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    Kung Fu actually originated in India, but was developed further in China.
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    Knocker-Up
    Knocker-Up
    Until the 1920s, there was a profession called 'knocker-up', which involved going from client to client and tapping on their windows (or banging on their doors) with long sticks until they woke up.
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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 American humans hunted car-size armadillos and used their shells for houses.
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    Leonardo Da Vinci predicted the mass use of solar energy as long ago as 1447.
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    Nobuo Fujita
    Nobuo Fujita
    The Japanese pilot who attacked a town in Oregon during WW2 returned years later to present his family's 400-year-old samurai sword to the city as a symbol of regret.
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    In 1963, the US Military created an artificial ring around Earth, similar to that of the planet Saturn. The ring was made of copper needles and was used for worldwide communications in the case that the Soviets disabled all other methods of communication.
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    To take an oath, ancient Romans put a hand on their testicles
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