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TIL that the United States Postal Service doesn’t own or operate any aircraft. Instead, they contract with companies like FedEx and UPS to help transport mail and packages

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x6aro TIL of the Liverpool Packet, a Canadian privateer vessel that captured 50 American ships during The War of 1812. She was captured by US forces, before then being recaptured by The British.
N7wae TIL the United States Secret Service was founded to investigate and combat counterfeit U.S. currency. Only after the assassination of McKinley in 1901 was it tasked with protecting the President.
wLgeM TIL Between 17th and 19th centuries, instead of getting divorced, English men would sold their wives to the highest bidder, similar to cattle auctions
YRmG TIL an heir to a $300 million fortune was found homeless and frozen to death under a bridge before he could be given his share
vlL7 TIL: The CDC recommends that Ebola survivors should use condoms indefinitely.