Portal:Asia/Did you know/5

...Asia is home to the highest Mount Everest (8,848m above sea level) and lowest Dead Sea (395m below sea level) points on Earth?
...Rabindranath Tagore was the first Asian to win the Nobel prize?
...The twelve animals in the Chinese zodiac are the Rat, Ox, Tiger, Rabbit, Dragon, Snake, Horse, Goat, Monkey, Rooster, Dog and Pig, with each year represented by one of the animals?
...The famous board game, called Chess, was invented in India?