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Fact: Vietnamese New Year Is Everybodys Birthday

Vietnamese New Year, or Tet, occurs annually sometime in late winter and
lasts for several days. It begins on the first day of the Lunar calendar, which
is usually sometime in early February or late January.Among many other Tet
traditions, the new year is also considered a birthday celebration. Along with
Koreans, Vietnamese measure age by the number of Lunar new years they
have lived through, so a baby will officially turn one on his first Tet, even if he
was only born a few days before the event takes place.
2. Speaking of New Years traditions, the Thai New Year is celebrated from the
13th through the 15th of April. Known as the Songkran festival, which is Thai
for astrological passage, the main attraction is being sprayed in the face by
a mixture of water and flour or talc powder.Originally the celebration had
spiritual connotationswater was poured over statues of Buddhas, and then
people would collect the water that dripped off and pour it over their loved
ones for good luck. These days, its just a free-for-all with water guns for sale
on every corner and people standing beside the streets down anybody who
passes.
3. Fact: The Worlds Largest Shopping Mall Is A Ghost TownIn 2005, Chinese
billionaire Alex Hu Guirong began building the worlds largest shopping mall
in Dongguan, China. At seven million square feet, the New South China Mall
had room for up to 2,350 shopsnot to mention the full-size indoor roller
coaster, the 1.3 mile long canal (complete with gondolas), and the 82 foot
replica of the Arc de Triomphe.There was only one problemnobody wanted
to put a store in it. From 2005 until the present, only about one percent of the
mall has ever been usedever. The other 6,930,300 square feet just is
gathering dust under cloth covers, and the only people who really work there
are the security guards who keep squatters away.There are a few reasons
why the mall flopped so hard, and one of them is the locationDongguan
only has a population of 10 million, most of them poor-ish factory workers,
and it can take a few hours to even get there.
4. China is roughly 3,200 miles (5,200 km) wide, which is large enough to cover
about 5 separate time zones (the U.S. has 4). Despite that, China has had
only one national time zone since the Chinese Civil War in 1949.The reason
for doing it that way was mostly politicalChina is a big freaking place, and
after 20 years of civil war the Peoples Republic of China wanted to give
everybody a sense of unity. Unfortunately, that meant that while Beijing was
seeing the sun rise at 6 AM, western areas like Xinjiang wouldnt see dawn for
two more hours.This system is still in place today, although Xinjiang has put
their foot down and created their own unofficial time zone, which is two hours
behind China Standard Time. The Chinese government doesnt recognize it.
5. Fact: North Koreans Celebrate Their Own Version Of ChristmasIn North Korea,
the citizens dont celebrate Christmas. Christmas is still a thing in North
Korea, its just closer to an act of war than a celebration. So instead of
embarking on Christmas festivities, North Koreans will instead celebrate the

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birth of Kim Jong Ils mother, who was born on December 24th.The North
Korean government has a long history of keeping a tight hold over the
religious groups within their bordersthey famously tortured a woman in
2002 for smuggling Christians out of the country. Since then they have
continued to demonize and censor as much Western influence as possible
including placing a series of patriotic holidays around Christmas. Besides the
birth of Kim Jongs mother, North Koreans celebrate Constitution Day on
December 27th, and on New Years they hold marches to the view resting
place of Kim Il Sungs (the guy who started the Korean War) embalmed body.
Japan is currently considered the skinniest industrialized nation in the world,
and theres a very good reason for thatits against the law to be fat.
Japanese law dictates that a male over the age of 40 cant have a waistline
larger than 33.5 inches (85 cm). Women are given a little more leeway with
35.4 inches (90 cm).Why? The official reasoning is that, well, slim people are
healthier, and its an effort to combat high cholesterol and high blood
pressure. People who are over the legal waist size have to go through
counseling and government-approved diets, and companies who have a large
number of overweight employees have to pay a fine, which goes towards
healthcare for seniors.
Fact: China and India Are A Third Of The Worlds PopulationIts well known
that China has a large population, but the actual size of it is staggering. The
Sichuan province alone has a population larger than Greece, Portugal,
Holland, Guatemala, Austria, Malaysia, New Zealand, Australia, and Canada
combinedand its only the fourth largest province in the country.In fact,
India and China combined make up more than a third of the worlds entire
population2.5 billion people as of 2012. And all those people fit into an area
barely larger than the United States.
At a shrine in the mountains of Solapur, India, newborns are brought to
partake in a ritual that is supposed to provide the child with good luck,
courage, and health. Babies are carried to the top of a 50 foot tower and then
dropped off the edgeinto a stretched sheet held by monks at the bottom of
the tower.This Muslim tradition has been practiced for over 500 years, and
its still happening today. While a lot of people are horrified at the ritual, the
Musti villagers claim that there has never been an injury.
Fact: Indians Eat With The Right Hand, Wipe With The LeftOne of the most
interesting customs in India is that they will only eat with their right hand.
The reason is that after you use the toilet you dont use toilet paper you cup
some water in your left hand and use it to wipe up. Aside from hotels or
restaurants that cater to Westerners, its actually hard to find a bathroom
that even has toilet paper in the entire countrywhy would you use paper
when you have a perfectly good left hand, right?In addition to eating, its
considered insulting to do just about anything else with your left hand, such
as handing over money or using it to shake hands in greeting.

10.Asia is the largest by area and population, continent of the planet. The area
of Asia exceeds the area of the moon (44 million. 500 thousand sq. km. and
37 million sq. km. respectively).
11.In Asia somewhere near place where the Tigris and Euphrates rivers meet
located the mother land to the birth of human civilization.
12.Did you know that more people live in India than in Central America, North
America and South America altogether! The population of Hindus
approximately 3 times bigger than population of the USA.. More than 60% of
the world's population live in Asia.
13.In China live 1.3 billion of people and in India 1.1 billion. More than half of
Asia's population lives in this 2 countries. India should take over China in
period of 30 years.
14.In South Asia live more Muslims than in the whole Middle East, yet Muslims in
South Asia is less than 15% of total population.
15.One of the most densely populated country in the world is Bangladesh, With
85% of Muslims and 15% of Hindus.
16.Maldives is 99% Muslim country. In Maldives it is illegal for tourists have more
than 1 Bible, because they fear that tourists can give it to local people.
17.Tokyo, Hon Kong and Singapore are 3 major economical centers of Asia.
18.Did you know that Top 10 tallest mountains located in Asia.
19.Asia divided into 6 subcontinents - Central Asia - East Asia - North Asia - India
Subcontinent - Southeast Asia - Southwest Asia.
20. The population of India is more than the overall population of North, Central
and South America.
21. Bangladesh is the most densely inhabited country in Asia.