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 first semi-permanent settlements appeared in Florida around 5000 B.C.
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16 percent of Americans will receive one speeding ticket this year and it will cost them on average $150 per ticket.
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According to some estimates, Americans are sitting on $30 billion worth of unredeemed gift cards.
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Saint Augustine, Florida, is the oldest European settlement in North America.
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Forty percent of American adults cannot fill out a bank deposit slip correctly.
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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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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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