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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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Yao Ming's Father Was the Tallest Man in China, Mother Was Tallest Female Basketball Player

The Chinese government "encouraged" the country's tallest female basketball player to marry the country's tallest man. Their child was Yao Ming.

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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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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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197 - 256 Year Old Man

There was a man named Li Ching-Yuen, a Chinese herbalist and martial artist, who allegedly lived 197 - 256 years. There's even an official document from the Chinese government congratulating him on his 150th birthday in 1827.

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In 2012, a Chinese man named Xiao Fan had a dress made out of 9,999 red roses for his girlfriend and then proposed - 9 in China means forever

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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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Perfect Posture

Some Chinese paramilitary police learn their 'perfect posture' with pins in their collar.

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