Resumo de Book Of Facts - Reader's Digest

GREAT CITIES
YOU MEAN KRUNG THEP?
Krung Thep has been the correct name for the capital of Thailand for more than 130 years, but foreigners persist in calling it Bangkok. The city has changed its name four times since its foundation in 1767, a few years after the destruction of the Thai kingdom?s old capital, Ayutthaya.
The first sight was at Thonburi, just down the Manam river from Ayutthaya but in 1782 king Rama I began building a new capital on the opposite bank at Bangkok, then a small village in1787, two years after complication the city was named Rattanakosin finally during the reign of Rama 3 from 1834 to 1851 the name was altered to Krungthep Maha, Nakorn, Amarn ,Rattanakosindra, Mahindrayudhy, Mhadilokpop, Noparatana, Rajdhani, Mahasathan, Amorn, Piman,Avatarn, Satit, Sakkapultiya , Vishnukarn, Prasit, Or Krung Thep for short.
The full name translate as ? The city of Gods, the great city, the residence of the Emerald Buddha, the impregnable city of god Indra, the grand capital of the world endode with 9 precious gems, the happy city, abounding in an enormous Royal Palace which resembles the heavenly abode where reigns the reincarnated god, a city given by Indra and build by Vishnukarn
CAPITAL CHOICE
Four cities were bitter rivals for the honour of becoming Canada?s capital ? Quebec, Montreal, Kingston, and Toronto. Each made clear that any three of them would stoutly oppose the choice of the fourth ? so in 1858 Queen Victoria was asked to arbitrate. She compromised by choosing a fifth ? Ottawa.
Toronto was more than 100 years old where as Quebec, Montreal and Kingston were founded in 17 century. Ottawa, which was bearly 3 decades old, had been a city for only four years.
KITTED BY MICHELANGELO
The Vatican cities Swiss Guard still wears a uniform designed by the Italian artist Michelangelo early in the 16th century. The guard was formed in 1506, when Pop Julious II made a contract with the Swiss Confederacy insuring that no other country could recruit in Switzerland or employ Swiss mercenaries without papal permission.
The original force, 6000 strong, was raised to defend the Church, and its worldly possessions. Now there are just 100 men who formed the papal guard within the Vatican City
SINKING CITY
Mexico City is built on top of an underground reservoir. As wells draw out more and more water for the city?s expanding population of more than 15 million people, the entire city is slowly sinking at the rate of 150- 200 mm. per year.

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