For 500 years, Japanese emperors signed every document with the imprint of a palm dipped in human blood, a signature that could never be eradicated. He had 13,140 wives and 2,800 children. He lived in a palace of 10,000 rooms and for a period of 27 years never slept in the same room twice. This was Qin Shi Huang Tai, the first Chinese emperor. He built the Great Wall of China, and to make it strong, he buried more than a million coolies in its walls. This strange emperor ordered his entire family buried alive with him at his death. Believe It or Not!
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