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Qi Zai

... that Qi Zai (pictured) is the world's only brown-and-white giant panda living in captivity?
... that Kenyan waste picker John Chweya rose to represent waste pickers at UN conferences?
... that Rob Grant co-created Red Dwarf and its recent prequel, but he never saw the publication of the latter?
... that pornographic actress Josephine Jackson left Ukraine despite her philanthropic activities in support of army veterans?
... that you can sit in an Oval Office at the The People's House: A White House Experience?
... that Attaher Maïga went from being punished for participating in a labor strike in French Sudan to becoming a member of its legislative assembly within six years?
... that "Be Like Water" is a Mandarin Chinese song recorded by two Malaysian Malay singers?
... that Empress Xiaojing was blind by the time she was reunited with her son after nearly thirty years of separation, and died shortly thereafter?
... that, despite funding 65 Carnegie libraries in New York City, Andrew Carnegie was prevented from attending the opening of the first one?