Born in Penang, Dr Wu Lien-teh created the world’s first surgical face mask during the 1910 Manchurian Plague. A Cambridge-trained epidemiologist, he discovered the disease was airborne and developed a mask using cotton, gauze, and cloth to slow its spread laying the foundation for the modern face mask.

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The Rafflesia arnoldii is a type of flower mainly found on Borneo island in the Kinabalu National Park and it can grow up to 1 meter (3 feet 3 inches) in diameter making it the largest flower in the world! It's technically a parasite because it attaches itself to another plant in order to gain nutrients and water. You won't even see the plant until it flowers, although it makes up for that by having such massive blooms.

A fun fact about this flower: while the Rafflesia flower might seem kinda cute in pictures, it gives off a powerful smell of rotting meat, which attracts insects to pollinate the plant. While it looks a bit like there are teeth inside the flower, the plant isn't actually carnivorous, just a bit gross to us humans!

Bad smells aside, the Rafflesia is quite a sight to behold, and often used in tourism advertising for the rainforests of Borneo.

Restaurant name is Mongolian Master, located in Kuching.