How the teacup stopped the advance of China

[IIIII]

http://www.wimp.com/chineseteacup/

[negative_zero]

[AngryOnion]

Very interesting IIII.
The more you know!!

[HAS]

Definitely worth watching.

[Yggdrasil]

Seems too conjectured. What did they store rice wine in then?

[007GoldenShower]

Man I fuckin love QI.

[unstableasatable]

never belive shit you hear on QI. it information copied from copied iformation copied from copied iformation copied from copied iformation....ect
fuckin nerds think they no shit just cos they read it and other people hvnt.. they got full all else to talk about. only real knoledge comes fromexprience, not paper and theory

[Minotaur]

Originally Posted by unstableasatable

never belive shit you hear on QI. it information copied from copied iformation copied from copied iformation copied from copied iformation....ect
fuckin nerds think they no shit just cos they read it and other people hvnt.. they got full all else to talk about. only real knoledge comes fromexprience, not paper and theory

Source?

Clearly experience is the best way to learn, but it's impossible for everybody to learn everything from their own personal experience. That's the amazing thing about the human race, we are able to transfer information to one another through experiences.


Tell me what was inaccurate about the clip posted. The points Steven Frye brought up were completely legitimate.

[ObsidianZ]

Originally Posted by Yggdrasil

Seems too conjectured. What did they store rice wine in then?

Pots covered with paper.

http://www.thailandunique.com/store/...e_pot_clay.jpg


*ObZ

[Mantikore]

thats unusual. most of the chinese porcelain ware ive seen has a glazed surface, which is comprised of amorphous silica (ie. glass). is that a relatively new invention or what?

[Minotaur]

Originally Posted by Mantikore

thats unusual. most of the chinese porcelain ware ive seen has a glazed surface, which is comprised of amorphous silica (ie. glass). is that a relatively new invention or what?

Well, they knew how to make it as long as it was painted onto clay and fired in a kiln first. That kind of counts, I guess.

[IIIII]

They used paper for their windows!!!! Paper People!!!!

lol

[Struwwelpeter]

LOL

[Hydroponichronic]

Interesting, funny, and OP's 200th thanks.