A Native American tribe in South Dakota collects bottle caps left by campers, using them as currency. Several banks in the area now recognize the caps as legal tender.
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Richard Nixon was so good at poker that most of his first campaign for the House of Representatives was funded by poker winnings from his time in the navy.
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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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There are two credit cards for every person in the United States.
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Theodore Roosevelt read at least one book every day.
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In the 1950s, the US government placed beer next to an atomic bomb blast to determine if it was still drinkable. The result: in the event of a nuclear war, beer is safe to drink!
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The first female self-made millionaire in America was a black woman.
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