Showing posts with label China. Show all posts
Showing posts with label China. Show all posts

Wednesday, November 4, 2009

Inane Fact #13

Germany exports more goods than any other country, including China.

Monday, November 2, 2009

Inane Fact #11

Toilet paper was first invented in China in the sixth century AD.

Thursday, October 29, 2009

Inane Fact #8

The Japanese name for Japan, Nihon, is spelled with two kanji characters (Kanji is a one-character writing system derived from Chinese.) meaning "sun" and "source". Since the sun rises in the East, and Japan is East of China, from China is looks as though the sun comes from Japan; thus China gave the name meaning "Land of the Rising Sun" to Japan.