Kung Fu actually originated in India, but was developed further in China.
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"Yo momma" jokes/insults were invented by Shakespeare.
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Ancient Greeks believed that redheads turned into vampires after they died.
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During the Gold Rush in 1849, some people paid as much as $100 for a glass of water!
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The first ever patent in the UK was Aaron Rathbone & Roger Burges, Map makers in 1618!
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English sailors were referred to as "limeys" because sailors added lime juice to their diet to combat scurvy.
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In ancient Egypt, priests plucked EVERY hair from their bodies, including their eyebrows and eyelashes.
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The University of Oxford (teaching since 1096) predates the Aztec empire (1428 - 1521).
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