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TIL: the United States Postal Service photographs every piece of mail it processes. In 2O13, it took more than 16O Billion photographs.

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b6Eg0 TIL that although forbidden by the rules, Ralph Steinman was awarded a Nobel Prize for "his discovery of the dendritic cell and its role in adaptive immunity" after his death which occurred three days earlier on September 30, 2011, the jury being unaware of his death at the time of its decision.
xLW0 TIL of Blissymbolics, an unspoken, written language that was invented as an easy to learn form of communication for use between people of all languages
W0eX TIL the RMS Lusitania, the ship whose sinking was the deciding factor for the american to enter WWI, was carrying ammunition making a legitimate military target just as the German had claimed
9YO6G TIL Saparmurat Niyazov, the 1st president of Turkmenistan, abolished the Turkmen word for bread and replaced it with Gurbansoltan, his mother's name.
4mQN TIL that TMZ stands for “Thirty Mile Zone”, a term coined in the 60’s, and represents the physical center of the movie business and the entertainment industry