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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Americans throw out 4.5 pounds of trash a day - twice that of 40 years ago.
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Abraham Lincoln was a licensed bartender.
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In the US, people can be rejected from joining the police force if they are too intelligent.
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There are six times as many people of Irish descent living in America than in Ireland.
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The average American spends a third of their overall time online playing games and using social networks.
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Chanel Tapper, a student from California, USA, has the world's longest tongue, measuring 9.75 cm (3.8 inches), from tip to top lip!
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In Breton, Alabama, there is a law on the town's books against riding down the street in a motorboat.
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