Almost everyone knows about Singapore or must have heard its name at least once, in the life, Singapore (officiailly known as Republic of Singapore) is both a city and a country located in southeast asia. Our Indian Stock Market also have an influencial effect by Singapore Market. Most of the companies are registered from there operating in the nation. Lets read these facts.

1. Since 1905, Singapore has changed its time zones 6 times! Presently its time zone is GMT+8 (just to be in synch with Malaysia), but it is technically still incorrect. Singapore should be in the GMT +7.5 time zone.

2. Singapore is one of the 20 smallest countries in the world. The main island is 42 kilometres long and 23 kilometres wide and has a total land area of just 683 square kilometres.

3. There is a maximum limit to how high buildings in Singapore can be built, which is 280 meters.

4. The Tanjong Pagar Centre, opened in 2016, is Singapore’s tallest building at 290 meters. Special permission was granted to it to exceed the usual height restriction of 280 meters.

5. Sang Nila Utama, a Palembang prince, saw what he thought was a lion on the island; and thus he christened it as Singapura, which translates to 'lion city' in Sanskrit. However, there were no lions in Singapore at that time. Lions were only brought in modern times for the zoos!

6. Other than the four official languages: English, Chinese, Malay, and Tamil that Singaporeans speak, they also speak a fifth language which is a local lingo by the name of Singlish. However, instead of being a broken language, it is a really complicated creole that foreigners cannot pick up easily.

7. A total of 27 Singlish words have made it to the Oxford dictionary.

8. In all of Southeast Asia, you will find the largest size of Yakult bottles in Singapore.

9. You can find the National Anthem of Singapore on the back of the SGD 1000 note, written in micro text.

10. Collectively, Singaporeans are the fastest pedestrians in the world, walking at a speed of about 6.15 kilometres per hour!

11. Of the only five official Tintin shops in the world, one of them is in Chinatown in Singapore (the remaining four are in Japan and Europe).

12. With over 260 food stalls, the Complex Food Centre in Chinatown is the largest hawker centre in all of Singapore.

13. After New Zealand, Singapore is the easiest place across the globe to do business, according to a business list published by the World Bank.

14. You can actually sit and enjoy free movie screening 24/7 at the Changi Airport. Check out Terminals 2 and 3 for 2D movies, and Terminal 4 for 4D cinema.

15. The youngest person in the world to have passed GCE ‘O’ Level Chemistry paper at the age of just 7 is from Singapore.

16. There is an actual law against not flushing the public toilet after using it in Singapore, and you will be fined SGD 150 if you get caught.

17. Singapore is very passionate about toilets indeed! The government actually tabled a UN resolution to mark 19 November as the World Toilet Day, and in 2001, the World Toilet Organization came into being.

18. Singapore is the least corrupt city in Asia and the fifth least corrupt in the world.

19. 7th November is officially celebrated as the National Tree Planting Day in Singapore when everyone from diplomats to the common man plants trees. Some people even adopt trees as birthday or wedding presents!

20. Caning is till date a legal form of punishment in Singapore.