Evernsince 1969, October 9 has been celebrated around the globe as WorldnPost Day. Post offices of various countries use the day as an excusento share with customers all the services provided by their postalnworkers.
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nOfncourse, in 1969 instant messaging through e-mail, texting, Facebook,nand Twitter didn’t exist. There were few private companies such asnFedEx providing shipping services for small packages, back then, andnthere were few private mail centers. Things have changed a lot sincenthen, and many people wonder if we really need government-run mailnservice anymore. However, I have a feeling that having a low-costnpublic option does help to keep prices down for FedEx, UPS, and otherncompanies.
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nDidnyou know…?
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Innmany cities and towns in the past, until maybe the early 1960s, mailnwas delivered twice a day, morning and afternoon. It was common tonhave morning and evening newspapers delivered, too.
Innmany cities and towns in the past, until maybe the early 1960s, mailnwas delivered twice a day, morning and afternoon. It was common tonhave morning and evening newspapers delivered, too.n
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nInnVictorian-era London, mail was delivered to each house TWELVE TIMES AnDAY! Remember, back then, there was no telephone, let alone texting!nSmaller cities had mail delivered six times a day
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nSo,nbasically, using “snail mail” less and less these days is justnpart of a larger trend of diminishing use over the decades.
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nDon’tnforget, it’s Nautilus Night tonight!
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Allnhail the shelled cephalopod known as the nautilus! This creature cannwithdraw into its shell completely and close the opening, but it isnmore commonly seen with its many short tentacles—about 90 ofnthem!—extended into the sea and its eye peeking out from thenshell.The nautilus’s tentacles do not have suckers, but instead havenridges—and they somehow manage to have such a strong grip that itnis easier to tear a tentacle off the nautilus’s body than it is tonbreak its grip.
Allnhail the shelled cephalopod known as the nautilus! This creature cannwithdraw into its shell completely and close the opening, but it isnmore commonly seen with its many short tentacles—about 90 ofnthem!—extended into the sea and its eye peeking out from thenshell.The nautilus’s tentacles do not have suckers, but instead havenridges—and they somehow manage to have such a strong grip that itnis easier to tear a tentacle off the nautilus’s body than it is tonbreak its grip.n
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nThenbeautiful nautilus shell has long been popular in collectors’n“Cabinets of Curiosities,” in art pieces, and even in home décor!nThe nautilus shell is also popular with mathematicians, since itnforms a logarithmic spiral, a sort of fractal shape made bynconnecting points on a series of Golden Rectangles, or by building boxes with the dimensions of the Fibonacci numbers. What the heckndoes all that mean? you ask. Check out this video, and then this herenand that other math website to find out!
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nAlsonon this date:
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nLeif Ericson Day
