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    A zoo in China gave a gay penguin couple the opportunity to raise a chick.
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    The gas that gives rotten eggs their distinctive foul smell may slow ageing and block damaging chemical reactions inside cells, according to scientists in 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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    If the population of China walked past you, in single file, the line would never end because of the rate of reproduction.
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    Chinese General With Only 100 Men Made An Army of 150,000 Retreat
    According to the Romance of the Three Kingdoms, Shu general Zhuge Liang had to defend a town with a mere 100 troops against an army of 150,000. He hid his men, flung open the gates, and sat on the walls playing a lute. The opposing general of Wei, Sima Yi, certain it was a trap, ordered a retreat.
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    In 2002, there were no billionaires in China. In 2007, there were 106 billionaires.
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    Chen Guanming, from Jiangsu province in eastern China, traveled by RICKSHAW for 2 years and covered nearly 40,000 miles through 16 countries, surviving flood, war zones and extreme temperatures, finally arriving at the London 2012 Olympics.
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    Scientists at the Zhejiang University in China have developed an ultra-light material known as carbon aerogel.
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