text:  People all over the world fell in love with their adorable fluffy faces and their goofy personalities, and people flocked to zoos to catch a glimpse. As for the United States, it had pandas before. Like in the 1930s, an explorer brought the first panda back from China, and that cub catapulted pandas to international fame. And the first real panda gift given to the U.S., a male and a female, arrived in 1941 as a thank you for the U.S.'s support in China's war against Japan.