In the U.S. the typical school year is 180 days long. In China, the typical school year is 251 days.
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Tickling was a form of torture used in ancient China on nobility because it left no mark and recovery was quick.
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All pandas are ‘owned’ by China. They rent them out to zoos for $1mil/year each with minimum of 10 years.
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For Valentine's Day 2014, an unnamed man sabotaged a special screening of "Beijing Love Story" at a Shanghai cinema by booking every other seat, subsequently preventing couples from sitting together.
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Kim Jong Un was voted Most Sexiest Man Alive by The Onion and ended up as real news in China.
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The equivalents of the English saying "That's Greek to me" are "This appears to be Spanish" (German), "This is Chinese to me" (Dutch), "It's German to me" (Philippines), "It's Hebrew" (Finnish), "It's Chinese to me" (Hebrew), "Sounds like Mars language/These are chicken intestines" (China).
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The world's longest traffic jam took place in Beijing, China. It was over 60 miles long and lasted 11 days.
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