Rewinding to Wednesday 10 August 2005…

Wednesday · Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India

The world on 10 August 2005 in Chennai.

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01The weather outside

A high of 35°C in Chennai.

35°C/ 95°F high

Low of 26°C · 3.5 mm of precipitation · wind up to 24 km/h

The sun rose at 5:55 am and set at 6:32 pm — 12h 37m of daylight.

02The sky that night

A waxing crescent watched over you.

26% lit · 5 days into its cycle

Looking up from Chennai that evening, you could have spotted Jupiter without a telescope.

It was summer in your half of the world.

The Moon was 394,917 km away — farther than usual.

03On every radio

The chart-topper that week: “We Belong Together”

by Mariah Carey — number one on the Billboard Hot 100 for 14 weeks, taking over from “Inside Your Heaven”.

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04What a rupee bought

Your first receipt.

GENERAL STORE

PRICES IN INDIA · 2005-08-10

ITEM2005TODAYLitre of milkfresh≈₹17.14₹59.98Kilo of rice1 kg≈₹11.83₹41.39Kilo of flourwheat≈₹11.58₹40.54Kilo of potatoes1 kg≈₹6.43₹22.49Kilo of bananas1 kg≈₹14.04₹49.14Kilo of sugarwhite≈₹16.23₹56.80

Measured shop prices · ≈ carried back to 2005 with that food’s own price change

Market prices: WFP (CC BY-IGO) · Food price change: FAO

05Your life in numbers

Since that day, you have lived…

0

seconds

and counting, right now

0

heartbeats

at a resting average of 80 a minute

0

breaths

give or take a few yawns

0

sunrises

1,108 weeks of them

0

full moons

have risen since your first night

0.00B

km travelled

21 laps around the Sun

06Born under

A Wednesday's child, under Leo.

Star sign

Leo

Fire sign

Chinese zodiac

Rooster

Wood Rooster

Birthstone

Peridot

for your month

Birth flower

Gladiolus

for your month

Generation

Generation Z

1997–2012

Day of the week

Wednesday

And so much more you’d never guess or remember.

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