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 largest hotel suite in the world is located 22 stories under the surface in the Grand Canyon Caverns. One night for two people in this 65 million year old cave is $700.
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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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Americans throw out 4.5 pounds of trash a day - twice that of 40 years ago.
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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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Ice cream cones were popularized in America during the 1904 World’s Fair in Saint Louis when an ice cream vendor ran out of cups and asked a nearby waffle vendor to roll up his waffles to hold the ice cream.
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