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 Simpsons are responsible for popularizing the word 'meh'.
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"Goodbye" came from "God bye" which came from "God be with you."
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The P.S. at the end of a letter stands for Post Script.
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The dab of toothpaste you squeeze onto your toothbrush is called a "nurdle".
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The six official languages of the United Nations are Arabic, Chinese, English, French, Russian, and Spanish.
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TYPEWRITER is the longest word that can be made using the letters only on one row of the keyboard.
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English sailors were referred to as "limeys" because sailors added lime juice to their diet to combat scurvy.
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