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TIL that in 1913, a baby was mailed via Post Office's newly added Parcel Post service.

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p8674 TIL about the My Way killings, a social phenomenon in the Philippines referring to a number of fatal disputes which arose due to the singing of the song My Way by Frank Sinatra in karaoke bars.
yVBPX TIL All bearer bonds issued by the US Treasury had matured as of May 2016, with approximately $87 million yet to be redeemed as of March 2020.
166V7 TIL Martha Gellhorn was the only woman to land on the Normandy beaches (alongside 150,000 men). She was a journalist but her request to come along had been denied, so she stowed away in a toilet and then disguised herself as a stretcher bearer
4Xpjg TIL there is an R-rated version of the film Galaxy Quest, which includes sex scenes and lots of profanity.
Y7gm7 TIL that there are nation states that are actively collecting our encrypted files and storing them to be able to decrypt them once quantum computing gets to the point to break today’s encryption known as Store Now Decrypt Later - SNDL. This scares the bejeezus out of me