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10 Astonishing Facts You Never Knew About The Great Wall Of China by gabonsky: 9:48pm On Nov 30, 2016
We hardly can picture anyone over ten years of age who isn’t aware of the Great Wall of China. This incredible man-made masterpiece has been a symbol of not only China but also the Earth, as it took over 2,000 years to finally complete. But astonishing facts don’t stop there, the wall is much more than just a huge pile of rocks made into a structure. It’s also as unique as it goes. And here are the ten most incredible fact you definitely didn’t know about it!

1. The construction
The construction of the whole Wall ran for more than 2000 years in total.

2. Names
During the two thousand years of its existence, the Wall carried many names. The most popular were barrier, fortress and Purple Frontier. The crown, however, takes the name Earth Dragon.

3. Discovery
Even though the wall has been around for so long, the rest of the world actually caught up only in the 16th century. The first European to discover it was Bento de Gois in 1605.

4. The Myth
The myth about the wall claimed that when building the wall, Chinese used human bones alongside bricks. However, the Chinese claim that’s not true and the only things used were earth, stones, rubble, wood, bricks, clay tiles or lime.

5. Standing intact
The wall hasn’t been remade except for works necessary for the preservation of the Wall since 1644, making it one of the longest standing structures in the world.

6. Mountain Bigh
At its highest point, the wall is 26 feet or 7.9 meters tall.

7. Man Power
It is thought that as much as 800,000 people were involved in construction of the wall.

8. Not big enough
Even though the wall can be seen from the space, you cannot actually recognize it while standing on the Moon as the distance is too big.

9. Dragon architect
According to a legend, a dragon was the original architect regarding The Great Wall of China, while the humans were only following its tracks.

10. Cemetery
The Wall has also been referred to as the “longest cemetery in the world” as apparently hundreds of thousands of people died during construction.

Source: http://gabrielatanbiyi..com.ng/2016/11/10-astonishing-facts-you-never-knew.html

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Re: 10 Astonishing Facts You Never Knew About The Great Wall Of China by gabonsky: 10:09pm On Nov 30, 2016

Re: 10 Astonishing Facts You Never Knew About The Great Wall Of China by gabonsky: 10:15pm On Nov 30, 2016
The great wall of china is a symbol of the Earth and has a masterpiece of its own

Re: 10 Astonishing Facts You Never Knew About The Great Wall Of China by Triniti(m): 6:28pm On Dec 04, 2016
this wall has been on my bucket list since, i'm definitely gonna walk on it soon
Re: 10 Astonishing Facts You Never Knew About The Great Wall Of China by Franky826: 10:10pm On Dec 04, 2016
Nice info. Thank you op.

Hope you know about the groundnut pyramids of kano, the nok culture, and the biafran civil war, and Of course the infamous jews / Igbos vs afonjas on Nairaland??
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Re: 10 Astonishing Facts You Never Knew About The Great Wall Of China by gabonsky: 9:35pm On Dec 13, 2016
Triniti:
this wall has been on my bucket list since, i'm definitely gonna walk on it soon

We are still waiting for your work lists.
Re: 10 Astonishing Facts You Never Knew About The Great Wall Of China by gabonsky: 9:37pm On Dec 13, 2016
Franky826:
Nice info. Thank you op.

Hope you know about the groundnut pyramids of kano, the nok culture, and the biafran civil war, and Of course the infamous jews / Igbos vs afonjas on Nairaland??
undecided undecided undecided

Very funny
Re: 10 Astonishing Facts You Never Knew About The Great Wall Of China by Afonjas: 9:54pm On Dec 13, 2016
hmm

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