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TIL that in 1959 the U.S. Navy submarine USS Barbero used a nuclear capable SSM-N-8 "Regulus" cruise missile to deliver mail

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R8J6 TIL Back in the 80s there was a service called Video Mailbox which allowed movie rentals through the mail to customers who paid a monthly fee with no late fees where they could set up a queue, and that had almost every movie available on VHS
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eOP4 TIL that “A Charlie Brown Christmas” (1965) was rejected at first by CBS: they didn’t like that amateur children were doing the voices, they didn’t like the “anti-consumerism” theme of the plot – and they didn’t like the music.