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TIL that S&H Green Stamps are still a thing

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rRrPo TIL it costs just 55¢ to mail a letter to Little Diomede in the Bearing Strait (2 miles from Russia), the USPS’s costliest route at $300,000 per year. The 119 resident Eskimos rely on the USPS subsidizing the cost of the weekly helicopter runs delivering food and medication.
E1rGP TIL about Pentti Linkola, the "first ecofascist" who promotes drastic population reduction for the survival of our specie.
NXwlQ TIL about the "invisible wall," an anomaly where workers encountered a strange "invisible wall" in the area under a fast-moving sheet of electrically charged polypropelene film in a factory. This "invisible wall" was strong enough to prevent humans from passing through.
VNmp TIL The most push-ups done non-stop was 10,507 in 1980, and was the last time Guinness World Records published a non-stop push-up record
BrAdr TIL the Italy surrounded country of San Marino is the oldest constitutional republic, they have two presidents serving six month terms, there are about 1000 hotel rooms in entire country, their national sport is crossbow, they’ve never had a king since inception of 301 and never been taken over