AIBU to ask for you to pick any country and share an interesting fun fact about it?

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I love learning about countries around the world, i am unable to explore physically due to covid so I would love to learn more fun interesting facts that you would kindly share!

Heres mine!

In Vietnam it is offensive to cross your fingers in a certain way, it is seen as an obscene gesture, akin to raising your middle finger and saying“F* You! It is also used to call people a derogatory name! Photo attached !

I will add more shortly =)

Whats yours?

Chewing Gum is banned in Singapore.

You can get fined for forgetting to flush a public toilet.

85% of the population live in government built flats, and you need to be a Singaporean citizen or Permanent Resident to purchase one. Home ownership rate is 91%. You also need to be married or in a 'family unit', unless you are above 35 and then you are allowed to purchase as a single. A lot of marriage proposals hence involve the question- should we apply/ballot for a flat rather than popping the question. There are also ethnic quotas in the flats to ensure a balanced ethnic mix i.e. no ghettos. I don't know of any other country where the government intervenes so much in the housing market!

If a parent is destitute, he or she is allowed to sue his adult children for maintenance under the Maintenance of Parents Act. Exceptions are made if the child was abused.

Singapore is 1 of 3 surviving city states, other than Monaco and the Vatican City.

Singapore is home to one of the cheapest michelin starred 'restaurants', a $2 plate of chicken and rice for $2 (£1). en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hong_Kong_Soya_Sauce_Chicken_Rice_and_Noodle

There are probably way more fun facts I just can't think of at the moment, it really is an unusual country. I remember a PP on MNet described it as the Truman Show and I don't think that is far off the mark.

There are no snakes in New Zealand.

And speed bumps are called judder bars.

Not fun but interesting. Mexico has to make a payment to the USA in water.

South Africa did not have TV until the 1970s, national broadcasts began in1976 with one channel.