estimated 20,000 to 80,000 Chinese women were raped and sexually assaulted by Japanese soldiers while at least 300,000 civilians were killed.⁠ ⁠ They sometimes went door-to-door, dragging out women and even small children and violently gang-raping them. Then, once they'd finished with their victims, they often murdered them. Such killing wasn't just an act of sensele...

The glamorous femme fatale of WWII: Unseen pictures show Polish secret agent who used her charm and good looks to extract intelligence from enemy officers in Nazi Gestapo and Stalin's NKVD...before being gunned down by an unknown assailant By ED WIGHT and HARRY HOWARD, HISTORY CORRESPONDENT  PUBLISHED: 02:07 EDT, 12 October 2023 | UPDATED: 04:03 EDT, 12 October 2023 As night fell across the war-torn streets of the Polish capital Warsaw, Barbara Zawisza prepared to meet the man who would kill her. As an intelligence agent with one of Poland's resistance groups, Zawisza - whose real name was Irena Illakowicz - already knew she was in danger. But the meeting, she said, was too important to avoid. Years later, when the war was but a distant memory, her former husband recalled her anxiety but also her stubbornness. After he had urged her not to go, Irena - who was known to carry a knuckle duster and pistol to 'deal with' Nazi sympathisers - had first hesitated. But then, ch...

On February 2, 2013, "American Sniper" Chris Kyle and his friend Chad Littlefield were shot dead at a Texas shooting range by Eddie Ray Routh. Like Kyle, Routh was a veteran of the Iraq war and was living with Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder that was so destabilizing that his mother reached out to Kyle for help. Kyle agreed to become the young veteran's mentor, and for their first meeting, decided to take him to a local gun range. But on the way there, Kyle and Littlefield realized just how troubled Routh was. "This dude is straight up nuts," Kyle texted Littlefield as they drove in silence. "He's right behind me," Littlefield responded. "Watch my six." Moments after pulling into the range, Routh grabbed two of Kyle's pistols and fired 13 bullets into both men, killing them instantly. 

Known as "Black Death," Henry Johnson was one of the most heroic American soldiers of World War I. Despite his lack of experience and training, he agreed to help the French Army with sentry duty in the Argonne Forest. And it wasn't long before Johnson and a fellow American soldier, Needham Roberts, were brutally attacked by German snipers.  Despite enduring 21 wounds, Johnson fought back, killing four enemy soldiers and injuring up to 20 others. He also saved Roberts from being taken prisoner. Perhaps most impressively, Johnson almost single-handedly stopped the Germans from breaking through the French line. Indeed, he fought with such valor that the French awarded him the Croix du Guerre, the country's highest military honor. But when he returned to America, he was not officially recognized for his bravery at home — and he didn't even receive a disability pension.  the stunning life and tragic death of Henry Johnson, the Harlem Hellfighter who was nearly forgott...

the astounding story of Chuck Mawhinney: "It was the ultimate hunting trip." Chuck Mawhinney grew up hunting in the forests of Oregon with his father, a World War II Marine Corps veteran. As he developed into a superb marksman, the Marines couldn't wait to send him into Vietnam — all they had to do was promise that he could wait to deploy until after deer-hunting season ended. When he got to Vietnam in 1968, Mawhinney simply took the astonishing skills he'd learned hunting deer and applied them to hunting people. By the end of the war, Mawhinney was the deadliest sniper in the history of the Marine Corps, responsible for killing anywhere between 103 and 319 people. Only one enemy ever entered his scope and managed to survive. In one incident, he single-handedly stopped a Viet Cong assault with 16 dead-on headshots in just 30 seconds. 

Fake Tree Observation Post of WW1 Credit: Imperial War Museum in London ----------------------------------------- Because the front was constantly watched by the enemy, one just couldn’t erect a new tree, because any new tree appearing out of nowhere would have instantly drawn attraction and fire. The fake tree had to replace an existing tree. A dead tree, blasted by a bomb, located ideally near the trenches was chosen. The tree was then photographed and extensively studied, measurements taken and sketches made. A hollow, steel replica was then made in the workshop far behind the lines. At night, under the cover of darkness and artillery fire, the real tree was felled and the fake one installed in its place. The artillery fire also drowned out the noise of the work.

the life of Christine Jorgensen, one of history's first prominent transgender activists "What people still don't understand is that the important thing is identity. You don't [transition] primarily for sexual reasons, you do it because of who you are." In 1952, World War II veteran Christine Jorgensen became an overnight celebrity after undergoing sex reassignment surgery in Denmark. The first known American to have the procedure, Jorgensen initially wanted her transition to be private. But someone familiar with her plans leaked the story to the press, and she ended up on the front page of the New York Daily News alongside the headline: "Ex-GI Becomes Blonde Beauty: Operations Transform Bronx Youth." By the time Jorgensen returned to America, she was mobbed by reporters who wanted to learn every single detail about her physical transformation. Though she was overwhelmed at first, she decided to embrace her newfound fame, appearing on talk shows, particip...

At the end of the Civil War, formerly enslaved people flocked to the city of Cairo, Illinois, where the booming steamboat and railroad industries promised jobs and newfound opportunities. However, many of the town's white residents weren't happy about their new neighbors — and decades of racial tension commenced. By the early 20th century, things came to a head. In 1909, 10,000 people gathered to watch the lynching of William "Froggie" James, a Black man who was accused of murdering a white woman despite no evidence connecting him to the crime. The crowd shot James more than 500 times, cheered as a man cut off his head and displayed it on a pike, set his body on fire, and even cut off his ears and fingers as macabre "souvenirs." Then, in 1967, a 19-year-old Black soldier named Robert Hunt who was home on leave was found hanged in Cairo's police station, sparking riots that the National Guard was called in to quell. Hundreds of the town's white resid...

Daniel F. Bakeman was the last person to receive a veteran’s pension for his service in the American Revolutionary War. He died on April 5th, 1869 at the age of 109, and with that, the U.S. Commissioner of Pensions noted that “With the death of Daniel F. Bakeman, of Freedom, Cattaraugus County, N.Y., April 5, 1869, the last of the pensioned soldiers of the Revolution passed away.” While no evidence of Bakeman could be found in the rolls, his descriptions of his time in the service in his pension application were deemed as credible evidence that he served in the Continental Army. According to Bakeman, he served as a Private in the Tryon County, New York militia from 1777 until 1781 including at one of the last battles in the northern theatre of the American Revolutionary War, the Battle of Johnstown (October 25, 1781). Following the war, he married Susan Brewer and had 8 children, settling in Freedom, New York, and spending the remainder of his life as a farmer.

On June 15, 1859, an American settler named Lyman Cutlar noticed a pig rooting around in his potato patch on one of the San Juan Islands. The pig had "been at several times a great annoyance," and the enraged Cutlar shot and killed it — inadvertently sparking a confrontation with the pig's British owner that would ultimately trigger the "Pig War." Upon hearing that the British were threatening to arrest an American for killing a British-owned pig, future Confederate general George Pickett arrived at the San Juan Islands with dozens of soldiers to back him up, declaring, "This being United States territory, no laws, other than those of the United States, nor courts, except such as are held by virtue of said laws, will be recognized or allowed on this island." Great Britain sent five warships to the islands, while the U.S. readied nearly 500 soldiers with cannons. Fortunately, however, this conflict had just one casualty: the pig. 

Dangers of marrying an ALREADY MADE man? You see many girls are more interested in marrying boys who are doing well financially.  To them husband material is one with a good job, car and house.  Most of them do not realize that very few successful young men will bend for marriage.  They do not consider the dangers of marrying a man who’s life you have not contributed anything.  You just want to enter there and enjoy all the good things. What a shame ! Dangers of marrying already made men ; 1. They don’t change for any woman. If you found him taking alcohol, he will continue.  If you found him womanizing he will continue womanizing that comfort zone cannot be abolished by marriage. 2. You will have little say on what he has. When an already established man marries you, he doesn’t consider you as a person to value but a property to keep.  He will be counting you among the things he owns.  Many girls are treated like things and not humans because they lov...

his incredible journey from world-class athlete to World War II bombardier Louis Zamperini was in and out of trouble for much of his youth. Growing up in California in the 1920s, his family at one point guessed that he would end up in jail. But he also had a knack for navigating his way out of dire situations, ranging from a near-drowning incident to a house fire. And things began to look up for Zamperini in high school, as he showed a natural running ability — which would take him all the way to the Olympics in 1936. However, Zamperini's early experiences in school and at the Olympics were mere precursors to his ultimate destiny as an American hero.  

In 1887, France created a colonial system in modern-day Vietnam, claiming it as part of "French Indochina." Colonial rule would endure for over six decades, and during this time, the French used Indochina for their own economic interests. They claimed the area's exports as their own, imposed heavy taxes on the native population, and created a small class of wealthy Vietnamese people who benefitted from the new economic system — pushing most impoverished people into difficult work as day laborers. France eventually pulled out of Vietnam in 1954 when they were defeated by the Viet Minh. But peace would be a long way off, as continued unrest set the stage for the devastating Vietnam War.

HOW THE APOSTLES DIED 1. Matthew Suffered martyrdom in Ethiopia, Killed by a sword wound. 2. Mark Died in Alexandria, Egypt , after being dragged by Horses through the streets until he was dead.  3. Luke Was hanged in Greece as a result of his tremendous Preaching to the lost. 4. John Faced martyrdom when he was boiled in huge Basin of boiling oil during a wave of persecution In Rome. However, he was miraculously delivered From death. John was then sentenced to the mines on the prison Island of Patmos. He wrote his prophetic Book of Revelation on Patmos . The apostle John was later freed and returned to serve As Bishop of Edessa in modern Turkey . He died as an old man, the only apostle to die peacefully 5. Peter He was crucified upside down on an x-shaped cross. According to church tradition it was because he told his tormentors that he felt unworthy to die In the same way that Jesus Christ had died. 6. James The leader of the church in Jerusalem , was thrown over a hundred feet down...

The largest and deepest sinkhole in the world is Xiaozhai Tiankeng, in Fengjie, China. Its name means something like "well of heaven". With its 662 meters deep, 626 meters long and 537 meters wide, it is one of the most impressive natural attractions on Earth. In addition to a great variety of fauna and flora, it is home to an underground river that measures a total of 8.5 km that ends in a spectacular waterfall. In the rainy season, a waterfall is also generated at the mouth of the sinkhole.

... Chief Alex Ojo remained immobile on the bed. Tucked up by 4 dirty brown pillows in his 10 bedroom  Mansion in his lkeja GRA, residence , which fate has now foisted upon him to be his fatal Prison . Muttering inaudibly. I had no compassion for him. He was  a wicked man. He was now 75 years old. I was his lawyer. My God, how much l disliked this man! But he pays well . He suffered stroke 4 years ago and 6 years ago was the last time l entered his house. My law firm acts for him in all his matters. He never owes professional fees. He was very boastful, noisy, loud,arrogant, disrespectful, violent, "vexatious"  and full of himself.  But l never wasted time to put him in his position or place . I will say to him " ...Chief, l am your lawyer not your play thing, put your cap of respect in place.."  he would reply .." What lawyer are you sef? I will sack you.." then burst into a contemptuous laugh. I think the feeling of dislike was mutual but he was satisfi...

"CUPPING" IN AFRICAN TRADITIONAL MEDICINE DATES BACK TO 2200 BC Cupping was used in Mesopotamia as early as 3300 BC, and later in Egypt around 2200 BC. Some 2000 years later, the Greeks and Romans also made use of cupping therapy. Hippocrates (460-359 BC) used cupping, mainly for treating pain and infections, and in gynecology. His theory was that cupping could be used to draw out disease. Cupping increases the flow of blood to the skin, without damaging the skin. The body then goes about repairing the bruising that this causes. My grandmother who died in 2011 at the riped age of 109 years practiced cupping. It was called "Imi mbubo" in my language. She never visited any hospital in her life time. When she turned her back, you will noticed small razor cut lines on her back. It was the various places where the cuppings were placed. Even as a small kid then, I noticed that the medicine man was invited from a distant land to do the "mbubo" on her. On the proc...

When I was getting married, I was looking at my wife and just saying to myself. "So tomorrow now this woman will just get up and enter car that I save for 2years to buy. So she will just all of a sudden start telling me that the house I built with my money is her house." It didn't even take long.  7 hours after marriage I heard my wife say to her friend on a phone call. "Uju I am in my house now. No, I will not be trekking. Yes, I will just use my car and come over." I peeped from the kitchen. Because I know we have only one car and that car is my car. So which other car is she calling her car? Just 7hrs after marriage? It took me a long time to get used to knowing that everything I own is her own. And everything she owns is my own.

In 1915, European settlers discovered opal in a remote area of the desert furnace of southern Australia — then hordes of prospectors flocked there in droves to make their fortune. To make life more tolerable in this scorchingly hot region, miners dug an entirely new city below the Earth. To this day, the underground city of Coober Pedy is still inhabited and is a comfortable 74 degrees Fahrenheit at all times. Not only does it house around 3,500 people in its subterranean chambers, which are outfitted with details like bookshelves carved right into the cave walls, but it also features everything from a motel to swimming pools to a graveyard. Learn more about Coober Pedy and other fascinating underground cities around the world.

Nsibidi is an ancient system of graphic communication indigenous to the Ejagham peoples of south south and  Igbos of  southeastern Nigeria and southwestern Cameroon. It is an ideographic script whose symbols refer to abstract concepts, actions or things and whose use facilitates communication among peoples speaking different languages. Nsibidi does not correspond to any one spoken language.  It is the oldest form of writing in Africa, with the exception of hieroglyphics. While the origin of the symbol is generally unknown, one theory states that the symbol was associated with leopard societies in Calabar.

LeBron James with no father, no college education , no training, and very few role models except his single mother Gloria, they handed this young, dirt poor black kid $420,000 per week, at the age of 18 to play basketball and become the face of the $75 billion NBA! He married his high school sweetheart Savannah, was never arrestd, never used drugs, and never humiliated his wife publicly with side chick stories. No outside babies. Never divorced.. Never in the news with so much as a parking ticket. Excellent father. Heavily involved with his 3 kid's activities. Greatst player of all time! 20 years later. Same dude. Same maturity. Same chick. Same family. Reputation intact. A billionaire earning over $2 million per week. He has sent 2300+ at risk kids from his hometown to college fully paid for.