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Interesting things to know about the towel

How often do you wash your towel? Some people wash once a week, while some, once a year. The towel is a fertile breeding ground for millions of microbes, especially those found on human skin and on the gut.  No wonder the towel is one of the objects that facilitate fecal-oral contamination (literally connecting the two ends of the gut).  Worse still, most people keep towels in the bathroom (near the toilet). Every flush of the toilet sends mist with millions of microbes, ranging from H.pylori,  salmonella and other deadly bacteria and viruses. When you wash your hands ready for a meal, and dry them with your body towel, there's high chance you are directly ingesting your fecal matter, or, if in a shared lavatory, someone else's faeces. Unless cleaned well, viruses such as human papillomavirus (causes warts, anal cancer and cervical cancer) can be transmitted when towels are shared with infected individuals. So, what to do? 1. Launder towels once a week. 2. Use hot water and det...

7 Things to avoid when you create a facebook page


In our today's segment, we address commmon mistakes that Facebook marketers do that can be avoided;
* Don’t create a profile instead of a page for your business.
* Don’t neglect to monitor your Facebook page post and comments.
* Don’t ignore negativity. Whether it’s a troll or complaint.
* Don’t leave the meta description as is: When you paste a link into a new Facebook post, the meta data from that post (an image and a short description) gets pulled in automatically. But that doesn't mean you should just press "Publish." Instead, add some relevant post copy.
* Don’t make your post too long; Research shows shorter post have higher engagement compared to longer post.
* Don’t post images of just any size: Pixilated & cluttered images are very difficult to read. They are not attractive to your audience.
* Don’t post too often: Studies show engagement drops when you post too often. The rule of thumb is to keep it between 1-3 posts/day.

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