Audience forms a lasting impression of a public speaker in the first 3 minutes. Stage fright usually occurs during the first 10 minutes of a performance.

Triskaidekaphobia refers to the fear of the number 13. In Italy, the unlucky number is considered to be the number 17.

Swiss women were granted the right to vote in 1971. The 4th King of Bhutan proclaimed Gross National Happiness (GNH) as a goal of the country’s development in 1972.