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 Statue of Liberty is made out of copper. When originally built, it looked like a shiny new penny!
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203 million dollars is spent on barbed wire each year in the U.S.
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The first female self-made millionaire in America was a black woman.
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Seven U.S. states are named after sovereigns - four kings and three queens.
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Outside of the bedroom, the most common place for adults in the U.S. to have sex is the car.
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According to a study by the National Science Foundation, only half of Americans believe in evolution, and one in 4 don't know that the Earth orbits the Sun.
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In downtown Churchill, Manitoba, it's illegal to lock your car doors in case someone needs to escape from a polar bear.
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