Kung Fu actually originated in India, but was developed further in China.
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If Earth's history was condensed into twenty-four hours, life would've appeared at around 4am, land plants at 10:24pm, dinosaur extinction at 11:41pm, and human history would’ve began at 11:58:43pm.
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Two dogs were among the Titanic survivors.
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Beethoven, was told by a music teacher that he had no talent for music. In fact, this teacher once remarked, “As a composer he is hopeless.”
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Approximately 25,000 workers died during the building of the Panama Canal, and approximately 20,000 of them contracted malaria and yellow fever.
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The Titanic is about as long as the Empire State building is tall.
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There are pictures of Knights fighting Snails in old Medieval manuscripts - and nobody knows why.
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