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VII Things We Learnt Last Week

  • Sitaram Yechury had a lunch of pomfret and roasted papad after being elected CPI(M) general secretary in Visakhapatnam
  • The Victoria Termi­nus spot from where Ajmal Kasab fired on 26/11 used to be ‘phansi talao’—criminals were hanged here
  • Not a single FIR has been registered at a police station in Behmai, 34 years after it made global headlines for Phoolan Devi’s killing of 22 Thakurs
  • German airline Lufthansa’s name is derived from the Sans­krit words for air and swan
  • Thailand is the most religious country in the world in a ranking of 65 countries; China is at the bottom
  • UTV’s Ronnie Screwvala made toothbrushes for a living before he jumped into the entertainment industry
  • The world’s no. 1 model, Brazilian Gisele Bundchen, has walked the ramp for the last time at the ripe age of 34
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