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Culture

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

Culture

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

Business

How did Switzerland become synonymous with watchmaking?

Business

Why are keyboards QWERTY?

Art

Why is Shakespeare considered great?

Art

What is Pulitzer Prize & why is it a big deal?

Art

How did The Mona Lisa become famous?

History

How did “Left-Wing” & “Right-Wing” come into being?

Culture

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

Culture

What is Halloween, and how did it originate?

History

How did the pink ribbon become the symbol for breast cancer awareness?

Fashion

Why pockets in women’s clothing are smaller than those in men’s?

Culture

Why do we touch wood for luck?

Economy

Why China loves pork so much?

Art

What is so special about The Mona Lisa?

Fashion

How did France become THE perfume country?

Culture

Why do we say ‘OK’?

Culture

Why is 420 associated with all things ‘bad’?

History

How did modern bodybuilding start?

History

What is Panama Canal, why was it built, and what is its relevance?

Entertainment

What exactly is a unicorn and how it got popular?

History

Who was Joan of Arc and why is she famous?

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?

Entertainment

Who is Santa Claus and how he got associated with Christmas?

History

How did the heart manage to look like ♥️?

Culture

Why is Friday, the 13th, considered unlucky?

Culture

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

Culture

Why people didn’t smile in old photographs?

History

Why is the Nobel Prize a big deal?

History

Why are two sides of a coin called head and tail?

History

What is China-Taiwan problem? Part 2

History

What is the China-Taiwan problem? Part 1

Culture

Why do we cross fingers for good luck?

Culture

Why are spouse’s relatives called in-laws?

Evolution

Why are men more violent than women?

History

What is India-China border dispute?

History

Why are the statues of Columbus being taken down?

History

Why did China lease Hong Kong to Britain?

History

What is the ‘Baby Boomer’ generation & why is it called so?

Culture

Why so many people from Punjab migrate to foreign countries?

History

Why 1989 Tiananmen Square massacre happened? Part 2

Economy

Why 1989 Tiananmen Square massacre happened? Part 1

History

Why Australia observes National Sorry Day?

History

Why is football the most popular sport in the world?

Finance

How the British royal family makes money?

Health

How chicken became staple diet of the world?

History

How French Revolution led to the rise of Napoleon Bonaparte?

History

What was French Revolution & how did it start? Part 2

History

What was French Revolution and how did it start? Part 1

History

Why was Vietnam War fought?

Food

What is the Paleo diet and how it caught on?

History

What is ISIS and how was it formed?