Indian surgeons from as far back as 600 BC knew how to reconstruct a nose, as a common punishment for adultery was having one’s nose cut off.… Read More
The game Parcheesi (originally called Pachisi, which means 25 in Hindi) was first played in India and may have been invented as long ago as AD 300.… Read More
After Pride and Prejudice was published in 1813, the Prince Regent and soon-to-be George IV (1762-1830) told Jane Austen that if she “had any other novel forthcoming, she was quite at liberty to dedicate it to the Prince.” In 1815 she dedicated Emma to him.