Fun facts about Going postal

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Did you know? When you hear the term 'going postal,' it refers to a series of specific incidents in the 1980s, but the US Postal Service actually didn't experience higher rates of workplace violence than other industries; the media simply fixated on these events, creating an enduring cultural idiom.

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