It was imported to the United States in 2010 from Great Britain, with customs documents that falsely claimed it originated in Great Britain and was valued at $15,000, far below its auction price.
An account of the war by the Byzantine Theophylact Simocatta sentimentalises the reasons behind the conflict, claiming it originated with Alboin's vain courting and subsequent kidnapping of Cunimund's daughter Rosamund, that Alboin proceeded then to marry.
Pulque is the national drink in Mexico, where, it is claimed, it originated with the early Aztecs.
Iran said Monday that it would oppose attempts by Azerbaijan to officially register polo with the United Nations as a purely indigenous sport, arguing that polo is an international game and Azerbaijan has no right to claim that it originated there.
It's ancient, but no-one knows quite how old - the claim that it originated 4,000 years ago is open to question.
The proverb reads "Speak softly and carry a big stick; you will go far," but the claim that it originated in West Africa has been disputed.
And, well, despite the fact that the formal adornment has been around for a while (Wikipedia, if you will, claims that it originated with 17th-century Croatian mercenaries), Mr. Mabille has a point.
His voice led to the nickname "The Air Raid Siren", which Billboard states is "due to the ferocious power of his singing", although Dickinson claims it actually originated from a fan complaint.
WikiLeaks on Tuesday released a trove of 8,700 documents, which it claims originated at the CIA's Center for Cyber Intelligence, that describe, in detail, the agency's hacking abilities and techniques.
