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In this page, you'll see small knowledge (or trivia ? :D) of Thailand.
Different from
General Information of Thailand but feeling like it maybe or might be useful for some occasions if
you remember.
[Bits of knowledge] Fun
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- Four-leaf clover
Instead of four-leaf clovers, there are small flowers called "Dork Khem". People try to find five-petal flowers of it.
- Playboy
"Snake head" means a playboy.
- Fingers bent backward
Some people can bend their fingers back almost on to top of hand.
- Wiggle eyebrows
Thai people sometimes wiggle their eyebrows, up and down, very quick as one of gestures while talking.
- 555
In Thai, they sometimes write like "555" to express "laugh".
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[Bits of knowledge] Health
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- bathroom scale
They have bathroom scales in department stores.
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[Bits of knowledge] Learning
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- 12 x 12
In Thailand, they learn multiplication table (called "Suut Khuun"), 12 x 12, or more depending on an area.
- Thai Language Proficiency Exam
In Japan, there is a "Association For Thai Language Certification,
Japan" and they have proficiency exams of Thai Language twice a year,
in spring and in autumn.
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[Bits of knowledge] Men, Women
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- bottom of your foot
When people want to check the bottom of foot, men and women do differently.
It makes people laugh. :D
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