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- ...that the Tarim mummies indicate that Caucasoid populations lived in Xinjiang in western China during the 1st millennium BCE?
- ...that the Sarikoli language is often referred to as "Tajik", despite being only distantly related to Tajikistan's national language?
- ...that the first railway locomotive in China was in service for only 15 months between 1876 and 1877 (pictured) before being purchased and deliberately destroyed by the ruling Qing dynasty?