Kung Fu actually originated in India, but was developed further in China.
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Canada's new flag, with its maple leaf design, was unfurled in 1965 in Ottawa!
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In 2011, a couple bought a box of textbooks for $10. Inside, they found a 25-cent bill signed by the president of the Republic of Texas, Sam Houston, and subsequently sold it for $63,250.
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The life expectancy in 1900 was just 47 years.
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If a surgeon in Ancient Egypt lost a patient while performing an operation, his hands were cut off.
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Early Romans used to use porcupine quills as toothpicks.
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Clocks made before 1660 had only one hand - an hour hand.
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There was a bear called Wojtek who was adopted by Polish soldiers during WW2. It carried ammunition, wrestled with soldiers, and drank beer.
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