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 turkey is one of the most famous birds in North America. In fact, Benjamin Franklin wanted to make the wild turkey, not the Bald Eagle, the national bird of the United States!
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There is a county in California called Yolo.
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On average, someone in the US suffers a stroke every 40 seconds; someone dies every 3 minutes from stroke.
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In Arizona, a solar wind energy tower has been proposed that would generate as much energy as the Hoover Dam.
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No president of the United States was an only child for his parents.
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91% of Americans eat turkey on Thanksgiving.
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