TIL The United States Postal Service began Operation Santa in 1912 when local postmasters were authorized to open and respond to letters to Santa. In the 1940's the program was open to the public and now every year anyone can adopt a letter and answer a holiday wish. uspsoperationsanta.com/ab…
TIL: In 1887 Oregon became the first state of the United States to make Labor Day an official public holiday. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lab…
TIL King Kamehameha Day on June 11 is a public holiday of the state of Hawaii in the United States. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kam…
TIL North Korea has twice as many public holidays as the United States. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pub…
Bosnian Serbs Unite to Defend Threatened Holiday: Normally feuding Bosnian Serb parties have united against a ruling by the state Constitutional Court, scrapping the entity's public holiday as 'discriminatory'. balkaninsight.com/en/arti…
Public opinion of same-sex relations in the United States [OC]
Journalist Christopher Ketcham reported talked about his book, This Land: How Cowboys, Capitalism, and Corruption Are Ruining the American West, on past and current conflicts over public lands in the western United States. c-span.org/video/?462742-…
Willamette Falls is the largest waterfall in the Northwestern United States by volume, and the seventeenth widest in the world. The industrialization has also precluded public access to the base of the waterfall for well over a century.
The United States seems to have free public restrooms everywhere. Other countries, both developed and developing, seem to charge for public restrooms. What led to this disparity in toilet practices?
According to Demosisto, the Senate in United States has agreed to complete the legislation process of The Hong Kong Human Rights and Democracy Act before 11/22(start of Thanksgiving holiday). Big thanks to the Americans for helping Hong Kong people to fight for their freedom!
TIL that before the Civil War, Christmas was not an official holiday in the United States history.com/news/civil-wa…
Christmas 2019: More than half a million homeless in America-"This Christmas approximately 568,000 people, a population equivalent to the state of Wyoming, will mark the holiday in homeless shelters, tent encampments or in the rough, all across the United States" wsws.org/en/articles/2019…
Smokers 20 Percent More Likely to Quit When Cigarettes Cost $1 More. Smoking cessation remains an important focus of public health efforts since it remains the largest preventable cause of death and disease in not just the United States, but the world. drexel.edu/now/archive/20…
TIL that Thanksgiving was not actually a federal holiday in the United States until 1863, when it was declared so by Abraham Lincoln. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tha…
TIL : Christmas creep is a merchandising phenomenon in which merchants and retailers introduce Christmas-themed merchandise or decorations before the traditional start of the holiday shopping season, which in the United States is on the day after Thanksgiving. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chr…
Christmas 2019: More than half a million homeless in America-"This Christmas approximately 568,000 people, a population equivalent to the state of Wyoming, will mark the holiday in homeless shelters, tent encampments or in the rough, all across the United States" wsws.org/en/articles/2019…
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[Jeff Goodman] NCAA COVID-19 Advisory Panel says in a statement that “at present the panel is not recommending cancellation or public spacing of athletic and related events scheduled to occur in public spaces across the United States.” twitter.com/GoodmanHoops/…
Hey has anyone noticed that a man who twisted the nipple of a five year old girl in public and on video is about to secure the nomination to be the Democratic candidate for the President of the United States and the media isn't reporting on it? No? No one? Okay, nm.
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The Holidays Suck For Gig Workers: In 2019, gig workers across the United States suffered a series of changes to their pay algorithm that have left many scrambling to pay for food and utilities, and seeking assistance from charities over the holidays. vice.com/en_us/article/y3…
ATTENTION: if you live in the United States, the USDA is released February's food stamps -- this week -- to the public. This is all you get until the shutdown ends. Please plan carefully.
I live in Northern Nevada. Today is Monday, January 21, 2018. I received a Twitter notice and checked my account at 2:30 pm Pacific time.
I have the full amount, two weeks early.
PLAN CAREFULLY. This is going to throw a whole lot of people's schedules and balances off. For myself, while I have food stamps, I don't also have paychecks or any other money to pay some other bills with. I cannot spend this on junk food waiting for the 1st, and neither should you.
ALSO: 2,500 retailers cannot renew their EBT licenses due to shutdown, which means they -- CAN'T -- take food stamps. Call ahead and verify they will before you go shopping.
https://www.pbs.org/newshour/show/why-many-stores-cant-accept-food-stamps-during-the-shutdown
WashPost: Clampdown on vaping could send users back toward cigarettes "This could take us from potentially the single biggest improvement in public health in the United States toward a public health disaster in which cigarettes continue to be the dominant nicotine product,” Prof@Penn State washingtonpost.com/nation…
The House just passed HR1, which includes: -Automatic voter registration -Public financing of elections -An end to gerrymandering -Election Day as a federal holiday -Support for overturning Citizens United. This is the greatest victory for democracy in generations! #DemsGettingShitDone twitter.com/Public_Citize…
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[Schefter] Malcolm Jenkins and the Players Coalition launched of The Responsibility Program, which will feature a series of public service announcements (PSAs) that will educate fans and raise awareness about the injustices affecting community and police relations in the United States. twitter.com/AdamSchefter/…
#Blurtmusic November Holiday Playlist: National Stuffing Day, classic dish that in the United States is eaten for Thanksgiving. — Blurt blurt.blog/blurtmusic/@te…
China beats US 8-1 when it comes to charging electric vehicles. China had 466,101 public charging points by the end of last month. There are almost as many places to charge your electric vehicle (EV) in Beijing as there are in the entire United States. scmp.com/tech/big-tech/ar…
TIL The United States Public Health Service is one of seven uniformed services in the US (i.e. Army, Navy, Marines, etc) but consists entirely of officers and has the mission of “protecting, promoting, and advancing the health and safety of the nation.” en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Uni…
The On It Foundation is a National 501(c )(3) public non-profit that provides free computers, computer training and Internet to low-income families with students in grades K-12 that receive a free or reduced school lunch, attend a public school and reside within the United States. theonitfoundation.org/
ELI5: In the United States what are "Charter Schools" and "School Vouchers" and how do they differ from the standard public school system that exists today?
TIL that Christmas was declared a national holiday in the United States in 1870. history.com/topics/christ…
Could the SEC (the United States Gov't) just bail out Shitadel? Or hide their wrongdoing from the public? Don't downvote me for asking
Say Shitadel is in deep deep shit. Like deep sea ocean deep shit. Could the gov't swoop in and protect them hiding their bullshit and keep everything a secret to avoid the general public not investing because the market is one big shit show causing an economic cluster fuck? Could they stop the squeeze?
The National Museum of the United States Army will open to the public on June 4, 2020 in Fort Belvoir, Virginia just outside the nations capitol and days before the 76th D-Day anniversary. thenmusa.org/index.php
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