Fun facts – Singapore…

  • Singapore’s first name was ‘Temasek’, meant ‘sea town’
  • National anthem is printed in micro-text on the back of $1000 note
  • 1 of 3 surviving city-states in the world – Monaco and Vatican City
  • British Council – people have fastest walking speed – 6.5 km/hour
  • Owns 63 other tiny, uninhabited islands
  • National flower – Vanda Miss Joaquim
  • World’s 1st and biggest night zoo, The Night Safari
  • Most Singaporeans are born in the month of October
  • Singapore Sling was first served at Long Bar of Raffles Hotel, 1915
  • Has the biggest, expensive Yakult bottles, in SE Asia
  • Changed time zones 6 times since 1905
  • Longest human tooth ever extracted, 3.2 centimetres long
  • Oldest bridge still in use is Cavenagh Bridge, 1869
  • National stadium has world’s largest retractable dome

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