Portal:Thailand/Did you know
- ...that Thai-speaking Italian-Colombian model-actress Stella Malucchi was chosen to star in Tears of the Black Tiger after director Wisit Sasanatieng saw her in a music video on Thai television?
- ...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?
- ...that the story, Khun Chang Khun Phaen, originated as a folktale some time before the 18th century?
- ...that Pak Phanang district of Nakhon Si Thammarat Province in southern Thailand fell victim of the Tropical Storm Harriet in 1962, when more than 1,000 people died?
- ...that broadcast alcohol advertising in Thailand has been effectively banned since 2006 through voluntary adherence to a proposed law?
- ...that Kayan women (pictured) in the Thai-Burmese border village of Nai Soi wear brass collars that lengthen their necks in a practice that is both a tribal tradition and a controversial draw for tourists?
- ...that Thai-American U.S. Army officer Ladda "Tammy" Duckworth is a disabled combat veteran of the Iraq War who narrowly lost election to the U.S. House of Representatives, and is now director of the Illinois Veterans' Affairs Department?