Information and Knowledge Trivia

  • Venus is the only planet that rotates clockwise.
  • A megalomaniac is a person who is extremely full of themselves and overestimates their abilities.
  • The word "muggle" was originally a jazz-era slang term for a person who smoked marijuana.
  • The German word for poison is 'gift'.
  • There is a village in England called 'Bitchfield'.
  • Speaking more than one language literally makes the brain more agile and increases IQ.
  • Over 1 million Europeans were taken as slaves by North Africans between the years 1530 and 1780.
  • The sentence "the quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog" uses every letter in the English language.
  • A pregnant goldfish is called a 'Twit'.
  • The World's first university was established in Takshila in 700 BC. More than 10,500 students from all over the world studied more than 60 subjects. The University of Nalanda built in the 4th century was one of the greatest achievements of ancient India in the field of education.
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