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 first chocolate eggs were made in Germany in the 19th century and remain one of the most popular Easter candies today.
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If a surgeon in Ancient Egypt lost a patient while performing an operation, his hands were cut off.
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Beethoven, was told by a music teacher that he had no talent for music. In fact, this teacher once remarked, “As a composer he is hopeless.”
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Nazi leader Adolf Hitler had only one testicle.
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No one knows who designed the first American Flag.
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When Charles Darwin first discovered the Galapagos Tortoises, he tried to ride them!
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