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DEREK

@blinks

A husband and father/historian, an upholder of truth, a good reader and listener. A man of positive thinking and analytical mind.

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DEREK
@blinks Jul 13, 2018, 4:20 PM UTC

Laptops are vast modern gadgets that aids learning, but is it gradually putting handwriting skills in children into extinction?

### INTRODUCTION Modern innovations and gadgets that aid education and learning like laptops have really gone a long way in improving the way we learn and research, it has equally improved and aided…

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@blinks Jun 23, 2018, 10:50 AM UTC

MEET JESSICA COX, THE WORLD'S FIRST EVER ARMLESS LICENCED PILOT IN THE HISTORY OF MANKIND.

Jessica Cox was conceived like any other child in 1983, in Sierra Vista, Arizona, however without arms. Not even the doctors present on the day of her introduction to the world could give any meaning…

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@blinks Jun 21, 2018, 8:05 AM UTC

MEET FUNMILAYO RANSOME KUTI, AN EDUCATOR WHO WAS THE FIRST EVEN WOMAN IN HISTORY TO DRIVE A CAR IN NIGERIA.

Abigail Funmilayo Ransome Kuti was born on the 25th of October 1900 to a Yoruba parents by name Daniel Olumeyuwa Thomas and Lucretia Phyllis Omoyeni Adeosolu in Abeokuta. source Abigail amid her seco…

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@blinks Jun 14, 2018, 10:16 AM UTC

MEET ROBERT MUGABE, THE MOST EDUCATED PRESIDENT THAT THE WORLD HAS EVER KNOWN.

It is no news that education has turned out to be and holds the way to life all over the world, we have seen how education brought about creativity and innovation, just a few to mention, and frequent…

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@blinks Jun 12, 2018, 4:40 PM UTC

MEET NEIL ARMSTRONG, THE FIRST HUMAN IN HISTORY TO EVEN STEP FOOT ON THE SURFACE OF THE MOON.

According to history, Neil Armstrong made history and recorded his name in the books of history. He was an american astronaut known for being the first human to set his foot and stroll on the moon, o…

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@blinks Jun 8, 2018, 2:15 AM UTC

MEET ORVILLE AND WILBUR WRIGHT, THE BROTHERS WHO INVENTED AND FLEW THE FIRST AIRPLANE CONTROLLED BY HUMAN WHILE ON AIR.

Wilbur and Orville Wright were two American brothers who created and were pioneers of aviation. In fact these brothers are the reason we have the fastest means of transportation today called aeroplan…

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@blinks Jun 5, 2018, 11:00 PM UTC

MEET VENETIA BURNEY WHO GAVE PLUTO ITS NAME IN 1930, WHEN SHE WAS ONLY 11 YEARS OLD.

When you think of planet Pluto, you will likely assume it was named by cosmologists. Given that it's the most recently discovered planet found in 1930. You may think it was named to fit the current p…

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@blinks Jun 4, 2018, 9:28 PM UTC

AN 8 YEAR OLD BOY MAKES MOM STOP CAR, RUNS TO AN OLD WOMAN AND TENDERLY HELPS HER. A TRUE LIFE STORY TO EDUCATE AND INSPIRE THE ACT OF KINDNESS IN CHILDREN.

source Adults frequently frown at children's lack of conduct and respect for elderly ones, yet there is one young boy out there who's turning that idea on his head. The singular act of kindness displ…

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@blinks Jun 3, 2018, 9:59 PM UTC

MEET JOHN STEWARD ROCK, AN AMERICAN EDUCATOR AND LAWYER WHO COINED ONE OF WORLD'S MOST POPULAR PHRASE "BLACK IS BEAUTIFUL".

The expression "Black is Beautiful" has for quite some time been related with the civil rights and Black power movements, however it has it's roots traced back to the ancient times. John Stewart Rock…

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@blinks Jun 1, 2018, 9:52 PM UTC

MEET JOHN LEE LOVE, THE MAN WHO INVENTED ONE OF THE MOST POPULAR TOOL THAT AIDS WRITING AND DRAWING CALLED THE PORTABLE SHARPENER.

source Before 1894, pencils sharpeners were big and heavy, so carrying it about was a big issue. Some were mounted on the walls of a class room, while some were placed on the desk, despite the fact t…

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