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Happy New Year 2019 | 4717

Happy New Year 2019 | 4717

Fireworks were invented in China around the 9th century during the Tang Dynasty (618–907 A.D.). Chinese alchemists, in search of a recipe for eternal life, discovered gunpowder while mixing saltpeter, sulfur, and charcoal, and they believed that the explosions...