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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