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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Colorado switched mile marker "420" to "419.99" to stop people from stealing it.
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The United States does not have an official language.
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American school children rank 25th in math and 21st in science out of the top 30 developed countries, but ranked 1st in confidence that they outperformed everyone else.
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Wyoming has only 2 sets of escalators in the entire state.
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The US national public health institute, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, has an actual plan in case of zombie invasion.
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