- The planet Pluto was named by an 11-year-old girl
- In his four-decade-long career, Mohammed Rafi provided the playback to 5,063 songs in several languages
- In Muzaffarnagar, BJP’s voteshare rose from 26% in the 2012 assembly byelections to 62% in the 2014 general elections
- Narendra Modi spent Rs 77 crore on chartered flights abroad in his first six months in office
- During World War I, the British army tried to train seagulls to poo on the periscopes of enemy submarines
- The German automaker Audi first launched left-hand drive cars
- WhatsApp is used by more than a billion users across the world every month
Compiled by Uttam Sengupta, Alka Gupta and Ashish Bagchi
