Häagen-Dazs sounds Danish, but the brand was invented in New York. Reuben Mattus, born in Poland in 1912, grew up in the Bronx ice cream trade after his family moved to New York, and in 1959 he launched a premium ice cream company with a Danish-sounding name as a tribute to Denmark's treatment of Jews during World War II. Marketers call this foreign branding, and it gave an ordinary product an air of sophistication. His wife Rose dressed up to hand out free samples. Pillsbury bought the brand in 1983, and it later became part of Nestle's ice cream business.

Hampi is a UNESCO World Heritage Site in Karnataka, India, with more than 1,600 surviving remains spread over 4,100 hectares. It was the capital of the Vijayanagara Empire from 1336 to 1565. Travellers from Persia and Portugal described it as a prosperous, wealthy and grand city with temples, markets and farms along the Tungabhadra River. By 1500 it was estimated to be the world's second-largest city after Beijing, and probably India's richest at the time. In 1565 a coalition of Muslim sultanates defeated the Vijayanagara Empire, its capital was conquered and destroyed, and the city was left in ruins. Hampi remains a religious centre, with the active Virupaksha Temple at its heart.