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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Forty percent of American adults cannot fill out a bank deposit slip correctly.
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Teddy bears were named after U.S. President Theodore 'Teddy' Roosevelt.
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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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Alaska is the only state that can be typed on one row of keys on a QWERTY keyboard.
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Although African-Americans make up only 13% of the U.S. population, they accounted for one half of the estimated new HIV/AIDS diagnoses in 2004.
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In 75% of American households, women manage the money and pay the bills.
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One million Americans, about 3,000 each day, take up smoking each year. Most of them are children.
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