- 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
