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 * ...that Vermont coppers (pictured) were the currency used in Vermont before it became a U.S. state in 1791?


 * ...that Lighthouse Hill on Staten Island got its name from the Staten Island Lighthouse, built in 1912, which towers 141 feet (43 meters) above the Lower New York Bay and can be seen as far as 18 miles (29 km) away?


 * ...that Lucy Hobbs Taylor was the first female dentist in the United States?