- China banned the pigtail in 1911 as it was seen as a symbol of feudalism.
- China’s Beijing Duck Restaurant can seat 9,000 people at one time.
- Chocolate contains phenylethylamine (PEA), a natural substance that is reputed to stimulate the same reaction in the body as falling in love.
- Chocolate manufacturers currently use 40 percent of the world's almonds and 20 percent of the world's peanuts.
- Chocolate syrup was used for blood in the famous 45 second shower scene in Alfred Hitchcock's movie, Psycho, which actually took 7 days to shoot.
- Chop-suey is not a native Chinese dish, it was created in California by Chinese immigrants.
- Cinderella's slippers were originally made out of fur. The story was changed in the 1600s by a translator. It was the left shoe that Aschenputtel (Cinderella) lost at the stairway, when the prince tried to follow her.
- Clay pigeon shooting was once known as Inanimate bird shooting.
- Cleo and Caesar were the early stage names of Cher and Sonny Bono.
- Clinophobia is a fear of beds.
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