Kung Fu actually originated in India, but was developed further in China.
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In the 1830s, a Greek prime minister tried to spread the potato in Greece but people weren't interested so he put armed guards in front of shipments of potatoes so people would think they were important. People then started stealing these potatoes so much that the crop spread to all of Greece.
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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 1980, the city of Detroit presented Saddam Hussein with a key to the city.
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The first semi-permanent settlements appeared in Florida around 5000 B.C.
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The ancient Egyptians bought jewelry for their pet crocodiles.
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Napoleon had conquered Italy by the time he was twenty-six.
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Pierre Jaquet-Droz, a watchmaker, 240 years ago invented a robot that could write, and the parts could be interchanged to say whatever you want.
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