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The Most Interesting Facts About India


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Today, we'll discover interesting things about the second most populous country in the world - India. We'll start with the outstanding facts then end with general ones.
1. An Indian, Vijay Kumar V.A holds the record for the most teeth in a mouth. He has 37 teeth, five more than the average number for adults.
 

2. India exports over $415 million worth of hair annually. It is estimated that about 40,000 pilgrims - especially those who cannot afford to donate money or jewelry - donate their hair in temples every day, as a spiritual offering.

3. India is the world's largest milk producer, followed by the US, China, Pakistan and Brazil. India produces 21% of the world's global milk output.

4. Mawsynram and Cherrapunji, the two wettest places in the world, are found in India. Mawsynram receives an annual rainfall of 11,871 millimeters, while Cherrapunji, only 15 kilometers from Mawsynram, receives 11,777 millimeters.

5. Shakuntala Devi was an Indian writer and mathematical prodigy. She was popularly known as the "human computer". Devi earned the title "human computer" in 1977 when she found the 23rd root of a 201-digit number in just 50 seconds - 12 seconds faster than the Univac computer. She died on April 21, 2013.

6. India is home to 20 of the world's 30 most polluted cities in the world, including the most polluted city. According to Greenpeace and AirVisual, Gurugram, a suburb of the Indian capital New Delhi, is the world's most polluted city.

7. The most expensive home built in the world is found in India, and belongs to Indian billionaire Mukesh Ambani. Its construction cost $1 billion, a little less than Somalia's GDP ($1.3 billion).

8. India is the world's second most vegetarian country. In India, 4.4 kg of meat - on average - is consumed per person annually.

9. India is the world's largest whiskey consumer, consuming about half the world's whiskey. India drinks over three times more whiskey than any other country. In 2014, India consumed 1.548 billion liters of whiskey, while the second-highest consumer - the USA - consumed 462 million liters.

10. Trigonometry, calculus and algebra originated in India. Also, the 'Place Value System' and 'Decimal System' were developed in India in 100 B.C.


General facts about India
Area: 3,287,263 km2
Population: 1,324,171,354 (2016 estimate)
Currency: Indian Rupees (INR)
Form of government: Federal parliamentary constitutional socialist republic
Prime minister: Narendra Modi
Capital: New Delhi
Biggest City: Mumbai
Religions: Hinduism (79.8%), Islam (14.2%), Christianity (2.3%), Sikhism (1.7%), Buddhism (0.7%), Jainism (0.4%)
Official languages: Hindi, English


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