Due to the deforestation of the forests in North China, over one million tons of sands blows into Beijing from the Gobi desert. It sometimes causes the sky to turn yellow.

In 1903, there were originally only eight Crayola crayons in a box and they sold for five cents.

On the day that Alexander Graham Bell was buried the entire US telephone system was shut down for 1 minute in tribute.

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