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VII Things We Learnt Last Week

  • The central dome of the Taj Mahal, whose minarets are now in bandages, is not symmetrical
  • Japan’s population fell by 9,47,000 from 2010 to 2015
  • In the past 25 years, the world lost more forest area than the size of South Africa, approx 1.3 million sq km
  • Scarlett Johansson will be the voice of  Kaa, the snake with a hypnotic gaze, in the new movie version of The Jungle Book
  • An average Indian drinks 1.24 litres of whisky a year, compared to 2.15 litres for France
  • Cricketer Ashish Nehra is not on social media, doesn’t read newspapers and still uses his old Nokia phone
  • It is not possible to sell a 3G phone for less than Rs 2,700 (according to the cell phone manufactuters of India)

Compiled by Uttam Sengupta and Alka Gupta

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