Important Facts On Thailand

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country Thailand. So, stay in touch for more general knowledge.

• Thailand is located in South East Asia. Thailand is also known as the heart of Southeast Asia.
• According to the World Meteorological Organization, Bangkok is apparently the hottest capital city in the world.
• Boxing is the national sport of Thailand.
• Thailand's official language is Thai.
• Thai cuisine is one of the most popular cuisines in the world.
• Thailand is border with Malaysia, Myanmar, Laos and Cambodia. Vietnam is border with Laos, Cambodia and China. Vietnam Does not border with Thailand because Laos and Cambodia are in between.
• Thailand is the only Southeast Asian country to have never been dominated by a Western power and hence retains most of its original culture.
• Even though the shape of Thailand is different from Spain, it has around the same land area. Thailand - 198,457 sq.miles; Spain - 194,897 sq.miles
• Although prostitution is illegal in Thailand, it is touted as the world’s biggest sex-tourism hub.
• Thailand was known as Siam till 1939.
• Bangkok is the largest city as well as the capital of Thailand. Krung Thep is the name for Bangkok in Thai.
• The world’s biggest Chinatown is located in Bangkok.
• The real name of Bangkok is the longest in the world. Try spelling this! “KrungThepMahaNakhonAmonRattanakosinMahintharaAyutthayaMahadi lokPhopNoppharatRatchathaniBuriromUdomRatchaniwetMahasathanA monPhimanAwatanSathitSakkathattiyaWitsanuKamprasit”
• thailand is called the “Land Of Smiles,” because of its ever smiling, inviting, soft spoken, friendly, and hospitable inhabitants.
• In ‘Thai’, the name Thailand signifies “land of freedom” or the “land of the free”.
• Buddhism is the predominant religion of the country. However, it has a minor populace of Muslims, Christians, Sikhs, Hindus and Jews, as well.
• Thailand is popularly known as the “Land of the White Elephant.” It is said that white elephants were highly revered by Thai Rulers and till date are widely honored as symbols of peace and prosperity.
• In Thai tradition, the tradition of touching the head is severely looked down upon. The Thais believe that the soul resides in the head, which makes it an extremely sacred place that should not be touched.
• Thailand is the 49th largest country in the world with its total land area as big as that of France. It is bigger than the combined areas of United Kingdom, Iceland, Belgium and Austria.
• Thailand a high number of Guinness World Records, including that for the man with the longest hair, the biggest hamburger, largest ever aerobic workout, and also for the most linked skydivers.
• Every Thai male has to take up monkhood at some point in his life even if only for a short period, and at almost any age between completion of school and the beginning of a career or married life.
• In Thailand, both the Father’s Day and the Mother’s Day are celebrated to commemorate the birthdays of Their Majesties the King and Queen.
• Thai people are obsessed with having a light complexion.
• In ancient Thailand, they had moveable type printing presses. The type was made from baked cow dung.
• It’s illegal to own a copy of the Movie “The King and I” in Thailand as the movie is banned.
• In Thailand it is deemed impolite to ask someone their age or salary.

Important Facts On Iceland

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• The weather in Iceland is not as cold as you might think. (Winter is a heck of a lot colder in Minnesota than it is in Iceland!) The climate is relatively mild because of the influence of the Atlantic Ocean’s Gulf Stream. Average winter daytime temperature in Reykjavik is 31 degrees F. (-1 degrees C.)
• More than 13% of Iceland is covered by snowfields and glaciers.
• Iceland is very green, because there is so much water and the climate is mild. (There are not many trees however.) People like to say that Iceland should be named Greenland and Greenland should be named Iceland. I used to tell my Icelandic friends that they should change the name of their country from Iceland to Waterland.
• Because of its bountiful water supply and many rivers, Iceland has vast reserves of hydroelectric power. Electricity is so inexpensive that aluminum ore (bauxite) is shipped in to the country, made into aluminum, and the aluminum ingots are shipped out again. (Smelting aluminum requires vast amounts of electricity.)
• Iceland lies just south of the Arctic Circle. Winter nights and summer days are long. On December 21 in the capital, the sun rises at 11:30 a.m. and sets at 3:30 p.m. On June 21 the sun sets about midnight and rises at 3:00 a.m. It never gets darker than twilight at night during the late spring and early summer.
• During a recent survey, Icelanders ranked the highest of all European countries in expressing general satisfaction with their lives.
• The English word geyser comes from Icelandic (perhaps the only Icelandic word imported into English). Geysir is the name of a famous geyser in Iceland (which, sadly, no longer erupts).
• The Icelanders speak the Icelandic language, which is used only in Iceland and among Icelandic expatriates—chiefly in Scandinavia and North America. Icelandic is very similar to old Norwegian of about 1,000 years ago.
• There are only about 270,000 Icelanders in the country. About half of them live in the capital Reykjavik and its suburbs.
• Iceland has vast amounts of water—because it rains so much. Icelandic water is so clean and pure that it is piped into the city and to the kitchen taps in the home without any treatment (no chlorination needed).
• Urban Icelandic homes do not need a water heater or a furnace for heating. Steam and hot water are piped into the city from natural geysers and hot springs for use in homes and buildings.
• Icelanders rank near the top of world nations in the per capita rate of connection to the Internet.
• Iceland is the world’s oldest democracy. Its parliament (Althingi) was founded about 1,000 years ago.
• Iceland has no army, navy, or air force. It does have a Coast Guard.
• Icelandic women don’t take the husband’s name when they marry, chiefly because the husband doesn’t have a family name to take.
• Because they don’t have surnames, Icelanders are listed in the telephone directory alphabetically by first name.
• Because they don’t have surnames, it is not appropriate to call an Icelander by Mr. or Ms. Almost all Icelanders use the first name with everyone—including the president of Iceland.
• The most common names in Iceland are “Jón” like John, “Anna” like Anne!
• Icelanders made it to The Guinness Book of Records for drinking Coke. Icelanders consume more Coca-Cola per capita than any other nation.
• Icelanders go to the movies more often per capita than any other nation.
• Iceland was the first country in the world to have a female president.
• Most nightclubs open at around 21:00 after midnight and close up around 8-9 in the morning!
• Beer was banned in Iceland until 1989.
• 60% of Iceland’s population lives in the capital, Reykjavík .
• Reykjavík means “Smoke-bay”’ that Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, and Friday are named after the Norse Gods: Tyr, Odin, Thor and Frey .
• Iceland has twice as many sheep as people.
• Boxing wasn’t allowed in Iceland until 2002.
• Icelanders learn Danish and English from the age of 11.
• Icelanders have the cleanest water in the world! They heat their houses with thermal water as well as their outdoor swimming pools.
• Icelanders can read scripts that are more than thousand years old, and that they are even taught in High school as Icelandic literature.
• Iceland has twice as many sheep as people.
• Life expectancy is 81.3 years for women and 76.4 for men– one of the highest in the world.
• Iceland was the last European country to be settled—sometime during the 9th or 10th centuries when Scandanavian sailors discovered it.
• 10. Iceland’s first inhabitants were Irish monks, who regarded the island as a sort of hermitage until the early 9th century.
• Iceland’s main industry is fishing.
• Icelander’s are extremely proud of their Viking heritage and have preserved it in art, music and festivals.
• In 1980, Icelanders elected Vigdis Finnbogadottir as the world’s first female head of state.
• Icelandic language has been virtually unchanged for the past 1000 years.
• Icelanders value literacy and hold the world record for number of books per capita.

Important Facts On Pakistan

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• The area of Pakistan is 880,940 square km (340,133 square miles).

• The country shares borders with Afghanistan to the northwest, China to the north, India to the south and east, and Iran to the west. The border with India is subject to dispute, with both nations claiming the mountain regions of Kashmir and Jammu.

• Pakistan's lowest point is its Indian Ocean coast, at sea level. The highest point is K2, the world's second-tallest mountain, at 8,611 meters (28,251 feet).

• Pakistan has the second largest Muslim population in the world. It is second to Indonesia.

• About one fifth of the population live below the international poverty line (US$1.25 per day).

• More than 60 languages are spoken in Pakistan. English is the official language of Pakistan and is used in government but the national language is Urdu (which is closely related to Hindi).

• Punjabi is the native tongue of 48% of Pakistanis, with Sindhi at 12%, Siraiki at 10%, Pashtu at 8%, Balochi at 3%, and a handful of smaller language groups.

• 96% of the population are Muslims. Just over 1.5% are Christians.

• About 75% of the population are Sunni Muslims, while 20% are Shi'a.

• Pakistan has the sixth largest military force in the world.

• Pakistan have cold, dry winters and hot, wet summers.

• Despite once being called the world’s most dangerous country in a British magazine (The Economist), the tourism industry is growing in Pakistan.

• The official and national sport of Pakistan is field hockey. Cricket, however, is the most popular sport. The national side won the ICC World Cup in 1992.

• Pakistan qualified for the Golf World Cup for the first time in 2009.

• One goal of the current government is to see the literacy rate reach at least 85% over the next few years.

• About 1.7 million refugees from Afghanistan live in Pakistan.

• Pakistan became an Islamic republic in 1956.

• In 1971, there was a civil war in East Pakistan that led to the creation of Bangladesh.

• Pakistan (officially known as the Islamic Republic of Pakistan) is a country in South Asia.

• The capital of Pakistan is Islamabad.

• The birth rate in Pakistan is relatively high, at 3.7 live births per woman, so the population is expanding rapidly. The literacy rate for adult women is only 36%, compared with 63% for men.

• Five millennia ago, the Indus Valley Civilization created great urban centers at Harappa and Mohenjo-Daro, both of which are now in Pakistan.

• The lowlands of Pakistan were conquered by Darius the Great around 500 B.C. His Achaemenid Empire ruled the area for nearly 200 years.

• Pakistan has a (somewhat fragile) parliamentary democracy.

• The President is the Head of State, while the Prime Minister is the Head of Government.

• Pakistan's two-house Parliament (Majlis-e-Shura) is made up of a 100-member Senate and a 342-member National Assembly.

• The judicial system is a mix of secular and Islamic courts, including a Supreme Court, provincial courts, and Federal Shari'a courts that administer Islamic law.

• Pakistan's secular laws are based on British common law. All citizens over 18 years of age have the vote.