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Posted: Tue Aug 21, 2007 7:08 am
by miftah
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).
Posted: Tue Aug 21, 2007 10:03 am
by bio
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?!?)
Posted: Wed Sep 05, 2007 8:51 am
by moe flam
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
Posted: Wed Sep 05, 2007 7:20 pm
by mudflap
That is kick ass! I'll have to add this to my daily websites
