Facts :

Within 48 hours of quitting smoking, your nerve endings begin to regrow & your sense of smell  and taste begin to return to normal.

The first pottery of earthen oil lamps (round bowl type) appeared in the Chalcolithic Age, i.e., 4500 - 3300 BC. 

The capital of India's firecracker industry, the town of Sivakasi contributes to about 90% of firecrackers produced in the nation.

The English city of Leicester hosts the biggest Diwali celebrations outside India.

Apart from India, Diwali is a national holiday in Trinidad & Tobago, Myanmar, Nepal, Mauritius, Guyana, Singapore, Surinam, Malaysia, Sri Lanka and Fiji.  It is an optional holiday in Pakistan.

The sudden jerk you sometimes experience when you "slip" in a dream while asleep is called "Hypnik Jerk."

"Philophobia" is a condition in which a person fears the idea of falling in love.

Mons Huygens is the tallest mountain on the Moon, it is 4,700 meters tall, just over half the height of Mount Everest (8,848 m).

Australia's first police force was composed of the best-behaved convicts.

The CEO of Yahoo, Marissa Mayer, was the first female employee at Google, in 1999.

Steven Spielberg waited 10 years after being given the story of 'Schindler's List' to make the film, as he didn't feel mature enough at the time.

The Hurricane Matthew unearthed at least a dozen Civil War cannonballs on Folly Island, South Carolina, USA.

Octopus skin can change colour 177 times in an hour.