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The Mysterious Village Where People Fall Asleep For Days by foxgiovani(m): 1:53pm On Jul 21, 2015 |
In a village in Kazakhstan, a strange phenomenon has been occurring for some time now: People black out without getting drunk, then fall asleep for hours at a time. When they wake up, they don’t remember a thing. The mysterious plague is referred to as the “sleeping sickness,” and while scientists and government officials are still confused as to what causes it, there have been plenty of speculations. Some have linked it to high levels of radiation, while others believe it might be carbon monoxide, radon, or heavy metal salts — all of which can be toxic to humans at certain amounts. Yet many villagers believe it’s emanating from an abandoned Soviet uranium mine near the village, called the Krasnogorskiy mine. Now, according to a recent announcement by the Kazakh government, the answer to the sleeping sickness does apparently lie in the uranium mines. Berdibek Saparabaev, Kazakhstan’s deputy prime minister, claims that researchers found that high levels of carbon dioxide and hydrocarbons from the uranium mines explained the sudden sleepiness and accompanying symptoms. “The uranium mines were closed at some point, and at times a concentration of carbon monoxide occurs there,” Saparabaev said, according to The Guardian. “The oxygen in the air is reduced accordingly, which is the real reason for the sleeping sickness in these villages.” But plenty of scientists around the world are skeptical about this conclusion. The sleeping sickness began to hit in March 2013, when villagers, children, and even their pets began mysteriously falling asleep — at home, on the job, even behind the wheel. Since then, it has affected some 140 or more people in a population of 810. Accompanying symptoms included dizziness, severe headache, nausea, and memory loss. To read more, visit: http://www.msn.com/en-us/health/medical/the-mysterious-village-where-people-fall-asleep-for-days/ar-AAdg81a?ocid=iehp |
Re: The Mysterious Village Where People Fall Asleep For Days by trapQ: 1:54pm On Jul 21, 2015 |
The world is full of mysteries. Science will always come up with explanations to back up their theories but we all know the end is near. GOD help us all. AMEN 1 Like |
Re: The Mysterious Village Where People Fall Asleep For Days by Mogidi: 1:55pm On Jul 21, 2015 |
When I saw the title I immediately thought of Daura. 1 Like |
Re: The Mysterious Village Where People Fall Asleep For Days by foxgiovani(m): 1:57pm On Jul 21, 2015 |
Mogidi:Hmm, Daura ke |
Re: The Mysterious Village Where People Fall Asleep For Days by Nobody: 1:59pm On Jul 21, 2015 |
DAURA |
Re: The Mysterious Village Where People Fall Asleep For Days by shamsuRana(m): 2:07pm On Jul 21, 2015 |
Mogidi: How can it be daura when few of its inhabitants and by extension are ruling you,and literary nothing can be done about it.. 4 Likes |
Re: The Mysterious Village Where People Fall Asleep For Days by shamsuRana(m): 2:09pm On Jul 21, 2015 |
PDP Backs Buhari To Probe Jonathan The national leadership of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, said, yesterday, that the Presidency was free to probe past administrations but warned that the exercise must not be carried out with malice, designed to witch-hunt some persons who worked under Dr. Jonathan. Speaking with Vanguard, PDP National Publicity Secretary, Chief Olisa Metuh, said the investigation must be within the ambit of the law and respect for fundamental human rights of citizens, adding that a government must plan for the future and not necessarily spending its energy looking into the past. http://www.newspunch.org/pdp-backs-buhari-to-prob-jonathan/ |
Re: The Mysterious Village Where People Fall Asleep For Days by temitemi1(m): 2:22pm On Jul 21, 2015 |
This one bad gan nioooo... |
Re: The Mysterious Village Where People Fall Asleep For Days by tucky200(m): 2:24pm On Jul 21, 2015 |
shamsuRana:Bro open a new thread for this.. |
Re: The Mysterious Village Where People Fall Asleep For Days by foxgiovani(m): 7:58pm On Jul 21, 2015 |
shamsuRana:Lol |
Re: The Mysterious Village Where People Fall Asleep For Days by foxgiovani(m): 10:29pm On Jul 21, 2015 |
shamsuRana:why not open a new thread? |
Re: The Mysterious Village Where People Fall Asleep For Days by foxgiovani(m): 2:05pm On Jul 22, 2015 |
whats my business with Dangote |
Re: The Mysterious Village Where People Fall Asleep For Days by foxgiovani(m): 8:59pm On Jul 22, 2015 |
Re: The Mysterious Village Where People Fall Asleep For Days by foxgiovani(m): 3:30am On Jul 26, 2015 |
Not in Nigeria, though! |
Re: The Mysterious Village Where People Fall Asleep For Days by foxgiovani(m): 8:09pm On Jul 26, 2015 |
Na wa |
Re: The Mysterious Village Where People Fall Asleep For Days by foxgiovani(m): 10:19pm On Jul 26, 2015 |
Re: The Mysterious Village Where People Fall Asleep For Days by foxgiovani(m): 11:01pm On Jul 26, 2015 |
Hmm |
Re: The Mysterious Village Where People Fall Asleep For Days by foxgiovani(m): 6:46am On Jul 30, 2015 |
Smiling |
Re: The Mysterious Village Where People Fall Asleep For Days by hazyfm: 7:32am On Jul 30, 2015 |
foxgiovani: Interesting... Reaching out for my pop corn |
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