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 Taj Mahal took 20 years and 20 thousand men to finish!
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No one knows how many people died during the sinking of the Titanic.
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Jericho is the oldest walled city in the world at 9,000 yrs old!
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The Nestles haven't run Nestle since 1875.
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Modern humans first appeared about 200,000 years ago, but record keeping didn't begin until about 6,000 years ago. That means about 97% of human history is lost.
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The native Americans planted three sisters (corn, beans, and squash) together so that they would benefit each other. The corn provides a structure for the beans to climb. The beans provide the nitrogen to the soil, and the squash spreads along the ground preventing weeds.
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Until the nineteenth century, solid blocks of tea were used as money in Siberia.
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