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VII Things We Learnt Last Week

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VII Things We Learnt Last Week
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  • Late US president Ronald Reagan had over 50 partners—all Holly­­wood actresses—through his 93-year life, says new biography
  • There are 97 Indians with a billion dollars in their pockets, but only 9% are “self-made”, unlike in China where the figure is 61%
  • Lord of the World, a science fiction novel by Robert Hugh Benson and published in 1907, shaped Pope Francis’s worldview
  • The rope used to hang Saddam Hussein auctioned for US $7 mn
  • There are approximately 3.12 lakh stray dogs in Delhi

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  • 132 people have lost their lives between 2002-2012, victims of witchhunts in Assam
  • The tantalum in an Apple iPhone comes from the war-torn Democratic Republic of Congo
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