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Did You Know?
1) In what year was the first American car sold for export---and where was it shipped?
- In 1893. An Olds gasoline steam carriage was shipped to Bombay, India, for use by the branch office of a British patent medicine company. It's price: $400.00.
2) What did the first vending machines in the United States dispense?
-Chewing gum. The machines were installed on New York City train platforms in 1888.
3) What was the original name of the Bank of America?
- The Bank of Italy.
4) What was the first Japanese car imported to the United States?
- The Datsun, in 1958. A total of 83 were sold in the U.S. that year.
From Kranes, Worth, Temerius (1998)
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