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Fact and Myth about the Great Wall of China
By Peter Lee
It is widely believed that the Great Wall of China is the only artificial structure on earth which is visible from the
moon. Do you believe it? This widely held notion was just a passing comment in Robert Ridley's book "Believe It Or Not",
published in 1930s. The fact is, six decades later, the astronauts
confessed to have difficulty even trying to locate China
from the moon, not to say the "skinny dragon" lying on its shoulder.
Can you guess how wide is the smallest width of the Great Wall? The answer is 40 cm, which means only one person can stand
on top of it at any one time! It is at the Shi-ma-tai portion of Great Wall, 120 km from Beijing. Dare to take on the
thrill of standing on a 40 cm wide platform on top of a ridge?
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