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TIL: Mr. And Mrs. wasn’t originally short form for mister and missus, but master and mistress

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b9rd4 TIL that the term ZIP is an acronym for Zone Improvement Plan. It was chosen to suggest that the mail travels more efficiently and quickly (zipping along) when senders use the code in the postal address.
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