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    Thailand has some unusual educational institutions, including a monkey college where monkeys are trained to perform tasks like collecting coconuts and receive a feast after graduating. Bangkok has the longest place name of any city in the world at 169 letters. While the western year is 2017, in Thailand it is currently the year 2560 according to the Thai solar calendar which starts counting from 543 BC when Buddha died. Ghosts are widely believed in Thailand and form part of daily life, with homes and businesses having spirit houses and shrines to appease spirits.

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    Monkey College: Bangkok

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    Thailand has some unusual educational institutions, including a monkey college where monkeys are trained to perform tasks like collecting coconuts and receive a feast after graduating. Bangkok has the longest place name of any city in the world at 169 letters. While the western year is 2017, in Thailand it is currently the year 2560 according to the Thai solar calendar which starts counting from 543 BC when Buddha died. Ghosts are widely believed in Thailand and form part of daily life, with homes and businesses having spirit houses and shrines to appease spirits.

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    Thailand has some unusual educational institutions, including a monkey college where monkeys are trained to perform tasks like collecting coconuts and receive a feast after graduating. Bangkok has the longest place name of any city in the world at 169 letters. While the western year is 2017, in Thailand it is currently the year 2560 according to the Thai solar calendar which starts counting from 543 BC when Buddha died. Ghosts are widely believed in Thailand and form part of daily life, with homes and businesses having spirit houses and shrines to appease spirits.

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    Monkey College: Bangkok

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    Thailand has some unusual educational institutions, including a monkey college where monkeys are trained to perform tasks like collecting coconuts and receive a feast after graduating. Bangkok has the longest place name of any city in the world at 169 letters. While the western year is 2017, in Thailand it is currently the year 2560 according to the Thai solar calendar which starts counting from 543 BC when Buddha died. Ghosts are widely believed in Thailand and form part of daily life, with homes and businesses having spirit houses and shrines to appease spirits.

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    Monkey college

    Thailand is home to some great universities and prestigious institutions, but it’s also
    home to some which are a little more unusual. In Surat Thani, Thailand has a
    monkey college – that’s right, a college for monkeys. In these institutions, monkeys
    are trained to perform and collect coconuts, and are rewarded with a huge feast
    once they graduate.

    Longest city name


    Bangkok – referred to as Krung Thep by Thais – actually has the longest name of
    any city in the world. Its full title is Krung Thep Mahanakhon Amon Rattanakosin
    Mahinthara Ayuthaya Mahadilok Phop Noppharat Ratchathani Burirom
    Udomratchaniwet Mahasathan Amon Piman Awatan Sathit Sakkathattiya
    Witsanukam Prasit – an un-tweetable 169 letters!

    Living in the future


    Whilst the year in the west is 2017, in Thailand they use a different calendar. The
    Thai solar calendar was introduced in 1888 AD by King Rama V, and starts from
    year 0 in 543 BC – the date Gautama Buddha died. That means today the year in
    Bangkok is 2560 – though they don’t quite have flying cars just yet.

    Land of ghosts
    Halloween isn’t really celebrated in Thailand, but ghosts are. Ghosts are widely
    believed in in Thailand, and form a large part of a person’s daily routine. Thai
    homes and business often have spirit houses and shrines, where offerings are
    made to appease the spirits. Thailand also has its share of malevolent ghosts, such
    as the floating viscera and head of Krasue, and whistling is said to call ghosts to
    your location.

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