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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Wyoming has only 2 sets of escalators in the entire state.
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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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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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Almost half the newspapers in the world are published in the United States and Canada!
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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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