Hachette India

What the What?!

Nipun Jain & Mohit Mamoria

A tiny island makes millions of dollars out of thin air. How?

A deadly weapon got its name from a common fruit. Which?

A world-famous genius blundered like the rest of us. Who?

These are not made-up stories; they are odd little facts about things and people you already know! Once you find the answers to these, you’ll go, ‘What the … WHAT?!’

Nipun and Mohit, the brains behind Arey Pata Hai – the channel that made curiosity cool – are your guides through this book. Expect fascinating trivia, bizarre facts, and their trademark ‘questionable’ jokes.

Read it front to back or back to front or jump from one page to another; this book is for the endlessly curious … yeah, even your cat!

Nipun Jain & Mohit Mamoria

This book is written by two different people.

Under stress, one skips meals while the other hogs like a pig. On birthdays, one wants the world, while the other prefers to hide from the world. One grew up with abacus and books, while the other grew up with cartoons and computers.

Two different people, but one common obsession – curiosity.

We met online in 2021 and vibed on our love for books, puzzles, random trivia, grandparents and Coldplay. Exactly 365 days later, we saw each other in court. To get married, of course!

Total cost of the wedding was a whopping Rs 90.

With the money that we saved, we co-founded Arey Pata Hai? ! with an aim to make curiosity cool – again!

Our hack to balancing being life partners and work partners is to go on a date every Saturday (Saturdate!), and debate what is better – chai or coffee.