1 Small Nails Keep Chinese Soldiers from Sleeping
In case the Royal Army members feel the need to take a snooze on the job, a tiny nail like the one seen here will remind them that sleeping is not part of the job requirement.
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five birds sitting on a fence
Little Johnny was sitting in class doing math problems when his teacher picked him to answer a question, "Johnny, if there were five birds sitting on a fence and you shot one with your gun, how many would be left?"
"None," replied Johnny, "cause the rest would fly away."
"Well, the answer is four," said the teacher, "but I like the way you're thinking."
Little Johnny says, "I have a question for you. If there were three women eating ice cream cones in a shop, one was licking her cone, the second was biting her cone and the third was sucking her cone, which one is married?"
"Well," said the teacher nervously, "I guess the one sucking the cone."
"No," said Little Johnny, "the one with the wedding ring on her finger, but I like the way you're thinking."
2 China: The Home of the Ketchup
While ketchup seems like it is a thoroughly American condiment, it actually originates in China and was originally called ke-tsiap.
3 Execution is a Way of Life
Perhaps it is the constant struggle with overpopulation that causes this, but China is said to execute four times more people than other countries combined.
4 Eggs Soaked in Urine, Sound Good?
Yes, your read right. The Chinese boil eggs in the urine of male virgins, and it is a national delicacy!
5 Police Geese are a Thing
Instead of canines that you might see rolling in an American police cruiser, the Chinese law men use geese. Their reasoning: more aggressiveness and more intelligence, if you can believe it.
6 Housing is Far From Elegant
Nearly 30 million Chinese residents live in cave-like dwellings such as the one seen here, barely scraping by on sparse wages from manual labor.
7 Pollution is Bad, Like Really Bad
Air pollution in China is so rampant and extreme that not only does it occasionally reach San Francisco, it is said to be equivalent to breathing in 21 cigarettes daily.
