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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There are six times as many people of Irish descent living in America than in Ireland.
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Ice cream cones were popularized in America during the 1904 World’s Fair in Saint Louis when an ice cream vendor ran out of cups and asked a nearby waffle vendor to roll up his waffles to hold the ice cream.
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Sifrhippus was a species of horse about the size of an average duck and roamed North America 56 million years ago.
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The retail price for the iPad would be $1,140 if it were built by American workers instead of Chinese.
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The United States has paved enough roads to circle the Earth over 150 times.
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The United States does not have an official language.
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In the US, there are quite a few cities called Gaylord.
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