Here are some interesting facts about Thailand that you might not have known before. I will post some more next week.
1. The Thai greeting “sawatdee” was invented during the Second World War. Before that, people greeted each other by asking if they had eaten yet.
2. According to the World Meteorological Organization, Bangkok is the hottest capital city in the world.
3. HRH The Crown Prince, an avid collector of classic cars, has the largest private collection of ‘Classic cars’ in Thailand.
4. H.M. The King once met Elvis Presley and Walt Disney.
5. HM the King is a renowned Jazz saxophonist who has played with many of the world’s greatest Jazz musicians.
6. HM the King is an Olympic standard yachtsman.
7. The Orchid is Thailand’s best flowering export. Exports of the Orchid are valued at US$250million per annum.
8. According to the Thai media, the estimated public gathering of 1 million people on 9 June 2006, to celebrate HM The King’s 60th year – was the largest public gathering in history to celebrate a royal event.
9. The beautiful Similan Islands in the south of Thailand got their name from Malay language. The islands are 9 in total and the Malay word for ‘nine’ is – Similan.
10. In Thailand, both Father’s Day and Mother’s Day are celebrated on the birthdays of Their Majesties the King and Queen.
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Thanks for that ! For bloody foreingers like me it’s VERY interesting ! go on !
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Hi Stephen
Thanks for the facts it helped me on my project i had to do on Thailand
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hi,,
thanks a lot for the facts it helped. so thank you a lot
thank you this really helped on my project for class. I liked the one about the flowers!
Cassidee
hi stephen thanks for all those facts you helped me finish my project!
stef
i have a fact before thai land was called thai land it was called siam because the king . when they kicked him out the named the land thai land because thai in there land means freedom and so in the trems is freedom land. the only way7 i know that is because my gradma told me and my gradma lives there and tolded me
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i like thailand my favorite coutry