A list of curious facts
One: Here’s a stupid question: how did they pee in those dresses? By dresses we mean the massive contraptions with stays, hoops, and bazillion layers that we see in period dramas? Bernadette Banner answers the question in this delightful stroll through the history of Western women’s underwear.
Three: This is more a curious fudging of facts. Chris Nolan is legendary for his meticulously plotted movies. But the devil is always in the tiniest of details—like this fake Indian Express edition in ‘Tenet’ that features a headline with three question marks… written by Akane Kashiwazaki??? (Spotted by an eagle-eyed Indian Express alum Shalini Nair)
Four: In 1993, Robert Fisk did a big story in The Independent titled: ‘Anti-Soviet warrior puts his army on the road to peace’. It was Osama bin Laden’s first ever interview with a Western Journalist. Read it to believe it. (h/t Joy Bhattacharya for this amazing find)
