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Chinese dragons facts

Chinese dragons are believed to have exactly 117 scales. 81 of the scales are positive or yang and 36 scales are negative or yin.
Chinese dragons are made from the nine anatomical resemblances of other animals; the horns of a stag, head of a camel, eyes of a rabbit, neck of a snake, belly of a clam, scales of a carp, claws of an eagle soles of a tiger, ears of a cow and on top of his head he has a lump called a Chimu, which he cannot fly without.
Different Chinese dragons include the Winged dragon, Horned dragon, Spiritual dragon, Celestial dragon, Hidden Treasures dragon, Yellow dragon, Coiling dragon (lives in the water), Earth dagon, and the Dragon King. The Dragon King technically is made up for four separate dragons that rule over individual seas of the North, East, South and West
Dragon Years boast the highest childbirth rates by almost 30%
The more toes a dragon has (up to five) the more “regal” it is
Many of China’s emperors believed themselves to be descended from dragons
Chinese have 4 mystical animals; dragon, Phoenix, tortoise and unicorn. The dragon is the only one in the zodiac

Malcolm X was born Malcolm Little but considered “Little” his slave name and changed it to “X” representing his lost tribal name
When Malcolm X was younger, he bleached his hair red brown, and was known as Big Red and Detroit Red
Malcolm X dropped out of high school

Nigeria is the world’s largest producer of oil
The amount of gas burned off by the oil companies just to overcome “over pressure” during oil production in Nigeria is more than enough to power the whole continent of Africa (but it is cheaper to burn it than to produce energy from it, and they make so much money from oil that they do not care about the gas produced)

It is said that Kim Jong-il’s birth was heralded by a double rainbow and spring started immediately
Kim Jong -il ate with special chopsticks that could detect poison
The North Korean leader once tried breeding giant rabbits to aleviate famine in North Korea
In 1950, he built an entire city called Kijong-Dong solely for propoganda. Even today it remains uninhabited (Guardian UK)
Kim Jong Il claimed to have invented the hamburger in 2004 (ABC News)
North Korean media reported that they beat Brazil 1-0 in their 2010 World Cup match. Brazil actually won 2-1
Kim Jong Il was also known as ‘The Central Brain’
Some claim that Kim Jong-il died in 2006 from diabetes and was replaced internationally but bodyguard doubles
The dear leader wrote over 6 operas and a South Korean film director claimed Kim even kidnapped him and his movie star wife in the late 1970s, and forced them to make a Godzilla movie.
Kim Jong Il had a fear of flying and always travelled by train or car
He collected over 20,000 movies and his favourite was Rambo
Kim Jong Il is a keen roller bladder (ABC News Australia)
Once on a trip to Russia, he had live lobsters delivered to him in advance at train stations and even a roast donkey was flown in (independent UK)

Michelangelo hated bathing. On his deathbed, his clothes were stuck onto the scud on his skin that they had to be peeled away
Michelangelo lived two times longer than most people from his era.
He was in a fraud when his statue; the Cupid was almost passed off as a Roman antiquity. He had buried it to make it look old.
Michelangelo was rich but lived in a squalor
His father was outraged when, at age 13, Michelangelo announced his apprenticeship to famed artist Domenico Ghirlandaio. In a very unusual act Ghirlandaio, the master, paid student Michelangelo’s father.
Michelangelo’s statue; David, was 5′ 4″ but was carved from a 19′ block of marble
At the end of his life, Michelangelo destroyed many of his sketches
Most of his more famous sculptures were completed before he turned 30.
His final masterpiece at St Peter’s Basilica was only completed after his death
Michelangelo carved his signature into only one statue, the ‘Rome Pieta’ and was in response that the statue was not his creation

Among the things invented by mothers were alphabet blocks, diapers, movable doll eyes, infant carriers, and sadly.. Barney (the purple dinosaur)
The inflatable life raft was also invented by a mother

The world’s 7 billionth person is a girl. Symbolically, she is either the tiny little girl named Danica May Camacho from Manila, Philipines (CBS news) or another little girl named Nargis from Uttar Pradesh in India (NGO Plan International)
Our population grew by another 95 people since you started reading this.

The tower of London was one of the world’s oldest zoos
The oldest lion skull found in the tower dated back to 1280 and these cats are thought to have first arrived in 1235
In 1603, a lioness called Elizabeth died during Queen Elizabeth I’s final illness. This was taken as an omen and it was not unexpected that the Queen died shortly after

Smurfs are Belgian
The smurf comics were created after a misunderstanding over salt
Smurfs are said to be “three apples tall”
The smurf franchise generates about $10 million in royalties annually and are worth about $4 billion
Smurfette was created by Gargamel and was originally a brunette
Smurfs were the first to introduce the zombie movie theme to the world in the episode “The purple smurfs”. This was 6 years before ‘The night of the living dead’
A petrol station in the US once had the slogan ‘service with a smurf’
Their creator Peyo, doesn’t like Smurfette
The book that Brainy smurf was always writing is called ‘Quotations by Brainy Smurf’
There are a total of 103 smurfs
Smurfs were once linked to Communism, Ku Klux Klan and even Neo Nazisim. All of which are untrue
Smurfs turn purple when they hold their breath
The world record for the most people dressed as smurfs happend in Swansea in 2009
A lot of smurfs from the comics never made it to the cartoon; Timid Smurf, Enamored Smurf, Finance Smurf