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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Alaska is the only state that can be typed on one row of keys on a QWERTY keyboard.
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Abraham Lincoln was a licensed bartender.
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In the US, it is legal for women to be publicly topless in 33 states. Male toplessness became legal in 1936.
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Approximately 4 to 5% of the U.S. population has one or more clinically significant phobias in a given year. Specific phobias occur in people of all ages. The average age of onset for social phobia is between 15 and 20 years of age, although it can often begin in childhood.
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Harvard earns enough money from interest on its endowment that it could offer free tuition to every student and still profit.
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In the 1950s, the US government placed beer next to an atomic bomb blast to determine if it was still drinkable. The result: in the event of a nuclear war, beer is safe to drink!
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