Interesting facts about Asia
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Asia has the largest surface area in the world. Together with Europe, it forms Eurasia. It is home to 60.3% of the world's population. The following trivia about Asia will surely surprise you.
Interesting facts from South Korea
One of the most interesting things about this country is the age calculating system. Every newborn baby is automatically considered to be one year old. Moreover, the day and month of birth is of no importance, Koreans are ageing at the same pace and on the same day – with the beginning of a new year each Korean gets one year older.
Interesting facts from Mongolia
Mongolia has no access to the sea, but nevertheless has its own navy. It is made up of one ship with seven soldiers. This Soviet-produced cutter sails on Lake Khovsgol.
Interesting facts from Thailand
There is a law in Thailand that prohibits people from leaving home without underpants. However, it is not entirely clear how compliance is checked and, worse still, how it is enforced.
Interesting facts from Vietnam
Vietnamese youth are friendly towards visitors from Europe and America. It happens quite often that young people, seeing a tourist on the street, decide to approach and exchange a few words. There is nothing to be afraid of, most likely they have no bad intentions, they just want to polish their English, because they know that it is a key skill for the future (Vietnam relies largely on tourism).
Interesting facts from Japan
Masabumi Hosono was a Japanese man who managed to survive the Titanic disaster. However, this was not a reason for joy – at home in his country, he was denounced as a coward, because he did not die together with everyone else.
Interesting facts from Saudi Arabia
Until a few years ago, Thursday and Friday were official holidays in Saudi Arabia. However, the King decided to adjust the holidays so that they would match holiday dates to other countries in the region, where Friday and Saturday are non-working days. This is due to economic conditions.
Interesting facts from India
Indians do not use cutlery during meals, they mainly use hands, or rather their right hand, to eat. The left one is considered unclean because it can be used for cleaning oneself after using the bathroom. This hand should not be used to touch other people.
Source: pl.wikipedia.org; rzucijedz.pl