- Priyanka Chopra’s grandmother Madhu Jyotsna Akhouri’s ancestral village is in Kumarakom, Kerala
- Prime minister Narendra Modi’s preferred brand of mineral water is the Tata-owned Himalayan
- Both the world’s naked restaurants have a name with Indian roots: Bunyadi in London, Amrita in Tokyo
- Minister of state and Muzaffarnagar-riot accused Sanjiv Balyan used to be a veterinary surgeon
- German passenger and goods trains have been losing 174,630,000 minutes every day by running late
- Manasollasa, the 12th century culinary book by King Someshwara II, includes a recipe for barbecued rat
- Zero per cent of Icelanders under age 25 believe the world was created by God (sample size 821)
Compiled by Satyadeep, Alka Gupta and Deepak Sharma
