adding fact; closes #277

18F · Jul 10, 2024 · e0ee38f · e0ee38f
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   "Giraffes do not eat each other without a very good reason.",
   "A giraffe will never win the Boston Marathon because they're sprinters, not long-distance runners. But they can run nearly 40 mph, so they'd at least get a heck of a head start.",
   "Sometimes giraffes don't have spots.",
-  "Giraffes do not climb trees because they're afraid of heights."
+  "Giraffes do not climb trees because they're afraid of heights.",
+  "The first giraffe in China was brought from Malindi in modern-day Kenya by fleet admiral Zheng He in 1415. It was initially believed to be a living qilin, a mythological chimera that foretold the arrival or passing of a divine ruler and was taken to be proof that the emperor ruled with the Mandate of Heaven."
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