Friday, January 21, 2011

FFF (18)- Malaysia Facts

Well hello warm weather :)  Hope no more snow storms have overtaken the East Coast while I sunbathe in the SE Asian sun.  Sorry bout it.  For your Fun Fact Friday, I thought I'd share some intersting facts about our first stop.


As you can see in the map above, Malaysia is divided into two main regions- West Malaysia (Pennisular) and East Malaysia (Boreno Island).

The most established religion is Islam.

Malaysia's coastline is 4, 675 km and consists of over 200 islands.

The oldest rainforest in the world grows in Malaysia.

Within one of Malaysia's rainforests, the Rafflesia flower sprouts its peddles.  This flower, named after Sir Stamford Raffles, the founder of Singapore, is the world's largest flower.

In the deadly tsunami that destroyed much of Sri Lanka on December 26, 2004, 68 Malaysians were killed.

The largest cave chamber in the world is the Sarawak Chamber, located in the middle of East Malaysia.

Only 0.85% of Malaysians use broadband internet services.

The Petronas Twin Towers in Kuala Lumpur are the worlds tallest twin buildings and were the tallest buildings in the world until Taipei 101 was built and took the title.

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