China Facts

• The 2008 Olympics were held there

• The idea for pasta was taken from there to Italy (By Marco Polo)

• Tea was first drunk there

• Dairy products are traditionally not eaten there

• IBM brand PCs are now produced by a company from there (Called Lenovo)

• Paper was invented there

• The compass was invented there

• Gunpowder was first used there

• Paper money was first used in this country

• Rice and soybeans were first grown there

• The oldest fork in the world was found in this country and is up to 4,500 years old.

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