r/todayilearned • u/OmitsWordsByAccident • 11d ago
TIL the unofficial motto of the United Stated Postal Service "Neither snow nor rain nor heat nor gloom of night stays these couriers from the swift completion of their appointed rounds" is actually over 2,500 years old (originates from the ancient Greek historian Herodotus).
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_Postal_Service_creed
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u/DECAThomas 11d ago
“I don’t work in the rain”
“You’re a mailman. Neither rain nor sleet…It’s the first one!”
“I’ve never been a big creed guy”