Profession: Baseball Legend Biography: Regarded by many as one of the greatest players in baseball history. Mantle played center fielder and first baseman for the New York Yankees for 18 seasons, from 1951 through 1968. He appeared in 12 World Series, his team winning 7 of them, and holds numerous World Series batting records. Born: October 20, 1931 Birthplace: Spavinaw, Oklahoma, USA Generation: Silent Generation Chinese Zodiac: Goat/Sheep Star Sign: Libra

For decades, pregnant women have been advised to take prenatal vitamins in order to ensure that they get the nutrients the fetus needs for a healthy nine-month growing period. These vitamins typically contain folic acid, which is critical for neural development, and other B vitamins that can be hard to get from diet alone. But a slate of recent reports are casting some doubt on the advice that all pregnant women need all those other daily vitamins.

January 23, 2017 7:34 AM EST Jan. 23 is National Handwriting Day, invented by the Writing Instrument Manufacturers Association in 1977 and pegged to John Hancock’s birthday. On this day, Big Pen encourages you to “use a pen or a pencil to rekindle that creative feeling.” The following interactive tests your handwriting by challenging you to draw cursive letters on the screen and comparing them to the standard version that was taught in elementary schools for decades.

Children in England will no longer receive puberty blocker prescriptions, the National Health Service (NHS) of England said, confirming that the medicine will only be provided to youth who were taking part in clinical research trials. Children can still receive puberty blockers through some private practices. Puberty blockers are used to delay the onset of puberty by blocking the body from making sex hormones such as testosterone and estrogen. The hormonal suppressants do not reverse any changes that have already happened, but can block physical changes like breast development and facial hair.

In a recent interview with BBC Igbo the movie star narrated how he was recently attacked in Uyo, Akwa Ibom state. Ohameze said he initially thought the hoodlums were members of the #EndSars protest but got unlucky after introducing himself as he was stripped of his cash and valuables. ADVERTISEMENT "It happened on Thursday in Uyo. The protesters, I ran into them. On recognising me, they just didn’t want to bother.