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Culture

Why we clink glasses & raise a ‘toast’ to celebrate?

Culture

Why does half of the working population in the Netherlands work part-time?

Culture

How professional athletes manage fasting during Ramadan?

Culture

Why is suicide rate in Japan so high?

Culture

What are Egyptian mummies and how & why were they made?

Culture

Why are dragons so central to Chinese culture?

Culture

Why do people propose on one knee?

Culture

How did the Christmas tree become an essential part of Christmas festivities?

Culture

What is Halloween, and how did it originate?

Culture

How did October 13 come to be known as the International day for failure?

Culture

Why do we touch wood for luck?

Culture

Why is it called ‘Going Dutch’ when you pay for yourself?

Art

What is a Ghazal?

Culture

Who is Dalai Lama, and how is Dalai Lama chosen?

Culture

Why does Argentina celebrate Gnocchi day on the 29th of each month?

Culture

Why buying alcohol in Sweden is not so simple?

Culture

Why is Finland the Sauna Capital of the world?

Culture

Why do we say ‘OK’?

Culture

Why are the Bhutanese crazy about chilies?

Culture

Why does Japan have blue traffic lights instead of green?

Culture

Why is 420 associated with all things ‘bad’?

Culture

Why is Japan the most sleep-deprived nation in the world?

Culture

Why is the Netherlands called the kingdom of cyclists?

Culture

Why is Mother’s Day celebrated, and how did it start?

Culture

What is the relevance of eggs and bunnies on Easter?

Culture

Why men in Japan don’t give gifts on Valentine’s Day?

Culture

What is Scientology, what are its beliefs & why has it been so controversial?

Culture

What is Mardi Gras and why is it called so?

Culture

Why do we blow out candles on birthdays?

Culture

How giving big tips at restaurants became so common in America?

Culture

Why do Buddhist monks shave their heads and wear saffron robes?

Culture

Why is the day after Christmas called Boxing Day?

Culture

How Russia became synonymous with Vodka?

Culture

Why do Australians say ‘mate’ so much?

Culture

Why France allows marrying dead people?

Business

Why are South Korean skincare products becoming so popular worldwide?

Culture

Why is Friday, the 13th, considered unlucky?

Culture

Why is Jamaica so good at producing great sprinters such as Usain Bolt?

Culture

How the Philippines became the world’s biggest supplier of nurses?

Culture

What is the secret to happiness in Denmark, one of the happiest countries in the world?

Culture

Why are transgender women so common in Thailand?

Culture

Why, in Denmark, you can’t just name your child as you like?

Culture

Why people didn’t smile in old photographs?

Culture

How & why Belgian chocolates became so famous?

Culture

Why is South Korea obsessed with plastic surgery?

Culture

Why is Finland’s education system consistently among the best in the world?

Culture

Why do we cross fingers for good luck?

Culture

Why are spouse’s relatives called in-laws?

Culture

Why is America crazy about guns?

Culture

Why McDonald’s & Burger King failed in Vietnam?

Culture

Why so many people from Punjab migrate to foreign countries?

Culture

Why the Japanese are having fewer babies?

Culture

What is Taliban and how was it formed?

Culture

What is Tablighi Jamaat & how was it formed?

Culture

What is the difference between a language & a dialect?

Culture

Why Sweden has so few road deaths?