Posts tagged Random

Cute little fact…

…When a male penguin falls in love with a female penguin, he searches the entire beach to find the perfect pebble to present to her.

Teresa Widener, Rock-Eating Woman Credits Love With Helping Curb Her Crunchy Habit 
So glad this woman found love again, I dread to think what may have happened to her if she didn’t!  I remember watching a few minutes of a documentary of sufferers of Pica; one chap ate paper whilst another lady ate most of the plaster board in her home.

Teresa Widener, Rock-Eating Woman Credits Love With Helping Curb Her Crunchy Habit 

So glad this woman found love again, I dread to think what may have happened to her if she didn’t!  I remember watching a few minutes of a documentary of sufferers of Pica; one chap ate paper whilst another lady ate most of the plaster board in her home.

Admittedly I laughed at the first interviewees but watched until the end of the video with increasing sadness.  Is this ignorance symbolic or to be expected?

dynamicafrica:

“Where is Ethiopia located?”

Guerrilla-style video where YouTube user ventures through downtown Boston asking a million-dollar question on basic world geography.

The Obama Effect
Hotel Obama signboard near “America House”, East Legon, Accra 2011

The Obama Effect

Hotel Obama signboard near “America House”, East Legon, Accra 2011

Random information......

  • ....for some reason my brain is a keeper of random information. For example, did you know that hugging has been clinically proven to lower your blood pressure?
  • I think this is because when I was younger, I used to love quiz books, anything that contained weird and wonderful facts that I could bore someone with later.
  • Do you know any useful or useless bits of information that you'd like to get off your chest? Share them - you'll feel better for it!

Random inventions.

Oh, how I miss Ghana.  Where else would you be able to take a set of creatively bonkers photos such as the ones above?  Manchester? London? Baltimore? New York?  No. 

I love, love, love them! Been giggling for five minutes straight.  Will be one of my missions to find a photography studio and take a set. 

I can’t even tell you which one is my favourite.

kdrez:

Portraits by Ghanaian photographer Philip Kwame Apagya 

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