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TIL The US Postal Service will deliver an item with incorrect postage if it has the appearance of a greeting card, especially in December

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Eg9o7 TIL of the Mesoamerican Long Count Calendar, a continuously running calendar used on monuments, and that started on creation day, August 11, 3114 BCE.
eK4g TIL the band ‘Blink 182’ was originally called 'Blink’, but upon hearing there was another band called 'Blink’, they renamed their band 'Blink 182’, after the number of times Al Pacino says “f*ck” in Scarface
GY1Nj TIL that 35% of British adults sleep with a stuffed bear toy.
vPgxB TIL that Pheasant Island is a condominium, a political territory in which multiple sovereign powers formally agree to share administrative responsibilities. From 1 February until 31 July, Spain holds stewardship, the other six months onward, the small island becomes an official part of France.
0dw7A TIL Jeannette Rankin of Montana was the first female elected to Congress (1916). A suffragist who helped get the 19th Amendment passed, was a staunch pacifist, opposing WW1, WW2, and was out marching in protest against Vietnam when she was 61 years old. A badass.