30 Interesting things from Increadible India

- India is the world's largest democracy, with 1.2 billion people
- Taj Mahal at Agra, India is one of the seven wonders of the world which is a symbol of love. 
- India has 122 major languages and 1599 other languages.
- The Bengal Tiger is the national animal of India.
- 100 million people come to India's Kumbh Mela Festival, the world's biggest gathering of humans.
- It's illegal for foreigners to take Indian currency (rupees) out of India.
- Breathing the air in Mumbai, India, for just one day is equivalent to smoking 100 cigarettes.
- The world's biggest family lives together in India: a man with 39 wives and 94 children.
- A man married a dog in India as atonement.
- Police officers in one state in India are given a slight pay upgrade for having a moustache.
- India has more mobile phones than toilets.
- Children's Day is celebrated in India on November 14th, 9 months after Valentine's Day.
- 70% of all the world's spices come from India.
- In India, a polling station is set up in a forest for a lone voter in every election since 2004.
- India has more population than the entire Western Hemisphere of Earth.
- India's "Go Air" airline only hires female flight attendants because they are lighter, so they save up to US$500,000 per year in fuel.
- Gleevec, a cancer drug that costs US$70,000 in the U.S. per year, cost just US$2,500 in India because it can't be patented there.
- In India, Canada, Mexico, Russia and Israel, bank notes have Braille-like markings on them for the blind.
- The richest man in India, Mukesh Ambani, built a home valued at US$1 billion. It's a 27-story building with 3 helipads, a 6-floor car park, a staff of 600, a 4-storey hanging garden and a cinema.
- The Golden Temple in India feeds a vegetarian meal to over 100,000 people a day regardless of race, religion and class.
- Indian housewives hold 11% of the World's Gold. That is more than the reserves of the U.S., IMF, Switzerland and Germany put together.
- A man revived 5 rivers and brought water back to 1000 villages in India using native water-preservation techniques.
- In India, many brides use the "Bichiya": a wedding ring for the toe.
- There's a village in India that produces most bouncers and bodyguards of New Delhi's nightclubs.
- Only about 1 in 100 marriages in India end in divorce, one of the lowest rates in the world.
- India has more people using the internet than the entire population of the U.S.
- During WW2, India produced the largest volunteer Army in world history: over 2.5 million men. At least 38 Indians received the Victoria Cross or the George Cross.
- The village of Shani Shingnapur, India, had no doors, locks or crime for over 400 years until 2010
- The Khasi people in Meghalaya, India, grow living bridges with tree roots.
- India planted nearly 50 million trees in 24 hours on Monday, July 11, 2016, a new Guinness World Record.
- In India, Snakes are worshipped as gods even today. Many women pour milk on snakes, despite snakes' aversion for it.