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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If a surgeon in Ancient Egypt lost a patient while performing an operation, his hands were cut off.
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Until President Kennedy was killed, it wasn't a federal crime to assassinate the President.
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Harry S. Truman was the last U.S. President with no college degree.
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In medieval Italy, if a man was caught kissing a woman in public, he had to marry her whether he liked it or not.
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