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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Theodore Roosevelt read at least one book every day.
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The turkey is one of the most famous birds in North America. In fact, Benjamin Franklin wanted to make the wild turkey, not the Bald Eagle, the national bird of the United States!
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In the US, it is legal for women to be publicly topless in 33 states. Male toplessness became legal in 1936.
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During the Cold War, the US had planned to detonate a nuclear weapon on the moon.
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The first female self-made millionaire in America was a black woman.
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Americans throw out 4.5 pounds of trash a day - twice that of 40 years ago.
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