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 1963, the US Military created an artificial ring around Earth, similar to that of the planet Saturn. The ring was made of copper needles and was used for worldwide communications in the case that the Soviets disabled all other methods of communication.
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No president of the United States was an only child for his parents.
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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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The Statue of Liberty is made out of copper. When originally built, it looked like a shiny new penny!
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During the Cold War, the US had planned to detonate a nuclear weapon on the moon.
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Denver, Colorado, USA now has more marijuana dispensaries than it does Starbucks.
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Richard Nixon was so good at poker that most of his first campaign for the House of Representatives was funded by poker winnings from his time in the navy.
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