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VII Things We Learnt Last Week

  • Five pieces of imported chocol­ate, the first gift Sharmila Tagore got from ‘Tiger’ Pataudi
  • PM Modi eats food with his left hand, suggesting he’s a south­paw who turned right-handed
  • Arjuna Ranatunga says Lanka’s Oppn parties used the ‘Modi model’ to defeat Rajapaksa
  • The zebra’s stripes actually act as coolers. White and black absorb heat variedly, create cool current.
  • FB founder Mark Zuck­erb­erg does not eat meat unless he has killed the animal with his own hands
  • At 21, India has the most public holidays among all countries. And that’s just central vacations.
  • The recipe for fish and chips first appeared as ‘The Jews (sic) way of preserving salmon’ in Hannah Glasse’s Art of Cookery in 1781
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