Far beyond Gangnam Style: 13 curious details about South Korea
1. In South Korea, they have a curious way of counting birthdays: every child is already 1 year old. That is, when your parents made that garland to celebrate their first year of life, there you would actually be celebrating 2 years.
2. You may think you drink a lot, but South Koreans are careful: they are first in alcohol consumption per person. There, on average, people drink 11 shots a week, while in Russia, famous in this area, there are only five.
3. Although not very common in Brazil, in South Korea men are very used to spending a lot of money on cosmetics. Not least, they are the consumers who spend the most on skin care products in the world.
4. In a world ranking showing which countries spend the most on plastic surgery, South Korea also ranked first, followed by Brazil, Thailand and the United States.
5. If many here are linked to signs, there they believe that the blood type defines the personality of each person.
6. They have a very curious superstition: leaving the fan on too long will cause it to suck in all the air in the room and could kill by choking.
7. Do you know anyone who has a certain belief about number 13? Over there, this happens with the number "4"! Thus, people simply ignore the fourth floor, causing some buildings to put the letter “F” to identify the pavement or use other tactics. Apartments containing this number are also modified.
8. Do you think it ended there? They also have a big problem with the color red, which, for South Koreans, symbolizes death. So writing someone's name in red means you want that person to die.
9. If you want a fast internet, move there! With 92.4% of the population connected, South Korea has the highest average connection speed in the world.
10. If you see taxis of different colors around here only when you change cities - or when Uber arrives - then they are divided by the type of service they offer: gray or white taxi is a basic car with a qualified driver, but possibly inexperienced; while black cabs are luxury cars with experienced drivers.
11. One of its main tourist attractions is Jeju Island, which is an autonomous province and has over 550, 000 inhabitants.
12. Despite the good standard of living in the country, the suicide rate is the second highest in the world, according to the World Health Organization.
13. The city of Boryeong (200 km south of Seoul) hosts the largest mud festival in the world annually! It is the “Boryeong Mud Festival” which has various contests and fights as well as massages and therapies.
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