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 Statue of Liberty has US women's shoe size 879.
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Almost half the newspapers in the world are published in the United States and Canada!
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91% of Americans eat turkey on Thanksgiving.
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In 2005, 25 percent of Americans over the age of 50 played video games, an increase from nine percent in 1999.
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No president of the United States was an only child for his parents.
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A Native American tribe in South Dakota collects bottle caps left by campers, using them as currency. Several banks in the area now recognize the caps as legal tender.
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The United States consumes 25% of all the world's energy.
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