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9 facts about India. Only 8 are true. Find the fake. Choose wisely.
>1. A famous conspiracy theory in India is that ancient Indians had nuclear weapons because of a poem that mentions city-destroying weapons that light up the sky
>2. It is rare, but not unknown, to induce labor early to ensure your baby has an astrologically better sign
>3. Certain Indian states have problems with "cow vigilantes," who travel in packs and murder people suspected of eating beef
>4. Approximately 90% of marriages are arranged
>5. The city of Shani Shingapur does not allow locks on house doors because it is protected by the god Shani
>6. The city of Ahmedabad has the oldest still-functioning brothel in the world, अनंत महिलाएं ("Infinite Women"), having been founded in 1721. It has paused business only twice; once during World War II, and once during the Covid-19 crisis
>7. Indian millionaire Datta Phuge broke the world record for most expensive shirt, purchasing a $230,888 shirt made out of pure gold. This broke the previous record of a $93,000 dollar shirt, also purchased by an Indian millionaire
>8. The state of Maharashta has authorized a "poacher poaching" law that allows people to shoot poachers on sight
>9. Santosh Kumar Singh had to fight in court for nine years to prove he wasn't dead after his brother filed a fake death certificate to get revenge after Singh married a woman of a lower caste