1. In 1989 Burma changed its name to Myanmar. The capital also changed its name from Rangoon to Yangon but in 2006 moved to Nay Pyi Taw.
2. Most pet Burmese cats descend from a female cat, Wong Mau, brought to the USA in 1930.
3. Myanmar, Liberia and the USA are the only countries that have not adopted metric units as its official system of measurement.
4. Burma/Myanmar has competed in all Summer Olympics since 1948 but has never won a medal.
5. The traditional sport in Myanmar is chinlone, which is a non-competitive combination of dance and football with no opposing team.
6. To get a waiter’s attention in a restaurant in Myanmar, diners make a kissing sound.
7. . In the period from 1989-2010 Aung San Suu Kyi was under house arrest for 15 of the 21 years.
8. Her party also won a majority in the 1990 general election but the military government nullified the results.
9. The only Nobel Prize ever awarded to Burma was Aung San Suu Kyi’s Peace Prize in 1991.
10. The currency unit in Myanmar is the kyat which is divided into 100 pyas.
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