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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In Utah, it is illegal to swear in front of a dead person.
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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 Internal Revenue Service audits 87 percent of women who claim breast implants as tax deductions.
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One town in Indiana is called Santa Claus. There is also a Santa, Idaho.
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Forty percent of American adults cannot fill out a bank deposit slip correctly.
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American school children rank 25th in math and 21st in science out of the top 30 developed countries, but ranked 1st in confidence that they outperformed everyone else.
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