Why didn't anyone rush to save the wife of the Thai king Rama V when she was drowning? Detailed answer

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Why didn't anyone rush to save the wife of the Thai king Rama V when she was drowning?

One of the wives of the Thai king Rama V, Sunandha Kumariratana, died at the age of 19 along with her little daughter due to the fact that the boat in which they sailed capsized. Despite the fact that many people witnessed the drowning, none of them rushed to help. The law was to blame for this, according to which it is forbidden for an ordinary person to touch the royal person under pain of death.

Authors: Jimmy Wales, Larry Sanger

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Where did tea come from?

It seems amazing when you think that we are still drinking the drinks that man enjoyed thousands of years ago! Tea is one of those drinks.

The Chinese have been appreciating the mild stimulating effects of tea for 4000 years! And the Western world had to wait long enough for them to get to know and love this drink - this is because tea was brought to Europe about 300 years ago. At the beginning of the XNUMXth century, people in Europe and North America began to drink tea. As a result, the tea trade in China flourished. To transport the best varieties of tea to North America and Europe, there were even high-speed ships called "tea clippers".

The British discovered wild tea bushes in the Indian city of Assam. Biologists believe that the Chinese brought the seeds from India and planted them in China, as no wild tea was found there. The British discovered that Indian plants made tea as good as Chinese ones. Gradually large tea plantations were established first in India and then in Ceylon. In Ceylon, tea production became a major industry, and in 1940 Ceylon surpassed China in tea exports.

Tea has also always grown in Java, Sumatra and Formosa.

There are two types of tea trees. In China, they reach 1 meter in height. And Indian trees can reach 6 meters if they are allowed to.

Do you know that the British are among the biggest tea drinkers? The average Englishman drinks about 4 kg of tea per year, while the average American drinks only 0,5 kg of tea in the same time.

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