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.
28
In 2011, a couple bought a box of textbooks for $10. Inside, they found a 25-cent bill signed by the president of the Republic of Texas, Sam Houston, and subsequently sold it for $63,250.
13
The Statue of Liberty was a gift of friendship resulting from the diplomatic relationship between the United States and France.
97
A B-25 bomber airplane crashed into the 79th floor of the Empire State Building on July 28, 1945.
30
The Canadian province of New Brunswick (which was part of the UK at the time) had a bloodless war with the US state of Maine in 1839
36
Because metal was scarce; the Oscars given out during World War II were made of plaster.
40
There are pictures of Knights fighting Snails in old Medieval manuscripts - and nobody knows why.
23