Portal:Malaysia/Did you know

This is a selection of Did you know on Wikipedia that's related to Malaysia, and were presented on the Portal:Malaysia page. Some, but not all of them, were featured on the Main Page as part of Did you know?

Did You Know?

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Sheikh Muszaphar Shukor

• ... that Sheikh Muszaphar Shukor (pictured) will become the first Malaysian in space when he launches on board Soyuz TMA-11 towards the International Space Station in September 2007?

• ... that Steven Gan took advantage of a loophole in Malaysian Internet law to create the country's first independent news source?

• ... that Maniam Moorthy, a member of the first team of Malaysians to summit Mount Everest, fell during army training a year later and became a paraplegic?

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Miri

• ... that Miri (pictured) was the first town in Malaysia that was not a state capital to be granted city status?

• ... that part of capital city Kuala Terengganu's name, according to one theory, is derived from terang ganu, Malay for "bright rainbow"?

• ... that George Town, the capital city of the Malaysian state of Penang, was the first British settlement in Southeast Asia?

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Cape Rachado Lighthouse

• ... that the present Cape Rachado Lighthouse (pictured), erected in 1863 in Malacca, Malaysia, includes an additional concrete tower that was completed in 1990 to house a MEASAT radar?

• ... that the Kota Kinabalu City Mosque is home to a fish farm?

• ... that the Lukut Fort and Museum has a display of the traditional culture of the community, and the customs and practice of adat perpatih (rules of life) typical of the state?

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Melaka Zoo

• ... that the Melaka Zoo (pictured) is the second-largest zoo in Malaysia?

• ... that the wildlife of Malaysia is some of the most diverse in the world, existing in forests believed to be 130 million years old?

• ... that plant collector Charles Curtis, who first introduced the Nepenthes northiana (pictured) variety of pitcher plant to England, went on to become the first superintendent of the Penang Botanic Gardens?

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2009 Malaysian Grand Prix

• ... that the 2009 Malaysian Grand Prix (pictured) was stopped after just 33 laps, out of 56, when torrential rain hit the circuit?

• ... that Malaysia won all but one gold medal at the badminton events of the 2011 Commonwealth Youth Games?

• ... that India, Kyrgyzstan, Malaysia, and the Philippines made their debut in under-20 international ice hockey at the 2018 IIHF U20 Challenge Cup of Asia?

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Parliament of Malaysia

• ... that Article 10 of the Constitution of Malaysia guarantees citizens certain rights on condition that these rights are not restricted by the government?

• ... that the Printing Presses and Publications Act gives the Home Affairs Minister of Malaysia "absolute discretion" in granting and revoking publication and printing permits?

• ... that Malaysia's Sedition Act disregards criminal intent in passing judgement?

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Battle of Labuan

• ... that almost all of the buildings on Labuan island were destroyed by the bombardment which preceded its invasion by Australian forces during the Battle of North Borneo in June 1945 (pictured)?

• ... that the aircraft disaster Double Six Crash killed a total of five cabinet ministers in the Malaysian state of Sabah in 1976?

• ... that floods in Malaysia in November 2010 affected the homes of a State Chief Minister and a Federal Minister?

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Tin mining in Fraser's Hill. Fraser's Hill was a mining community before opened as a hill resort in 1922.

• ... that Fraser's Hill in Malaysia was previously a tin mining area that was converted into a hill station after the tin ore depleted in 1913?

• ... that the chancery of the Embassy of the Philippines in Kuala Lumpur was formerly the home of Tunku Abdul Rahman, the first prime minister of Malaysia?

• ... that Wong Keng Liang was arrested after Malaysian customs officials found nearly one hundred baby boa constrictors, two vipers, and a South American turtle hidden in his suitcase?

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• ... that part of the Malaysian tropical forest reserve Bukit Gasing has been protected from development, while another part has been sold to building contractors?

• ... that a Malaysian sultan gave "The Singing Bishop" a marble statue of the Blessed Virgin Mary as a token of their friendship?

• ... that Chinese entrepreneur Frank Tsao co-founded the national shipping lines of both Malaysia and Thailand, and was awarded the nobility title Tan Sri by the king of Malaysia?