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It is 1954. A Caucasian businessman arrives at Haneda Airport in Tokyo, for a conference. The man communicates in several languages including Japanese and professes to have been to Japan on various occasions.  Nothing appears to be strange until a customs official looks at his passport. The customs official is perplexed; he has never heard of the country the man's passport was issued from. It is from a country called Taured.  The official thinks he is simply uninformed and requests his manager to take a look at the passport. His manager does not recognize it either; none of the officials at the airport do. The passport looks genuine and has many stamps from different nations including Japan.  Clueless about a country called Taured, the custom officials request that the man show them where his country is on a world map. He highlights Andorra ( a little country among Spain and France) on the map. Whenever the officials let him know that the spot he pointed at was actually a...

What would you say if I told you, you could wake up with a complete foreign accent one morning? You would probably call me crazy. But that’s what happened to 27-year-old Angie Yen from Brisbane, Australia.  Angie underwent an operation to get her tonsils removed. Ten days later, on 28th April 2021, she found herself singing in the shower with an Irish accent. She had nothing to do with Ireland, never even visited the country in her life. She was born in Australia and always spoke with an Aussie accent. 27-year-old Angie Yen from Australia Angie was perplexed. She made a video speaking in her newfound accent and posted it on TikTok. The video titled I woke up with an Irish accent #Sendhelp went viral. You can watch her viral video below: People responded, equally perplexed and bewildered by her claim. Most users accused Angie of faking it for attention, while the rest were having a good laugh. But Angie knew she was not faking it. Feeling her identity is lost and facing ridicule fr...