'*DID YOU KNOW?*
• That, in 2018, Wang Fuman, a young man nicknamed, “Ice Boy” from rural Yunnan, China, gained fame after walking for some 4.5 km to school in −9°C weather climate. He arrived with his hair and eyebrows frozen. This his feat, not only inspired the nation to pay attention to poverty and education, but also his score of an impressive 99 out of 100 on his math exam that day. His demonstrated remarkable determination and academic performance, despite his prevailing harsh conditions, has further boosted China's current breeding of sound future leadership.
• That, in ancient Rome around 110 AD, "Trajan’s Market", became the world’s first known “shopping mall.” it was a multilevel complex with over 150 shops, offices, and food stalls, complete with wide corridors and storefronts, demonstrating that organized urban retail spaces existed more than 1,900 years ago. It also highlights the sophistication of Roman city planning in those ancient times.
*TODAY IN HISTORY.*
• On this day in 1978, over 900 members of the "Peoples Temple" cult, died in a mass revolutionary suicide, in Jonestown, Guyana, on the northern coast of South America. This occured after being persuaded by their cult leader and preacher, Jim Jones [ 1931 to 1978], to drink cyanide-laced punch in order to make heaven. This included the assassination of a congressman, Loe Ryan. It marked one of the largest single losses of American civilian life outside of war, and left a lasting and defining impact on public awareness of cults and psychological manipulation of people's minds, by cult leaders with well packaged propaganda.
*THOUGHTS FOR THE DAY.*
“Be a positive energy trampoline, absorb what you need and rebound more back.” —Dave Carolan.
The key to living a life of true satisfaction, is living selflessly and pursuing happiness, but not at the expense and/or detriment of others. – Courtesy: Omooba Yemisi Adedoyin Shyllon.
• That, in 2018, Wang Fuman, a young man nicknamed, “Ice Boy” from rural Yunnan, China, gained fame after walking for some 4.5 km to school in −9°C weather climate. He arrived with his hair and eyebrows frozen. This his feat, not only inspired the nation to pay attention to poverty and education, but also his score of an impressive 99 out of 100 on his math exam that day. His demonstrated remarkable determination and academic performance, despite his prevailing harsh conditions, has further boosted China's current breeding of sound future leadership.
• That, in ancient Rome around 110 AD, "Trajan’s Market", became the world’s first known “shopping mall.” it was a multilevel complex with over 150 shops, offices, and food stalls, complete with wide corridors and storefronts, demonstrating that organized urban retail spaces existed more than 1,900 years ago. It also highlights the sophistication of Roman city planning in those ancient times.
*TODAY IN HISTORY.*
• On this day in 1978, over 900 members of the "Peoples Temple" cult, died in a mass revolutionary suicide, in Jonestown, Guyana, on the northern coast of South America. This occured after being persuaded by their cult leader and preacher, Jim Jones [ 1931 to 1978], to drink cyanide-laced punch in order to make heaven. This included the assassination of a congressman, Loe Ryan. It marked one of the largest single losses of American civilian life outside of war, and left a lasting and defining impact on public awareness of cults and psychological manipulation of people's minds, by cult leaders with well packaged propaganda.
*THOUGHTS FOR THE DAY.*
“Be a positive energy trampoline, absorb what you need and rebound more back.” —Dave Carolan.
The key to living a life of true satisfaction, is living selflessly and pursuing happiness, but not at the expense and/or detriment of others. – Courtesy: Omooba Yemisi Adedoyin Shyllon.
'*DID YOU KNOW?*
• That, in 2018, Wang Fuman, a young man nicknamed, “Ice Boy” from rural Yunnan, China, gained fame after walking for some 4.5 km to school in −9°C weather climate. He arrived with his hair and eyebrows frozen. This his feat, not only inspired the nation to pay attention to poverty and education, but also his score of an impressive 99 out of 100 on his math exam that day. His demonstrated remarkable determination and academic performance, despite his prevailing harsh conditions, has further boosted China's current breeding of sound future leadership.
• That, in ancient Rome around 110 AD, "Trajan’s Market", became the world’s first known “shopping mall.” it was a multilevel complex with over 150 shops, offices, and food stalls, complete with wide corridors and storefronts, demonstrating that organized urban retail spaces existed more than 1,900 years ago. It also highlights the sophistication of Roman city planning in those ancient times.
*TODAY IN HISTORY.*
• On this day in 1978, over 900 members of the "Peoples Temple" cult, died in a mass revolutionary suicide, in Jonestown, Guyana, on the northern coast of South America. This occured after being persuaded by their cult leader and preacher, Jim Jones [ 1931 to 1978], to drink cyanide-laced punch in order to make heaven. This included the assassination of a congressman, Loe Ryan. It marked one of the largest single losses of American civilian life outside of war, and left a lasting and defining impact on public awareness of cults and psychological manipulation of people's minds, by cult leaders with well packaged propaganda.
*THOUGHTS FOR THE DAY.*
“Be a positive energy trampoline, absorb what you need and rebound more back.” —Dave Carolan.
The key to living a life of true satisfaction, is living selflessly and pursuing happiness, but not at the expense and/or detriment of others. – Courtesy: Omooba Yemisi Adedoyin Shyllon.
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