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TIL That mail was delivered 7 days a week, despite arguments from Churches and Organized Labor, up until 1912

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DokY TIL that Finland hosts the Wife Carrying World Championships every year. In which men attempt to carry their wives through an obstacle course the fastest, with the grand prize being his woman’s weight in beer.
loK7r TIL as Lt. Dan Inouye was about to toss a grenade at a German machine gun nest, a Nazi shot his arm off with an RPG. Undaunted, Inouye pulled the live grenade from his severed hand, tossed it, put his gun in his left hand, then wiped out three machine gun nests and killed 25 Nazis on his own.
mnVP TIL Males receive, on average, 63% longer sentences than females for the exact same crime.
eEOn TIL the German government refuses to recognize Scientology as a religion. The organization has officially been labelled an ‘abusive business masquerading as a religion’.
VXvD TIL Incandescent light bulbs will not be available for purchase as soon as 2014