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TIL: Back in 2009 FedEx signed a contract with USPS to accept their mail. It's called Smartpost

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D1AVY TIL In Singapore, a $17,000 Mitsubishi car is sold at $104,000 due to taxes and fees imposed on the automotive industry by the Singaporean government, in an effort to limit traffic congestion and air pollution.
9Y8mp TIL in 2012, a man sued PepsiCo arguing that he had found a dead mouse in his Mt. Dew. Thus, PepsiCo had to prove and found that a mouse would "have dissolved into a "jelly-like" substance after 30 days"
JKZV TIL that the “I before E except after C” rule has more words that break it than follow it.
rNGdy TIL in 1907, passengers arriving at Ellis Island had to pass a medical exam to enter the US. Doctors used a secret code to mark passenger's clothes with chalk: 'H' indicated heart trouble suspected; 'L' suspected lameness, and 'X' suspected feeble-mindedness.
doW8 TIL a McDonald’s Caesar Salad has more calories, fat and salt than a Double Big Mac burger