- The 19th surgeon-general of the US, Vivek Murthy, hails from the tiny village of Hallegere in Mandya district of Karnataka
- Home minister Rajnath Singh doesn’t get to see files on the way into the PMO; he only sees them on the way out, appends his approval post-facto
- Jessica Lal murder convict Manu Sharma finishes PG from an institute of human rights!
- The Tirumala Tirupati Devasthanam owns 6,000 acres spread across nine states and Nepal
- 2,69,000 Indians have lost their spouses before getting to legally allowed marriageable age
- The entire internet can be printed on 136 billion sheets of paper
- First four letters in Italian fashion brand BCBGMAXAZRIA stands for ‘Bon chic, bon genre’
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