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Post by **miftah** » Tue Aug 21, 2007 7:08 am

If you aren't reading the site Mental Floss (or the magazine it supplements), you really should be. They had an interesting tidbit yesterday about zip codes, which linked to a site demonstrating how Zip Codes are laid out across the country. It way more logical than you think. I find this endlessly interesting, but then I used to think about this all the time (especially when I would send something from the 99s of WA to my friend in NY who lived in the 11s).

Post by **bio** » Tue Aug 21, 2007 10:03 am

Now that is cool!

And yes... it actually makes sense when you start playing with the digits (yet was created by the Federal Government... what are the odds of that?!?)

moe flam · Post by **moe flam** » Wed Sep 05, 2007 8:51 am

I became a daily reader of Mental Floss after this post (thanks!). Here's another interesting link from them. The plastic bags and bottles are staggering.

Running the Numbers

mudflap · Post by **mudflap** » Wed Sep 05, 2007 7:20 pm

That is kick ass! I'll have to add this to my daily websites