Crazy Relics that People Found In Their Homes During Renovations

Express Mail Slot

This is an old-timey mail slot in an older apartment building. The building was built in 1929, and back then residents would put their mail in this slot that would send it down to the mailroom in the basement. It's cool that the building decided to keep this!

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The More You Know

  • The designer of the current United States flag was 17 at the time, and created it for a high school project. He received a B-.
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  • In 1945, Dwight D. Eisenhower predicted that people would try to dispel the holocaust as a falsehood, and ordered all possible photographs taken of the Nazi crimes to hinder any such attempts.
  • The longest tennis rally lasted over 12 hours.
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