Ever been getting ready for a trip and find yourself spending too much time simply deciding what to bring, how to keep it wrinkle free and other luggage problems? Well, over packing tops the list of most commonly made travel mistakes. Here are a few quick tips to remember the next time you travel:
1. Determine [...]

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“One of, if not the most transcendentally beautiful natural phenomenon on this side of Paradise.”
Such is the description of Selous in 1881 regarding the Victoria Falls- named by locals as ‘Mosi-oa-Tunya’, meaning ‘the Smoke that Thunders’. ‘Smoke’ because of the column of spray formed after the 1,708 meters wide mass of water [...]

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What’s your phobia? Is it snakes, spiders, cockroaches or rats? Now close your eyes and imagine that creature in its largest possible size-here’s what you’ll get.

This python caught in Indonesia is 14.85m and weighs 447kg.It takes 8-10 strong men to get a hold of it! It can swallow a whole human quite easily.

For all you [...]

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Many women feel that pregnancy should be experienced by men, reasoning that since men are the stronger both physically and emotionally, they would be more cut out for the process. Generally, females are responsible for carrying the young from fertilization to birth is period. The only two species which are known for male “pregnancy” are [...]

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Mike, an American and Clarisse, a Filipino met on-line and started dating. Their relationship grew from friendship to love. In a few months they were engaged. Mike traveled to the Philippines for their wedding. After spending a couple of months while processing Clarisse’s Visa, Mike returned to the States with his new wife.
Such so-called ’success’ [...]

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Electronic interactive games have become one of the most popular forms of entertainment nowadays. They may vary from gory, violent and immoral to educational and cognitive-skill enhancing. But all are time consuming, usually costly, and can influence the lives of frequent players. What exactly are the pros and cons of these games?
PROS
*Game rules and tools [...]

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A group of youth are chatting-you notice them smiling,nudging each other playfully but some thing’s different-this conversation is taking place in complete silence!Nothing can be heard but the sound of the jeepneys passing by and bystander’s chit-chat. How are they communicating?Take a closer look at their hands,making fast yet graceful movements accompanied with expressive faces [...]

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The typical: human life cycle - you’re born, you grow up, go to school, get a job, get married, have children, grow old and die. The next generation follows the exact pattern. Basically, we come into this world just to live a few miserable years — 70-80 at most —only to die! What’s the point? [...]

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I’m getting tired of these usual reactions whenever Africa is mentioned: “Really? You’re from where again? Zambia? Where’s that? Oh in Africa! Isn’t it hot and barren there? Isn’t that a desert? Isn’t that…?” What comes to their minds are the news items on how poor people are out there, without water, housing and with [...]

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That’s probably a phrase commonly used but is it based on fact and not just some nice-sounding phrase probably composed by a woman to show dominance over men?
Well, I do believe in it. It’s a feeling when your heart suddenly beats faster — you just know something bad has or will happen. It usually has [...]

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