Portal:Thailand/Did you know
Did you know 1
Portal:Thailand/Did you know/1
- ... that about 6 million people are infected with Opisthorchis viverrini (pictured) in Thailand?
Did you know 2
Portal:Thailand/Did you know/2
- ... that the 2003 Bangkok International Film Festival hosted the world premiere of Ong-Bak, the lead-acting debut by Thai action star Tony Jaa?
Did you know 3
Portal:Thailand/Did you know/3
- ... that Scouting in Thailand (Scouts pictured) was introduced on July 1, 1911 by King Vajiravudh, who is known as the "Father of Thai Scouting"?
Did you know 4
Portal:Thailand/Did you know/4
- ... that the Church of Christ in Thailand is the largest Protestant Christian denomination in Thailand?
Did you know 5
Portal:Thailand/Did you know/5
- ... that painter Chalermchai Kositpipat is the designer of Wat Rong Khun (pictured) in Chiang Rai Province, on which construction was started in 1997 and is not expected to be completed in his lifetime?
Did you know 6
Portal:Thailand/Did you know/6
- ... that the wildly popular Jatukham Rammathep amulet was created by a policeman in 1987 who believed the amulet's spirit helped him solve a murder case?
Did you know 7
Portal:Thailand/Did you know/7
- ... that the neighborhood Phahurat, before it became Bangkok's Little India, was an enclave of Vietnamese immigrants until a fire burned it down in 1898?