5 QUICK SINGAPORE FACTS to Blow Your Mind! #4

Here are 5 Quick Facts about Singapore to Blow Your Mind! #4

1. Singapore have some of the fastest walkers on this planet. According to a research by the British Council, on average, a distance of 18 metres in 10.55 seconds are walked by the people in Singapore. That’s approximately 6.15km in an hour!
Sources: https://thesmartlocal.com/read/12-mind-blowing-singapore-facts/

2. The youngest person to pass the GCE ‘O’ Level Chemistry paper is a Singaporean. Ainan Celeste Cawley was only 7 years and 1 month when he took the GCE ‘O’ Level Chemistry paper and passed, making him the youngest in the world to do so.
Sources: https://thesmartlocal.com/read/12-mind-blowing-singapore-facts/

3. A two-part episode of Hawaii Five-O was filmed in Singapore.
Sources: https://thesmartlocal.com/read/12-mind-blowing-singapore-facts/

4. There’s another Singapore in the World. In the state of Michigan in the United States of America, there is a famous ghost town called Singapore.
Sources: https://thesmartlocal.com/read/12-mind-blowing-singapore-facts/

5. The Singapore Flyer rotated in an anti-clockwise direction (as seen from the Marina Centre) when it was first launched in 2008. On the advice of Feng Shui masters, its direction was reversed later the same year and since then it has been rotating in a clockwise direction.
Sources: https://www.expatchoice.asia/travel/15-fun-facts-about-singapore-you-didn%E2%80%99t-know