Seeber, T: 101 Facts about Thailand History - Culture - Nature - Curiosities

A country everyone thinks they know the same things about.The Emerald Buddha is not emerald. The bridge on the River Kwai stood over a different river, renamed only after the film succeeded. Pad thai came out of a government campaign in 1942, the country's most famous salad comes from Laos, and the longest place name in the world runs to 168 letters - the word Bangkok does not appear in it.

101 facts. Each on its own page.
For browsing, checking, and passing on. Sorted into six chapters:

• Geography & Nature - karst, monsoon, tigers, elephants
• History & Archaeology - Sukhothai, Ayutthaya, Bangkok
• People, Language & Cities - names, tones, Isan, the south
• Faith, Spirits & Monks - temples, amulets, spirit houses
• Food & Drink - street kitchens, curries, fish sauce, durian
• Economy, Records & Everyday Life - rubber, cars, Red Bull

The uncomfortable material is here too.
>Checked, not copied.
>With a country profile, timeline, glossary, and index for reference.

Useless knowledge can be many things. Wrong should not be one of them.