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Why are there so many allergies?

24 Jul 2025

I was reading an international paper the other day and noticed, with alarm, how in recent weeks, the UK and the US have been recalling so many food items...

Keeping safe when meeting new people

17 Jul 2025

Adults always tell their kids to never talk to strangers or to get into a stranger’s car even if the stranger tells the kid that he knows the parents...

Do you really see what you think you see?

10 Jul 2025

People see what they want to see. If you look long enough, it’s likely you will see it. Do your eyes play tricks on you or does your brain?...

Taking into account the times we forgot

03 Jul 2025

Research shows that the average number of hours the British spend on their phones is around three and a half hours a day. This number could be right on...

Why the trains are late, delayed or cancelled

26 Jun 2025

London’s roads are congested. So if you want to drive into work you’d have to give yourself at least an extra hour to get there and an extra to...

Common sense is uncommon in real life

19 Jun 2025

A chef and owner of a restaurant in France has changed the rules of his establishment. Fed up of customers not honouring their bookings, the chef’s new rule is...

Some people like to exaggerate their ailments

12 Jun 2025

I dislike the label ‘diva’, ‘entitled’, and ‘Karen’ as much as the next person because sometimes the point being made by the person being labelled as such is perfectly...

Don’t take advice from random individuals

06 Jun 2025

Here is a list of attention-grabbing headline statements made by some self-proclaimed experts. You’re cutting your onions wrong. You’re cleaning your bathroom wrong. You’re cleaning your house wrong. And...

Mispronunciations that can get on your nerves

29 May 2025

Sometimes some people really get on my wig. Just to let you know, I don’t wear a wig but I purposely said it to make a point. What I...

Do you ever use the semicolon?

22 May 2025

Experts believe that the semicolon (;) is in danger of becoming extinct from the English language because of its lack of use. Surveys showed that more than half of...

Birjees Hussain

She has more than 10 years of experience in writing articles on a range of topics including health, beauty, lifestyle, finance, management and Quality Management.

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