Mongolian Trivia:
Some interesting things about Mongolia.
- There are 5,077 registered Non-Government Organisations. This is quite a lot given that the population is only 3 million. Many of them are dodgy tax set-ups, unfortunately.
- According to traditional Mongolian medical practices, the way to alleviate the symptoms of high blood pressure is to stroke a cat and eat 2 cloves of garlic every day
- Recently the ‘minimum of living standard’ [sic] was announced by the national statistics office of Mongolia. It is 42,800 tugrug per month. Thats about USD$42
- Two of the leading sumo wrestlers in the world are Mongolian. Their sumo names are Hakuho and Asashoryu. Many mongolians wrestlers are recruited to study sumo wrestling in Japan.
4 comments:
Julia:
Don't you think the cats contribute to the lower blood pressure more than the garlic? I don't know, but sitting with Holly (my cat) in my lap always relaxes me!
its an interesting piece of advice for mongolians, because there is a real dislike towards cats here, at least there is in the city. hardly anyone has cats... except for russian people. mind you, not that many people have dogs either.
i didn't grow up with pets and haven't really had any as an adult (never been anywhere long enough to committ) but we did have 2 cats for a while (called angus caterpillar and jiffy squid) and i love having a purring cat in my lap...one day i might get one again...(except i kind of have an ethical problem with owning a cat because feral cats are a major environmental problem in australia, and even back yard cats are known to significantly contribute to a decline in native birds!)
Julia:
Yes I understand about feral cats. Holly doesn't go outside, which some people think is not right because cats like to hunt, but I don't want her to get hit by a car, get into fights with racoons and other wild things, or kill birds. Anyhow, she's very spoilt and content being an indoor cat.
sounds like a good life!
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