Portal:Asia/Did you know.../4


 * ...Asia is home to the highest Mount Everest (8,848m) and lowest Dead Sea (-395m) points on Earth???
 * ...Rabindranath Tagore was the first Asian to win the Nobel prize?? Rabindranath Tagore in 1909.jpg
 * ...The twelve animals in the Chinese zodiac are the Rat, Ox, Tiger, Rabbit, Dragon, Snake, Horse, Goat, Monkey, Rooster, Dog and Pig, with each year represented by one of the animals??
 * ...The Great Wall of China is the only man made structure visible from outer space??
 * ...The famous board game, called Chess, was invented in India??
 * ...Indonesia has the largest Muslim population in the world??
 * ...People in India and Nepal do not greet one another with a handshake, but rather put their palms together and bow their forehead and say Namaste (directly translated as ‘I salute the God in youˇ)??
 * ...Sri Lanka is the world’s largest tea exporter??