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Did You Know?

1. The world's largest producer of apples is China.
2. The Chinese never give apples to invalids because "ping", the Chinese for apple, sounds a bit like "bing", which is Chinese for illness.
3. 14 countries share a border with China and they are Vietnam, Laos, Myanmar, Bhutan, Nepal, India, Pakistan, Afghanistan, Tajikistan, Kyrgyzstan, Kazakhstan, Mongolia, Russia and North Korea
4. In ancient China, mouse meat was considered a delicacy, now, a favorite food of most Chinese is sun-dried maggots.
5. In China, there is a type of tea called white tea which is actually simply boiled water.
6. 24% of the world speaks Chinese. There are over 200 different Chinese languages and regional dialects. The official state language is Pu-tong-hwa [Mandarin].
7. China manufactures 60% of the world's bicycles.
8. People of ancient China believed that swinging your arms could cure a headache.
9. According to economists, China will become the world's wealthiest nation by the year 2012.
10. Fingerprinting was used in China as early as 700 AD.

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