Portal:Maldives/Did you know
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- ... that Ithaa iin Maldives is the world's first and only underwater restaurant?
- ... that Fathimath Dheema Ali is the first Olympic qualifier from the Maldives?
- ... that the minaret adjoining the Malé Friday Mosque has a wide base like a ship's funnel and resembles a wedding cake?
- ... that after being shipwrecked on Malé Atoll in 1973, Tony Hussein Hinde pioneered surfing in the Maldives, which was previously unknown in the country?
- ... that Indo-Maldivian relations grew stronger after India responded to Maldives' request for help and thwarted a militant plot to overthrow the government in 1988?