Fact!

Published November 12, 2016

Stop cheating in exams or face the music!

China has banned and made cheating in exam a criminal offence and those caught cheating in exam can face up to seven years’ imprisonment.


Lake Karachay

According to a report by the Worldwatch Institute on Nuclear Waste, Lake Karachay in Russia is the most polluted spot on Earth. It was used by the Soviet Union as a nuclear dumping site, and now the radiation level here is so high that it’s sufficient to give a lethal dose after just an hour of exposure.


Tetris syndrome

The Tetris effect (also known as Tetris Syndrome) occurs when people devote so much time and attention to an activity that it begins to pattern their thoughts, mental images, and dreams. It takes its name from the video game Tetris.

Published in Dawn, Young World, November 12th, 2016

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