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A 131-foot statue of Genghis Khan sits on the steppe about an hours drive from Ulan Bator. He sits on the worlds' tallest statue of a horse.
Mongolia has the oldest National Park in the world. Lying just South of Ulan Bator the Bogd Khan National Park dates its origin to 1778.
Some people drive eighteen thousand kilometers in a car to get to Mongolia—it's called the Mongol Rally. The rally finishes at a pub with a nice cool beer waiting!

The Gobi was once a sea—which explains the marine fossils!
Many dinosaur fossils still lie exposed. Tourists pick them up as souvenirs.
Roy Chapman Andrews made the first discovery of dinosaur eggs in the Gobi. His exploits inspired the creation of Indiana Jones.

Genghis Khan could not read or write—but commissioned the first written form of Mongolian—the Mongolian script.
Since the Soviet period Mongolians have used the Cyrillic script.
In Mongolian the verb comes at the end of a sentence--so you have to wait till the end to know whether they love or hate you!

Genghis Khan had a 'celestial insurance' policy. He tolerated all religions hoping that at least one of the Gods would show its appreciation.
After Genghis Khan died, Buddhism became the dominant religion.
The reincarnation of a Buddhist saint—the Bogd Khan—ruled Mongolia from 1911-1924.

Navaandorjiin Jadambaa became the first President of Mongolia in 1924. His presidency lasted one day!
Since the 1990s the president presides over a democratic parliament.
The president controls foreign policy—the election of a new president leads to new embassy staff worldwide.

Mongolia has embraced multiparty parliamentary democracy since 1990.
The parliament calls itself the State Great Khural and consists of seventy-six deputies.
The parliament can veto presidential decrees with a two-thirds majority.

On a minimum salary you will collect US$77 a month for full-time work.
The Mongolian currency is called the tugrik. Printed in the UK, it smells of mutton after a few months use in Mongolia.
The Mongolian Stock Exchange is the smallest in the capitalist world.

Genghis Khan lived his life as a nomad.
A rival tribe killed his father while he was still in his youth. Abandoned by his tribe he went on to conquer the world's largest empire.
Genghis Khan is just a title. His real name was Temujin.
Genghis Khan's grandson, Kublai, united China for the first time. His dynasty became known as the Yuan dynasty.

In the seventeenth Century, the Manchu dynasty divided Mongolia into Inner and Outer Mongolia.
Outer Mongolia declared independence from China in 1911 but then fell under Soviet influence.
Outer Mongolia became a democratic democracy in 1990.Inner Mongolia remains under Chinese control.
It's a fact that thirty percent of the population is under fourteen.

The two-humped camel comes from Mongolia and survives temperatures from minus to plus fifty degrees Celsius!
Gerbils run around as wild animals in Mongolia.
Nomads keep Eagles as pets. The Kazakh minority hunt with them.
If you count carefully, you will notice thirteen horses for every person.
The Mongolian Takhi horse is the last wild horse in the world.
Mongolian lakes and rivers contain more than fifty unique fish species.

Some experts claim a Mongolian King built the Taj Mahal and decorated it like a Mongolian ger.
Until a few years ago Taiwan claimed Mongolia as a part of its territory.
Mongolian garbage trucks sound like ice-cream vans.
The pay phones walk! Phone vendors carry wireless phones and charge you one hundred tugriks per minute.

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