The Statue of Liberty was a gift of friendship resulting from the diplomatic relationship between the United States and France.
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The University of Oxford (teaching since 1096) predates the Aztec empire (1428 - 1521).
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Mahatma Gandhi used to travel with his goat so that he could have fresh milk.
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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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The site where the Parthenon was built had to be cleared of hundreds of dinosaur bones (then called giants' bones) before construction could begin.
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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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In ancient Egypt, priests plucked EVERY hair from their bodies, including their eyebrows and eyelashes.
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Kung Fu actually originated in India, but was developed further in China.
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