its lost in history
no one knows
all we know is that it was a bunch of alchemists trying to find an elixir of immortality during the tang dynasty
possibly for the emperor of tang
before the influential Wujing Zongyao of the song dynasty was written
gunpowder was already been experimented with its destructive qualities and annoying loud cracking sounds used in chinese new years
Jesus.
The 5 geek social fallacies. Know them well.so jesus was chinese
taiping rebellion now makes sense
You amaze me much, Captain Obvious.
cant forget one of the bloodiest chinese civil wars
from a history of china class
especially when the leader thinks he is the brother of jesus christ
thus almost obliterating christianity in china because they think it is a cult
by those uncultured western barbarians
totally not ironic at all
edited 16th Jan '12 9:25:55 PM by CommanderObvious
This level of trolling is reasonable for Commander Obvious. What do you think of this, everyone?Hmm...didn't people live up to 900 years during the pre-Noah years?
yep
god must have great hospitals at eden
and pandora's box/the tree of knowledge/fate is one giant std
edited 16th Jan '12 9:33:08 PM by CommanderObvious
This level of trolling is reasonable for Commander Obvious. What do you think of this, everyone?C'mon guys, it was obviously Sun Tzu.
"I don't know how I do it. I'm like the Mr. Bean of sex." -DrunkscriblerianWell, Sun Tzu did buy two of every animal on earth, and then herded them onto a boat...and then beat the crap out of every single one.
Oh, and he invented zoos...unless it was a farm.
If you were looking for a serious answer, Quickie Questions might have been better.
“Isn't it enough to see that a garden is beautiful without having to believe that there are fairies at the bottom of it too?”Those damn Chinamen. But I opened it up so they'll press it for .40 cents a pound and put into Barbies.
I'm pretty sure that it was invented a few times in different parts of the world, but I'm pretty sure that in addition to China it was discovered in west Asia too, but took a while to catch on. Can't remember exactly where I heard it though.
Inanity in 140 characters or moreIt took me 5+ seconds to realzie what Completion was on about.
If you don't like a single Frank Ocean song, you have no soul.
I know it was a Chinese alchemist, but what was his/her name? And even if we don't know for certain, are there any legendary figures that are given credit?