There was once a Scottish Marxist named Malcolm Caldwell. He was particularly fascinated and supported Pol Pot in Cambodia. After meeting him in person, he was murdered and probably under the orders the communist regime for being a foreign journalist. In a larger fate of irony is that this happen shortly before Vietnam had liberated…
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(Not So) Fun Fact: The War Between Vietnam and Cambodia
While both were communist countries, Pol Pot of Cambodia feared Vietnamese supremacy in the region. He stupidly attacked Vietnam and they responded by defeating him and taking him and his men out of power.
Fun Fact: Cambodia Etymology
Cambodia’s name is derived from various translations which originally meant “Land of the Kamboja’s” who were an ancient tribe who lived near it’s present day borders.
Fun Fact: Angkor Wat
Angkor Wat is the largest religious temple in the world. It is in Cambodia but it was built by the Khmer Empire which ruled most of Southeast Asia for centuries. It was originally a temple for Hinduism, but switched to Buddhism as the later kings became Buddhist instead of Hindu.