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WTF Fun Fact – USPS Missile Mail

January 3, 2020 by WTF

In 1959, USPS delivery of mail by rocket took place for the first and last time. The USS Barbero, a submarine, fired an unarmed cruise missile carrying ~3,000 pieces of mail as its payload. It took 22 minutes to arrive to Naval Auxiliary Air State in Mayport. – WTF Fun Facts

Source: https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/mail-delivery-rocket-never-took-180963557/

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