http://www.cracked.com/article_19142_5-soviet-space-programs-that-prove-russia-was-insane.html
and the lost astronauts
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lost_Cosmonauts
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with Regards:
The Chinese are known to be entrepreneurs, and coupled with some imagination, are now playing the role of nature in food and beverage production.
http://gramware.blogspot.com/2011/01/chinese-way-to-become-imaginative.html