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TIL the Postal Accountability and Enhancement Act of 2006 was intended to help the USPS be more competitive. The provision for funding in advance health benefits for retirees was added because the Bush White House threatened to veto the bill without it.

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kJ15d TIL Elvis Presley was a natural blonde who used to dye his hair black.
MeNG8 TIL that during the Salem witch trials, no one was burned at stake. They were hanged, left to die in prison, or pressed.
b99va TIL Osama Bin Laden visited Indiana and Los Angeles in the late 1970s
0aZj TIL that a convicted felon named Daniel Rigmaiden used his jail time to investigate the FBI’s surveillance system used in his arrest and uncovered the secret Stingray device. He then successfully used this evidence to free himself.
YpgXZ TIL that in 1987 when David Bowie performed “Heroes” near the Reichstag in West Berlin, a massive crowd gathered on the eastern side to hear him perform from over the wall. The performance is considered to be a catalyst to the fall of the Berlin Wall.