Top 21 random facts
RANDOM FACTS 1. When India was partitioned in 1947, the country now known as Bangladesh was originally called East Pakistan. 2. Mary Pippins (1964) was the feature film debut for Julie Andrews in a role for which she won the Academy Award for Best Actress. 3. A twin rotor helicopter has two main rotors spinning in opposite directions so no tail rotor is required. 4. With about 260,000,000 speakers, Hindi is the fourth most-spoken first language in the world. 5. In Greek and Roman mythology, the lotus tree bore a delicious fruit that would cause its eaters to become lazy and disinterested in the world. 6. Margaret Bourke-White was the first woman war correspondent allowed to travel in combat zones during WWII and also the only foreign photojournalist in Moscow when the Nazis invaded. 7. The oldest goldfish on record was 43 years old. 8. The restriction that flight attendants could only be female was lifted after a 1971 court decision. 9. Shigetaka Kurit...