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Fun Facts
Great Ancient China Projects You Can Build Yourself
 The Chinese were the first to discover that snowflakes are actually shaped as near-perfect hexagons.
An ancient Chinese weapon called a halberd, which was like a combination of a battle axe and a spear, was sharp enough to split a hair in two!
The Great Wall used to stretch at least 1,600 miles, with hundreds of watchtower beacons for soldiers who used smoke signals to communicate.
The Chinese believed that the emperor in power had a direct connection to heaven.
The ancient Chinese invented the printing press, magnetic compass, gunpowder, saddle, stirrups, and even the first kite.
The ancient Chinese were the first to understand the concepts of zero and negative numbers.
The Chinese may have explored America long before Christopher Columbus.
Ancient Chinese compasses put north on the bottom and south on the top.
Archaeologists discovered one of the oldest pieces of paper in the world in China
One style of crossbow in ancient China weighed more than 600 pounds and shot arrows over seven feet long that could travel at least 1,000 yards.
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