Back by popular demand, our resident randomness expert Karishma brings you seven things you could really do without, but are better off knowing.
Her warning: You may not like what you find. And you may not believe what is in fact, fact.
But share them with your children. Step into someone else’s shoes. Imagine.
“The greatest reward and luxury of travel is to be able to experience everyday things as if for the first time, to be in a position in which almost nothing is so familiar that it is taken for granted.” — Bill Bryson
Lisbon: Lisbon’s Vasco da Gama Bridge is the longest bridge in Europe where approximately 15,000 people were served lunch during the inauguration celebrations, creating a world record for the largest dining table.
Mumbai: The ever-famous ‘dabbawallas’ of Mumbai are known around the globe for their efficiency. Forbes has given them the `six-sigma rating’, which means they make only one error in 6 million transactions.
Prague: Renowned to be beer guzzlers, the Czechs are known to consume more beer per capita than any other country in the world. Each person will chug about 43 gallons on average in one year.
New York: The Brooklyn Bridge was the first bridge to be lit using electricity.
London: London has a reputation for wet weather, but it actually gets less rain on average than New York City: about 22.9 inches per year compared to NYC’s 50 inches.
Rome: The Colosseum had a large sunroof that could be stretched over the crowd to keep spectators in the shade. The Colosseum took 12 years to build, and the exit time for all 70,000 spectators was only three minutes.
Santorini: ‘Santorini’ is the island’s unofficial name. The Latin Empire named it after the Saint Irene in the 13th century and it was later officially named Thira in the 19th century.
