With seven Singapore restaurants named among the \"World’s 50 Best Restaurants in Asia\" in 2022, Singapore is a top gastronomy destination.
The first Singapore film that was featured and won the Caméra d'Or award at the Cannes Film Festival was \"Ilo Ilo\" by director Anthony Chen. According to its Wikipedia, the film has also received 14 other awards.
During the Japanese occupation of Singapore during World War II, Singapore was renamed Syonan-to. This means, “Light of the South.” It was renamed Singapore again after the war.
Singapore is the most expensive city in the world to buy a car. In order to discourage car ownership, the Singapore government heavily taxes cars.
The Guinness World Record for the longest human domino chain was set in Singapore on 30th September 2000 where 9,234 students came together to form the 4.2km long chain.