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TIL that the “ZIP” in ZIP Code is an acronym for Zone Improvement Plan, a name given because mail would not only travel more efficiently but also because the mail would comparatively zip right to your address.

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kOrM7 TIL when the territory of Wyoming applied to join the US, congress told them they'd have to stop letting women vote. Their response was "We will remain out of the Union one hundred years rather than come in without the women”. In 1890 they joined as the first and only state to allow women to vote.
xEQg TIL “On the Internet, nobody knows you’re a dog” is the most reproduced cartoon from The New Yorker magazine
D18Le TIL It is safe to eat RAW eggs in Japan due to a specially designed machine in order to test the eggs for bacteria.
b9LLN TIL Roman Catholics in Bavaria founded a secret society in 1740 called the Order of the Pug. New members had to wear dog collars and scratch at the door to get in.
Z8bGo TIL Literal Bird Sh*t Was A Driving Factor In US Imperialism