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    The great wall of China is 1,400 miles long!
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    Because metal was scarce; the Oscars given out during World War II were made of plaster.
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    The first coast-to-coast telephone line was established in 1914.
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    Canada's new flag, with its maple leaf design, was unfurled in 1965 in Ottawa!
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    Modern humans first appeared about 200,000 years ago, but record keeping didn't begin until about 6,000 years ago. That means about 97% of human history is lost.
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    Kung Fu actually originated in India, but was developed further in China.
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    Knocker-Up
    Knocker-Up
    Until the 1920s, there was a profession called 'knocker-up', which involved going from client to client and tapping on their windows (or banging on their doors) with long sticks until they woke up.
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    The first telephone book was one page long and had only 50 names in it.
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