The coldest temperature of -128 degrees was recorded in Antarctica on July 21, 1983. Bat bites led to 12 of the 25 cases of rabies seen in the US since 1980.
Dogs are a close second.
He was upset that his title of Emperor could be associated with a mere game and forbade the game. Chinese chess is played on a board 9 squares by 8 and the pieces move on the intersections of the lines rather than the squares, so that the actual playing area is 10 by 9. One of the pieces is a cannon, unknown anywhere else. Chess was not listed as a competitive sport in China until 1956. The Chess Association of China was formed in 19662.