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TIL United States Postal Service vehicles don’t have license plates

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Z8EYa TIL The Swiss Air Force didn't respond to a hijacked airliner in their air space as it was outside normal office hours. A spokesman stated: "Switzerland cannot intervene because its airbases are closed at night and on the weekend"
GYpg7 TIL in 1962, jousting was declared as the official state sport of Maryland.
a84YN TIL about Arthur John Priest. A fireman and stoker who survived five ship sinkings including the RMS Titanic sinking.
ep0mn TIL that Alan Turing (cryptographer responsible for breaking the Nazi Enigma code during World War II) was also an Olympic-level runner and he developed a new field of biology out of his fascination with daisies.
PYg0E TIL a man was saved by not ordering Domino’s pizza. After 7 years of ordering everyday, the lack of an order got the store worried. Delivery driver stopped by his house to find him “crying for help.”