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  These coins both endangered and saved Belgian soldier Optatius Buyssens's life in WWI Shot after the noise of them "clinging together in his breast pocket... gave his position away... the bullet that should have killed him ricocheted off of the coins thus saving his life". Photo credit: Optatius Buyssens's great-grandson Vincent. "He got kicked in the head by the German soldier who shot him but tricked the soldier into thinking he was dead," Vincent adds. "When the German soldier left, he and another wounded comrade managed to crawl to safety." Optatius had a medical condition that initially barred him from joining the Belgian army. But he eventually managed to volunteer and was shot, according to Vincent's dad and Optatius's grandson, Phillippe, on 26 September 1914, in the Belgian town of Lebbeke. "Three of the coins are from Belgium and three are from France," Phillippe adds. After the War, Optatius had heart problems but he ...

  The system of apartheid had far-reaching consequences for black South Africans, who were denied access to basic rights and freedoms, including the right to vote, the right to own property, and the right to education. Black South Africans were forced to live in designated areas known as "homelands" or "townships," which were often overcrowded and lacking in basic amenities such as running water and electricity. Apartheid was a system of institutionalized racial segregation that was enforced in South Africa from 1948 to 1994. During this period, the government of South Africa was controlled by white minority rule, and non-white citizens were subject to numerous forms of discrimination, including being denied the right to vote, attend certain schools, or live in certain neighborhoods. Here are some key facts about apartheid in South Africa: Apartheid was officially instituted in 1948 when the National Party came to power in South Africa. The term "apartheid...

  Mountain gorillas can lift or throw anything that's 815 kilograms in weight. A bite from a lion or crocodile can only cover 650 pounds per square inch, while a bite from a mountain gorilla will cover 1,300 pounds per square inch.   The grip of mountain gorilla can crush the skull of a crocodile. But mountain gorillas show that power isn't to be used for oppression; despite their enormous strength, mountain gorillas hardly get into a fiģht with other animals.  Instead of wreaking havoc, they spend almost the whole day eating and relaxing.

  1. Africa was called Alkebulan (mother of mankind). 2. Africa ruled the world for 15,000 years. 3. Richest man in history is an African King (Mansa Musa). 4. Africa civilized mankind. 5. Mining started in Africa 43,000 years ago, In 1964 a hematite mine was found in Swaziland at Bomvu Ridge in the Ngwenya mountain range. 6. Africans were the first to organise fishing. expeditions 90,000 years ago at Katanga, Congo. 7. Africans carved the world's first colossal sculpture 7,000 years ago. 8. The ancient Egyptians had Afro combs. 9. African Kings ruled India. 10. Africa is a home to World's oldest University.

  Two Kenyan inventors have created the  world's first bio-robotic arm  operated by brain signals,  Face 2 Face Africa  reports.  David Gathu and Moses Kinyua are inventors from Kenya. While both of them dropped out of college due to financial constraints, it has not stopped them from learning or inventing. Recently, the duo came up with the idea for an electronic prosthetic during the pandemic to  assist Kenya with battling the coronavirus. Initially, they thought the prosthetic could be used solely for sanitization efforts.  "When the virus hit our country, we decided to create a machine that could help us decontaminate surfaces. It can also be used in schools, restaurants, [or] hospitals," Kinyua told reporters.  But with their country successfully thwarting the spread of the coronavirus, Gathu and Kinyua decided to repurpose their invention, focusing on helping those who are disabled in Kenya.  "The reason why we designed this bio-ro...

During the Eritrean War of Independence, more than 30% of the Eritrean freedom fighters during the Eritrean War of Independence were women.   The Eritrean War of Independence was a conflict between successive Ethiopian governments and Eritrean independence fighters from September 1, 1961, to May 24, 1991.   Eritrea became part of Ethiopia after World War II, after Italy was defeated and both regions were liberated from Italian occupation.   The Marxist Ethiopian government enjoyed the support of the Soviet Union until 1989 when Glasnost and Perestroika began to influence Moscow's foreign policies, leading to a cessation of support for foreign allies.   The war lasted for 30 years until 1991 when the Eritrean People's Liberation Front defeated Ethiopian forces in Eritrea, taking control of the country.   In April 1993, in a referendum supported by Ethiopia, the Eritrean people voted almost unanimously in favor of independence.  Official international recogni...

  Spectacular!! The Danakil Depression is a desert area in the Afar (አፋር), northeastern region of Ethiopia, 585 km from Addis Ababa, north of the Great Rift Valley widely known locally as the 'Dallol depression'. The area contains sulfur abundantly, sulfur springs and microorganisms, extremophilic microbes- extremely primitive microorganisms (prokaryotic microbes) which are among the most ancient life forms on our planet. The Danakil Depression is the hottest place on Earth in terms of year-round average temperatures. The Danakil Depression is a place like no other on Earth.

 Look closely at your photos, your enemy will always be right next to you!   1. President Milton Obote with his favorite General Idi Amin who later overthrew his government in 1971 .   2- President Thomas Sankara with his best friend Blaise Compaore who he later assassinated in 1987.   3. Mobutu Sese Seko greets his Prime Minister Patrice Lumumba.  Mobutu later arrested him and played a major role in his murder in 1961.   4- The commander of the special forces in Guinea, Colonel Mamady Domboya, holds an umbrella for President Alpha Conde.  On September 1, 2021, Doumboya staged a successful military coup that overthrew President Conde's government.   5. Egyptian President Mohamed Morsi with Defense Minister Major General Al-Sisi during 2012. General Al-Sisi led a military coup against the elected president on July 2, 2013.  6 .  Lieutenant General Al-Burhan, after he pledged to preserve the transition, staged a coup against Prime Minister...

  This is the reaction of a bunch of celebrities to seeing Lady Gaga on stage wearing a flesh dress; in the shot, we can see Rihanna, Katy Perry, Justin Bieber, Jaden Smith, and others, each with a better expression than the other. This occurred in 2010 during the MTV Awards, when Lady Gaga ascended the stage wearing an outfit made entirely of meat. It was one of the most outrageous moments in  MTV Video Music Awards history.  Lady Gaga  had already won a boat load of awards by the time the evening’s final prize for Video of the Year was handed out. So it was no surprise when  Cher , looking unnaturally fit and fantastic at 63 in her “If I Could Turn Back Time” bodysuit, announced “Bad Romance” as the winner. What was surprising, however, was Gaga’s outfit. As she ascended to the stage to claim her prize, the world finally got a clear look at the pop star’s third outfit of the evening … a dress made entirely of raw meat. But before she could take hold of the Moo...

  A young Comfort Battalion girl interviewed by a British officer, 1945, Yangon, Myanmar During World Wár II, Comfort Battalions was the name given to Chinese, Korean, Taiwanese and outcasted Japanese women who were forced to work in military brothels ("comfort stations") to satisfy Japanese soldiers. Estimates of the number of "comfort women" range from 20,000 (Japanese data) to 410,000 (Chinese data). One-fourth of them survived to the end of the war because the living conditions were appalling; they served 20 to 30 soldiers a day.

  Ptah  is an  ancient Egyptian deity , a  creator god  and   patron deity  of  craftsmen  and  architects . In the  triad  of  Memphis , he is the husband of  Sekhmet  and the father of  Nefertem . He was also regarded as the father of the sage  Imhotep . Ptah is an Egyptian  creator god  who conceived the world and brought it into being through the creative power of speech. A hymn to Ptah dating to the  Twenty-second Dynasty of Egypt  says Ptah "crafted the world in the design of his heart," and the  Shabaka Stone , from the  Twenty-Fifth Dynasty , says Ptah "gave life to all the gods and their  ka s as well, through this heart and this tongue." He bears many  epithets  that describe his role in  ancient Egyptian religion  and its importance in society at the time: Ptah the begetter of the first beginning Ptah lord of truth Ptah lord of eternity P...

  The 1990s was an era that saw the rise of some of The Brave Women who continue to inspire generations to this day. These women, from different fields and backgrounds, were true icons of inspiration who broke barriers and shattered stereotypes. From pop stars to politicians, actors to athletes, the women of the 90s left an indelible mark on history. Wangari Maathai was an inspiring Kenyan woman who cared deeply about the environment and the empowerment of women. Born in 1940, she studied biology and went on to become the first woman in East Africa to earn a Ph.D. In 1977, Maathai founded the Green Belt Movement, an organization that promotes environmental conservation by planting trees. Through this organization, she also worked to empower women by providing them with the tools and resources. They needed to improve their lives and their communities.

  On February 4, 1974,  Patty Hearst , the 19-year-old granddaughter of newspaper publisher  William Randolph Hearst , is kidnapped from her apartment in Berkeley, California, by three armed strangers. Her fiancee, Stephen Weed, was beaten and tied up along with a neighbor who tried to help. Witnesses reported seeing a struggling Hearst  being carried away blindfolded, and she was put in the trunk of a car. Neighbors who came out into the street were forced to take cover after the kidnappers fired their guns to cover their escape. Three days later, the Symbionese Liberation Army (SLA), a small U.S. leftist group, announced in a letter to a Berkeley radio station that it was holding Hearst as a “prisoner of war.” Four days later, the SLA demanded that the Hearst family give $70 in foodstuffs to every needy person from Santa Rosa to Los Angeles. This done, said the SLA, negotiation would begin  for the return of Patricia Hearst.  Randolph Hearst hesitantly ga...

  In November 1918, the armistice declaring Germany's defeat in World War I was signed inside a railway carriage in Compiègne, France. When in June 1940 France had to sign the armistice of its defeat in the Second World War, Hitler decided to do so in Compiègne itself. He ordered a hole to be cut in the wall and the very same 1918 railway carriage, which was inside a museum, to be taken out. The picture shows the carriage being taken out of the museum through the hole in the wall.

  On 29 April, 1968 Stokely Carmichael and Mariam Makeba went to the DC Court of General Sessions to pick up their marriage license, which cost two dollars. Carmichael wore a blue Nehru suit and Makeba wore a yellow and brown dress. They were married by Rev. Douglas E. Moore at his Calloway United Methodist Church, in Arlington, the same day. 500 guests helped them celebrate at the reception that included a long night of dancing and music.

  The  Nanjing Massacre    or the  Rape of Nanjing  (formerly  romanized  as  Nanking [note 2] ) was the mass murder of Chinese civilians in  Nanjing , the capital of the  Republic of China , immediately after the  Battle of Nanking  in the  Second Sino-Japanese War , by the  Imperial Japanese Army . Beginning on December 13, 1937, the massacre lasted six weeks. The perpetrators also committed other war crimes such as  mass rape ,  looting , and  arson . The  massacre was one of the worst atrocities committed during  World War II . The Japanese Army had pushed quickly through China after  capturing Shanghai in November 1937. By early December, it was on the outskirts of Nanjing. The speed of the army's advance was likely due to commanders allowing looting and rape along the way.  As the Japanese approached, the Chinese army withdrew the bulk of its forces since Nanjing was not a...