EPISODE · Sep 7, 2020 · 39 MIN
The Postal Service
from Acid Pop Podcast · host Acid Pop
This week we're sorting through the mail to talk about the postal service. Join us as we discuss the literal tons of junk mail, going postal, and how to mail various parts of people through the mail. Sources: https://www.nps.gov/poex/faqs.htm https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pony_Express https://www.mentalfloss.com/article/53334/6-bizarre-items-mailed-through-us-postal-system https://www.ssipkg.com/news/the-7-weirdest-things-people-have-sent-through-the-mail https://www.pri.org/stories/2012-05-30/severed-hand-foot-mail-came-headless-torso https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_postal_killings http://wasteawaygroup.blogspot.com/2018/01/junk-mail-facts-and-statistics.html https://www.washingtonpost.com/ https://pe.usps.com/businessmail101?ViewName=MinMax#:~:text=The%20maximum%20size%20for%20most,any%20mailpiece%20is%2070%20pounds https://listverse.com/2018/01/26/10-weirdest-things-sent-through-the-post/ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Murder_of_Jun_Lin#Murder_and_investigation https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_Postal_Service https://www.nps.gov/poex/faqs.htm#:~:text=7.-,How%20many%20Pony%20Express%20riders%20died%20on%20the%20job%3F,and%20two%20froze%20to%20death https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Henry_Box_Brown
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This week we're sorting through the mail to talk about the postal service. Join us as we discuss the literal tons of junk mail, going postal, and how to mail various parts of people through the mail. Sources: https://www.nps.gov/poex/faqs.htm https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pony_Express https://www.mentalfloss.com/article/53334/6-bizarre-items-mailed-through-us-postal-system https://www.ssipkg.com/news/the-7-weirdest-things-people-have-sent-through-the-mail https://www.pri.org/stories/2012-05-30/severed-hand-foot-mail-came-headless-torso https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_postal_killings http://wasteawaygroup.blogspot.com/2018/01/junk-mail-facts-and-statistics.html https://www.washingtonpost.com/ https://pe.usps.com/businessmail101?ViewName=MinMax#:~:text=The%20maximum%20size%20for%20most,any%20mailpiece%20is%2070%20pounds https://listverse.com/2018/01/26/10-weirdest-things-sent-through-the-post/ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Murder_of_Jun_Lin#Murder_and_investigation https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_Postal_Service https://www.nps.gov/poex/faqs.htm#:~:text=7.-,How%20many%20Pony%20Express%20riders%20died%20on%20the%20job%3F,and%20two%20froze%20to%20death https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Henry_Box_Brown
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