Who did What and When?
Who did What and When?
What
we believe depends on our view of the world. For example, if we ask, “when was
America discovered?” most of us would think of Christopher Columbus in 1492.
But Chinese children learn that Hui Shen, a Buddhist monk, got to America 1000
years earlier than Columbus. Who was printing invented by and which year was it
invented? You immediately think of Gutenberg in 1436, but Chinese children
learn that it was invented by Bi Shen in 1041. Whose invention is spaghetti?
It's the invention of the Italians, you will say. Wrong again. The Chinese had
it before them. Where and when was the compass invented? Answer: in China in
200 B.C. Where was silk-making invented? Not in Persia, as you might think, but
in China. Which was the first country to put a man into space and who was he?
The Soviet Union, you will say and the man's name was Yuri Gagarin. But
according to the Chinese, Wan Hu made an attempt long before Yuri. When do you
think? - In A.D. 1500! He sat in a chair attached to 47 rockets, holding a
giant kite which would help him return to earth. He never came back!
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