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    In 1700s, the deer skin was a common medium of exchange between the trading settlers and the native Red Indians in America. This is how a buck became a slang for a dollar.
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    The Nestles haven't run Nestle since 1875.
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    The first Ford cars had Dodge engines.
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    Leonardo Da Vinci loved animals so much that he used to buy caged animals at the market just to set them free.
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    A baboon called Jackie became a private in the South African army in World War I.
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    In 1537, England's King Henry VII officially declared February 14th the holiday of St. Valentine's Day.
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    Knocker-Up
    Knocker-Up
    Until the 1920s, there was a profession called 'knocker-up', which involved going from client to client and tapping on their windows (or banging on their doors) with long sticks until they woke up.
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    After Germany surrendered in WW2, people in Moscow partied until the entire city actually ran out of vodka.
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