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.
I have developed a really random and sudden fascination with numbers recently. Throughout my trip to Italy I caught myself spotting house numbers, road numbers, tram numbers, ticket numbers, calculating the total number of modes of transport and also totaling the number of Gelato cones being consumed in a day (all the while the Gujju in me was calculating how much the Gelato industry makes during hot summer months). So here are some tidbits in reference to numbers, a little chit chat for your chai.
1. Thomas Edison accumulated a whopping total of 2,332 patents worldwide for his inventions.
2. In a matter of 10 minutes, 1 hurricane can release more energy than all the world’s nuclear weapons combined.
3. 35% of people who have used personal ads for dating are already married.
4. It is believed that a person shares their birthday with at least 9 million other people.
5. A jiffy is an actual unit of time—it is 1/100th of a second.
6. The Earth gets 100 tons heavier EVERYDAY because of falling dust.
7. 95% of people say things via text messages which they can’t say in person.
