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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During the Cold War, the US had planned to detonate a nuclear weapon on the moon.
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The U.S. motto, 'In God We Trust', was not adopted as the national slogan until 1956.
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The Canadian province of New Brunswick (which was part of the UK at the time) had a bloodless war with the US state of Maine in 1839
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The first chocolate eggs were made in Germany in the 19th century and remain one of the most popular Easter candies today.
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Each king in a deck of playing cards represents a great king from history: spades - King David, clubs - Alexander the Great, hearts - Charlemagne, and diamonds - Julius Caesar.
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In medieval Italy, if a man was caught kissing a woman in public, he had to marry her whether he liked it or not.
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