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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There's a bar in Ireland (presently named Sean’s Bar) that was opened in 900AD.
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Canada's new flag, with its maple leaf design, was unfurled in 1965 in Ottawa!
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In Ancient Greece, small penises were desirable, and big ones were for ‘old men and barbarians’
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In 1542, French aristocrat Marguerite De La Rocque survived being marooned for 2 years alone on a remote island off the coast of Quebec.
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The Titanic was the first ship to use the SOS signal.
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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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Because metal was scarce; the Oscars given out during World War II were made of plaster.
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