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vP447 TIL that so many people were killed in the Battle of Changping which lasted from 262-260 BC that the bones of the dead were used to make fertilizer in the 1970s
woZKY TIL The 2023 film "Chang An" about poets Li Bai and Gao Shi features 48 well-known Tang poems as the director aimed to increase awareness of classical Chinese works among young people. Some viewers complained that their experiences were spoiled as children recited poems aloud while watching the film
78Or7 TIL At one point in the 1980s, China had an estimated 400,000 Esperanto speakers, and the language was taught at a number of universities. Now there is only one Chinese college Esperanto program left