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Charlie Soong sent his three daughters to study in America because China was unsafe. One daughter married China s richest man, the other married China s first president and became Honorary President herself. The youngest was also China s First Lady but later moved to Taiwan and lived to 106

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that Andrew Johnson and his wife Eliza were married by Mordecai Lincoln. Mordecai Lincoln was first cousins with Thomas Lincoln, the father of future President Abraham Lincoln. Johnson went on to become Abraham Lincoln s Vice President, succeeding him as President after his assassination.

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that Andrew Johnson and his wife Eliza were married by Mordecai Lincoln. Mordecai Lincoln was first cousins with Thomas Lincoln, the father of future President Abraham Lincoln. Johnson went on to become Abraham Lincoln s Vice President, succeeding him as President after his assassination.

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that in 1969 a representative of the Soviet government contacted an American diplomat in Washington to ask how the US would feel if the Soviets were to attack and destroy China s nuclear installations. The American at first thought this was meant as a joke.

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. Americans were not allowed to go to China until 1979, when President Jimmy Carter chose to establish normal diplomatic ties with the country.

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that the actor Lorne Greene, later known for his roles on Bonanza and Battlestar Galactica , first achieved fame as a Radio Newscaster for the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation during the early days of WWII. He became known as The Voice of Doom because of the grim news he often reported.

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That China s one child law involved a Family Planning Team that hunted down pregnant women in hiding because they already had one child. That teams enforcement included inducing labor, then drowning or strangling the infant.

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