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Do you know your cents from dollars? Test out your Trivia Nut history knowledge here!

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President Zachary Taylor died from eating too many what?

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Where was the Declaration of Independence signed?

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What were Abraham Lincoln's false teeth made out of?

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What was the first university in the United States?

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What widely-used phrase was coined by President Martin Van Buren?


Did You Know? Cattle such as different species cows, sheep, camels, and other livestock are the first and oldest form of money. Each head of cattle was called a caput, which is Latin for “head.” So, a person with a lot of cattle had lots of caput or “capital,” a word still used today to describe money.

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