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    Canada's new flag, with its maple leaf design, was unfurled in 1965 in Ottawa!
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    In Ancient Greece, if a woman watched even one Olympic event, she was executed.
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    Kung Fu actually originated in India, but was developed further in China.
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    The first coast-to-coast telephone line was established in 1914.
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    Until President Kennedy was killed, it wasn't a federal crime to assassinate the President.
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    The flushing toilet was invented in 1596, not by Thomas Crapper as most people think, but by Sir John Harington.
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    Only eight men were killed in the battle of lexington!
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