1. Police in a district in India's Madhya Pradesh state are being paid to grow moustaches because bosses believe it makes them command more respect.
2. In West Bengal, India, cows must have a Photo ID Card.
3.India has more population than the entire Western Hemisphere of Earth.
4.India's "Go Air" airline only hires female flight attendants because they are lighter, saving up to US$500,000 a year in fuel.
5.A con man in India repeatedly "sold" the Taj Mahal, the Indian parliament and other heritage sites. He managed to escape prison 9 times.
6.India's richest man, Mukesh Ambani, built a US$1 billion 27-story house with 3 helipads, a 6-floor car park, a staff of 600, a hanging garden and a cinema.
7.Indian housewives hold 11% of the World's Gold. That is more than the reserves of the U.S., IMF, Switzerland and Germany put together.
8.India has more people using the internet than the entire population of the U.S.
9.There are 2.5 million of Zero Rupee bank notes in India, "paid" in protest by citizens to government functionaries who solicit bribes.
10.The people of North Sentinel Island, India, are among the last people to remain virtually untouched by modern civilization.
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