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Emily Hahn: A Wild Adventure
Emily Hahn was born in 1905 in St. Louis, Missouri, in the United States of...
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Bruceploitation is a phrase that was coined to characterise the practise of filmmakers in China,...
Read moreNauru's Airline Struggles: 20% Load Factor, Empty Flights
Despite being the least populous nation in the Pacific, Nauru is home to its very...
Read moreThatcher-Deng Talks on Hong Kong Sovereignty End in Fall
Margaret Thatcher, then the Prime Minister of the United Kingdom, travelled to China in September...
Read moreBaby Milk Powder Fines & Imprisonment in Hong Kong
Attempting to leave Hong Kong with more than 1.8 kg (4 lb) of baby milk...
Read moreJapanese Girls Live Past 2100: 2013 Milestone
In 2013, Japanese and Hong Kong newborn females became the first countries and genders to...
Read moreMi6 Leader's Son Arrested For Heroin Import in '73
The son of Sir Maurice Oldfield, the head of MI6 at the time, was detained...
Read more1971 Qantas Blackmail: Unrecovered $224K
In 1971, a man who claimed to have planted a bomb on an aircraft to...
Read moreJoseph Yam's Quick & Stealthy HK Coin Designs
According to the designer, Joseph Yam, coins were created in the early days of Hong...
Read more33K People in Kowloon Walled City: Densest Settlement on Earth
A city block in Kowloon Walled City formerly contained 33,000 people, making it the most...
Read moreHong Kong's 4876 Mbps Internet Speed: Soaring above G8 Avgs
The fastest internet upload and download speeds are found in Hong Kong, where they are...
Read moreNo Union Protection: Injuries & Setbacks in TMNT Movie Shoot
Most of the stunt work in the original TMNT film was done by men from...
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