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As part of a road safety campaign in the Australian state of Victoria, Melbourne, sculptor Patricia Piccinini created a model of what a human body built to survive bad car accidents would look like. The model named Graham features a huge chest, inflated head, extra nipples and absence of a neck. Piccinini drew from the knowledge of trauma surgeon Christian Kenfield and road safety engineer David Logan to build a body that could withstand a high-speed crash.                                                                               Read more » Follow @cool_jist  

This report found on  Daily Mail  claims that Turkey's president, Tayyip Erdogan, spent £500million on a lavish presidential palace. According to the online news outlet, more than £26million was spent on doors for the opulent edifice while carpets cost over £7million. They also claim his wife, Emine goes on extravagant shopping sprees and once shut down a shopping mall in Brussels in order to shop for designer bags. On another occasion, she blew £37000 on antique shopping while accompanying her husband on an official trip to Poland. Read the full report after the cut.                                                                                                                                 Read more » Follow @cool_jist  

Traders were left stunned  on Thursday  as the Nigerian naira traded weaker on the black market to 375 against the dollar. The Naira crossed 300 to the dollar for the first time on the inter-bank market after the Central Bank last month lifted its peg on the currency to allow it trade freely. The inter-bank market traded a total of $7.27 million and after the market closed, a total of $7.10 million trades were done as low as 330.50 naira to the dollar.                                                                                                                                           Read more » Follow @cool_jist  

Jay Jay Okocha is pictured right with his son at a football field in Turkey. Okocha and his son were in Turkey for the Samuel Eto'o charity football match which was later postponed due to a failed military coup in Turkey.                                                            Read more »

Barely 24 hours after President Buhari disclosed that his government is in talks with the Niger Delta militants to stem the tide of attacks on oil installations in the region, notable militant group, Niger Delta Avengers, released a statement on their website saying they are not aware of such talks. Read their statement below ...                                                                                                                                                   Read more » Follow @cool_jist  

Eric Ubisi, a safari ranger at Manyeleti Game Reserve in Tintswalo, South Africa was seated on his jeep relaxing the afternoon sun when he got an almighty fright. A lion taking a stroll happened upon him as he sat unarmed and exposed. For the briefest of moments, man and beast locked eyes and Eric sat perfectly still, one wrong move and he may have been lunch.                                                                           Read more » Follow @cool_jist  

In a speech termed offensive to Americans, Donald Trump on Thursday implied that Hillary Clinton was responsible for ISIS' growth claiming that pre-2009 before she became Secretary of State and head of America's Foreign policy, feared terrorist group ISIS wasn't 'even on the map'. Trump also implied that Clinton helped spawn the different crises happening in the Middle East.                                                                             Read more » Follow @cool_jist