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A popular Quora thread asked what Steve Jobs, Elon Musk, Bill Gates and others did between ages 10 and 22. The answers share a striking pattern.

Pew's 2015 Religious Landscape Study found America's Hindu population reached 2.23 million — making Hinduism the fourth-largest faith, tied with Buddhism.

A Philadelphia dad took his kids to the Boston Marathon, got a warning letter from the school, and wrote back a reply that went viral worldwide.

The Supreme Court ruled that abusing in-laws and barring them from the matrimonial home amounts to mental cruelty — a valid ground for divorce.

A 2015 community announcement: Ekjut, the Chicago-area theater wing, presents Rangmanch par Ek Sham Aap Ke Naam, after the hit staging of Pyar ka Panchnama.

In 2015, drinks giant Diageo committed to voluntary nutrition and alcohol-per-serve labeling across brands like Smirnoff, Tanqueray, and Guinness.

A 21-year Finnish study found men who took saunas 4–7 times a week had far lower rates of fatal heart disease — with the usual observational-study caveats.

Sometimes the allergen isn't the fruit — it's the antibiotic sprayed on it. The 2013 blueberry-pie anaphylaxis case that traced back to streptomycin.

Suchitra Sharma on why lying and loving coexist — from white lies to protect a partner to Clancy Martin's 'Good Lovers Lie' argument.

Shubhli Bhalla reviews Ashwin Sanghi's The Krishna Key — a thriller weaving the legend of Krishna with modern-day murder and conspiracy.

A viral video of a pen-selling child visiting McDonald's for the first time — and what 'first time' videos reveal, and conceal, about poverty.

Psychologist Arthur Aron's 36 questions — escalating self-disclosure designed to build closeness — went viral after Mandy Len Catron tried them in the NYT.

Suchitra Sharma on the Vatican's 'burqa made of flesh' remark about plastic surgery — and why conforming to society's beauty standards is a failure of

Shubhli on why 'it is none of my business' is a cop-out — told through the old mouse-trap parable: when trouble comes, it comes for everyone.

In January 2015, five Disneyland workers contracted measles — including two who were vaccinated — as California's outbreak passed 53 confirmed cases.

From the ₹1 shagun to the nimbu-mirchi totka: a tour of the superstitions — kala tika, black cats, knives as gifts — woven into everyday Indian life.

A 2015 survey of UK divorce lawyers found Facebook cited in over a third of cases — as evidence of infidelity, hidden finances, and rekindled old flames.

When her young niece asked to borrow $25 for a dress, Ayn Rand replied with a famously severe lesson in responsibility — a 1949 letter that went viral in 2015.

A viral story claimed an anonymous woman cured her cancer with ginger and honey. The claim is unverifiable, the source page is gone, and there is no

Suchitra Sharma reflects on how Facebook memorialized accounts keep a loved one's presence alive — 'life goes on' even after death, in the virtual world.