In 1911, pigtails were banned in China because they were seen as a link with its feudal past.
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In Chinese, the KFC slogan "finger lickin' good" comes out as "eat your fingers off".
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Kim Jong Un was voted Most Sexiest Man Alive by The Onion and ended up as real news in China.
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It has been reported that rich people in China can hire "body doubles" to serve their prison time.
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In Hong Kong, a betrayed wife is legally allowed to kill her adulterous husband, but may only do so with her bare hands. (The husband's lover, on the other hand, may be killed in any manner desired.)
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Ice Cream was first made in China!
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The equivalents of the English saying "That's Greek to me" are "This appears to be Spanish" (German), "This is Chinese to me" (Dutch), "It's German to me" (Philippines), "It's Hebrew" (Finnish), "It's Chinese to me" (Hebrew), "Sounds like Mars language/These are chicken intestines" (China).
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In the U.S. the typical school year is 180 days long. In China, the typical school year is 251 days.
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