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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"Goodbye" came from "God bye" which came from "God be with you."
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More people in Africa speak French than in France itself.
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Floccinaucinihilipilification, the declaration of an item being useless, is the longest non-medical term in the English language.
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"Stewardesses" is the longest word that is typed with only the left hand.
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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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