Episode 9 - Turning points in world history - Landmark achievements in the transport sector in 1869, accidental discoveries of life saving drugs and a rejected painter who decided to own the world!!

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FACT OF THE MATTER

RATHINDRA BASU and JOY BHATTACHARJYA

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Spies in the White House? Alcoholic rat armies? Conan Doyle as a sports reporter? In this series, Rathindra Basu and Joy Bhattacharjya, two senior media professionals and trivia enthusiasts from India, have fun with facts and news from the world of music, books, film, sports, history, science, language etc. Every other week, they will share interesting anecdotes, funny news items and decipher interesting word origins. Fans of trivia can also try contest questions and see Joy and Rathin try to fool each other as well! Reach out to Joy and Rathin at factofthematterindia@gmail.com.

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Episode 9 - Turning points in world history - Landmark achievements in the transport sector in 1869, accidental discoveries of life saving drugs and a rejected painter who decided to own the world!!

FACT OF THE MATTER

41 minutes 11 seconds

4 years ago

Episode 9 - Turning points in world history - Landmark achievements in the transport sector in 1869, accidental discoveries of life saving drugs and a rejected painter who decided to own the world!!

"...unless you made your life a turning point, there was no reason for existing." Saul Bellow

In this episode, it’s all about turning points - seemingly trivial events that changed the course of world history!! In Main Course, we discuss two massive breakthroughs in 1869 which forever changed the way of travel in two different continents. We learn about a Scottish scientist who discovered a game changer in medicine purely by accident. Joy starts off with a stray arrow that changed Mughal history and also unearths a stunning story about a wannabe painter who after being rejected decided to take on the world!! In Believe It Or Not, Joy highlights bar-room brawls that changed cinematic history and Rathin shares a story about The Greatest Boxer that walked the earth!! Plus all the regular sections like Cute Words and Phrases, Bare Naked Lies and audience questions!! Don't ponder too much about the point of all this!! Take a deep breath and go straight in!! Sometimes, the road less traveled can give you a ride of a lifetime!!!

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