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TIL that Ethel Merman volunteered her talents to sing a ZIP Code promotional jingle to the tune of Zip-A-Dee-Doo-Dah around 1963 which is the year the ZIP CODE was first introduced in the US. ZIP is an acronym for Zone Improvement Plan.

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