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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