Telephone took 75 years to reach 50 mn people, radio did that in 38 years, TV in 13; FB did that in a year, Angry Birds in 35 days Mangalyaan, India’s mission to Mars, has taken 396 photographs so far, 16 of which have been released to the public PM Narendra Modi has been out of the country for 63 of his first 415 days in office When Krishen Khanna left Grindlays to become a full-time artist, Husain and Gaitonde welcomed him outside with a garland The day he resigned as US president in 1974, Richard Nixon had a lunch of four pineapple slices, some cheese, and a glass of milk Only 46% of the world practises mouth-to-mouth kissing Two years, one month and four days: average time it takes to get over the death of a loved one