A Twitter user's tweet on how virginity was lost has prompted other Twitter users to tell different stories of how they too lost their virginity.

There is no one definition of what virginity actually is, as many people have come up with definitions which are most suitable for them. While some may say that virgins are persons who have not been involved in intercourse with anyone, others say that it means more than that.

While it is almost the general belief that one's virginity can only be lost during intercourse, research has shown that other factors can lead to the loss of virginity.

These factors may include, but are not limited to intercourse, strenuous exercises or other demanding physical activity, such as riding a bicycle.

To this end, a Twitter User took to their Twitter handle to reveal that they lost their virginity while they were riding a bicycle. According to the Twitter user, "I lost my virginity while riding a bicycle".

The tweet has prompted other persons, mostly females to tell stories of how they too lost their own virginity. While some agreed that it happened during intercourse, others pointed out that they had lost it during one activity or the other.

One Twitter user said you can lose your virginity if you drink hot pap. Another brought to the attention of the others that you can not lose your virginity while riding a bicycle, you can only break your hymen.

I first read about this historic event after I watched Beyonce's music video titled "Water Bodies". In the video, Beyonce was seen with other persons in matching attires walking down a large body of water. The sheer creativity of the video spiked my interest and I immediately set out to know what inspired the video. That was how my search led me to the story of the Igbo Landing. 

The story of the Igbo Landing took place in 1803 at Dunbar Creek on St. Simmons Island, Georgia in the United States. As at the time when slavery was still very much in vogue and the practice of shipping slaves from Africa across the Atlantic ocean to the United States was rife.

According to the story of the Igbo Landing, which has now become symbolic as a story of resistance to slavery and oppression, slave dealers had bought some slaves from the now Eastern Nigeria, which is made of the Igbo people of Nigeria in Africa. During this time, the Igbo people were known by the slave traders for being strongly independent and very resistant to the practice of slavery.

As the story goes, In May 1803, the slave ship named the Wanderer arrived in the Savannah, Georgia in the US. On the ship were mostly Igbo slaves and some West African captives. They were sold for about $100 each to slave merchants John Couper and Thomas Spalding to be resold to plantations on nearby St. Simons Island. The chained slaves were packed under deck of a coastal vessel, the York, which would take them to St. Simons. During the voyage, approximately 75 Igbo slaves rose and rebelled against the slave buyers, took control of the ship, drowned their captors, and in the process caused the grounding of the ship in Dunbar Creek. 

The events that followed are what have been described as some of the strongest show of resistance to slavery and willingness to sacrifice one's self to ensure freedom and liberation. Instead of submitting themselves to slavery in a foreign land, the Igbo slaves, led by their High chief with their hands shackled and their necks in chains walked back in a straight line into the waters of the ocean. It is reported that while they did this, they were singing in unison "The Water Spirit brought us. The Water Spirit will take us home". As they sang the song, they marched into the ocean and drowned. 

At least, 75 Igbos lost their lives in the ocean that day. 13 bodies were later recovered. The account of the Igbo mass suicide was first recorded by Roswell King, a white overseer on the nearby Pierce Butler plantation. He and another man identified only as Captain Patterson recovered many of the drowned bodies. 

The story shows the strength of character of the Igbos, who even at that time fought and defeated their captors and instead of being enslaved in a strange land decided, in one accord, to take their lives. The act has been termed the first freedom march that ever took place in the United States.