Dadaism rejected logic, reason, and aestheticism of modern capitalist society, instead expressing nonsense, irrationality, and anti-bourgeois protest in response to the horrors of WWI.

The phrase 'ipsa scientia potestas est' (knowledge itself is power) occurs in Francis Bacon's 'Meditationes Sacrae' (1597).

The Book of Revelation (or The Apocalypse of John) is the final book of the New Testament, describing prophetic visions of the end times.

The Psalms (Zabur in Islam) are found in the Old Testament of the Bible. They are traditionally attributed largely to Prophet David (Dawood).

While Jesus likely spoke Aramaic, the books of the New Testament were originally written in Koine Greek, the lingua franca of the Eastern Mediterranean at the time.

Mushtaq Ahmed Yousufi is widely considered the greatest Urdu humorist of his time. 'Aab-e-Gum' combines nostalgia with humor, reflecting on the lives of migrants from India.

At only 136 pages, 'Orbital' is the second-shortest book to win the prize (after 'Offshore').

The novel depicts the life of a young boy growing up with an alcoholic mother in Thatcher-era Scotland.

Margaret Atwood was 79 when she won for 'The Testaments' in 2019.

The judges refused to choose between 'The Testaments' and 'Girl, Woman, Other', awarding the prize to both despite rules established in 1993 prohibiting ties.