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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Forest growth in the US has exceeded harvest since the 1940’s. Today, we have more trees than any time in the past 100 years.
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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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You can't plow a cotton field with an elephant in North Carolina.
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Americans throw out 4.5 pounds of trash a day - twice that of 40 years ago.
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One town in Indiana is called Santa Claus. There is also a Santa, Idaho.
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In Utah, it is illegal to swear in front of a dead person.
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