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 P.S. at the end of a letter stands for Post Script.
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The word "listen" contains the same letters as "silent."
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The six official languages of the United Nations are Arabic, Chinese, English, French, Russian, and Spanish.
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The word "clitoris" comes from the Greek word meaning "side of a hill".
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There are only four words in the English language which end in “dous”:
tremendous, horrendous, stupendous, and hazardous.
tremendous, horrendous, stupendous, and hazardous.
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The names of the continents all end with the same letter with which they start, excluding the North and South infront of AmericA.
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