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 * ...that the Tibetan Plateau (topography pictured) is known as the "roof of the world"?
 * ...that in 1975 a freak Typhoon caused the Banqiao Dam in China's Henan Province to fail, killing over 200,000 people?
 * ...that the Buddhist scholar Jizang spent eleven years transcribing 2,000 copies of the Lotus Sutra by hand?

Source

 * 1) Recent additions/2004/March, Numbered archive of Main Page appearance.
 * 2) Recent additions/2004/November, Numbered archive of Main Page appearance.
 * 3) Recent additions/2006/December, Numbered archive of Main Page appearance.