› added 1 year ago

47

TIL The US Postal Service had an unofficial mascot, Owey the dog, who was a welcome addition in any railway post office; he was a faithful guardian of railway mail and the bags it was carried in, and would not allow anyone other than mail clerks to touch the bags

Read more wikipedia.org

via reddit.com

8dKK TIL America is the most Overworked Developed Nation in the World.
e0yJ4 TIL Benito Mussolini signed Vatican City into existence. The 1929 Lateran Treaty ended the dispute between the Italian government & the Catholic Church, which allowed the Vatican to exist as its own sovereign state and compensated the church $92 million (> $1 billion today) for the Papal states.
aNl9 TIL that Pixar’s 3D rendering engine is available for free.
Yp1od TIL February 11th is National Satisfied Staying Single Day, it was founded by Thomas & Ruth Roy. The couple has created about 80 "special days".
n85B TIL that in 1952 Albert Einstein was offered the Presidency of the State of Israel. He declined, saying that as a scientist trained to deal with objective facts, he lacked the aptitude and experience to deal with people.