There is a basketball court on the top floor of the U.S. Supreme Court Building. It’s known as the “highest court in the land.”
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In 75% of American households, women manage the money and pay the bills.
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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 Canadian province of New Brunswick (which was part of the UK at the time) had a bloodless war with the US state of Maine in 1839
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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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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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Each year, around 24,000 Americans are bitten by rats!
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The United States does not have an official language.
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