Fun Fact: The Guugu Yimithirr language of Australia has no words for left and right—they use cardinal directions (north, south, east, west) for everything, even to describe where their shoes are! Think language is just a tool for communication? Think again. It turns out that the language you speak may quietly, profoundly influence how you …
Fun Fact: In a famous study, people donated twice as much money to save one child than to save eight—simply because the single child had a name and a photo. Imagine this: You see a photo of a little girl named Aisha, eyes wide and frightened, standing in the rubble of a war zone. You …
Fun Fact: Albert Einstein, who revolutionized physics, is widely believed to have shown traits of autism spectrum disorder (ASD), such as delayed speech and strong visual thinking. We often throw around the word “normal” like it’s a gold standard. A normal student. A normal worker. A normal mind. But what if normal is a myth—and …
Fun Fact: India has the largest child population in the world, with over 400 million children under the age of 18! Ask anyone who grew up in India what their childhood was like, and you’ll get a mix of warm nostalgia and quiet rebellion. On one hand, there are bedtime stories told by grandparents, noisy …
Fun Fact: Starbucks didn’t just sell coffee—it once marketed itself as a “third place” between home and work, where people could simply be. Home is where the heart is. Work is where the paycheck comes from. But where do we go just to be? Welcome to the idea of the “third place.” First introduced by …
Fun fact: The average age for moving out of the parental home in India has increased by nearly five years in the past two decades—and it’s not just about money. You turn 18, get a job, move out, get married, buy a house, and raise a family—right? That’s the traditional adulthood checklist. But if you …
Fun fact: The average adult now spends over seven hours a day staring at screens—yet we say we “don’t have time” to meditate for ten minutes. We are living faster than ever. Our meals come in five-minute delivery windows, our conversations are reduced to emojis, and our mornings begin not with breath but with a …
Fun fact: Over 487 million Indians use WhatsApp—making it not only the most-used messaging app in the country but, unofficially, one of the largest “classrooms” for unverified facts. You’ve probably heard of “WhatsApp University.” It’s not a real university, of course—but it might as well be. Every day, millions of Indians receive “forwards” packed with …
Fun fact: Over half of India’s population is under the age of 30, making it one of the youngest countries in the world—but also one caught in one of the oldest cultural identity debates. If you’re young and Indian today, chances are you’ve been asked why you don’t touch elders’ feet, why you speak better …
Fun Fact: In Denmark, over 8% of the population lives in co-housing communities—a model now inspiring a global revival of community-centric living. Remember when neighbours borrowed sugar, not silently ignored each other in the lift? The idea of community used to be more than a WhatsApp group—it was a way of life. Today, in an …
