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DQPlP TIL: parcel delivery with USPS began on January 1st, 1913. The very first parcel ever delivered was 11 pounds of apples to New Jersey governor (and President-Elect) Woodrow Wilson
ANZew TIL pollen research from the Sea of Galilee and Dead Sea show a devastating drought from 1250 to 1100 BCE caused the collapse of civilization in the Late Bronze Age.
rRgRw TIL that "Will it Blend?" was started as a marketing plan after the founder was found stress testing his blenders with two by fours…