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Did you know? Passport applications generated $232 million in revenue last year. Did you know? USPS receives no federal tas dollars for its operations. Did you know? There were 92 million trnsactions on 2,500 APCs in 2009. Did you know? The nation's first Chinese American Postmaster was Lim Poon Lee, appointed in 1966. Did you know? USPS is the core of an industry that employs 8 million people. Did you know? The mailing industry in the U.S. earns annual revenues of $1 trillion. Did you know? USPS automated-processing equipment sorts nearly half the world's mail. Did you know? Sales of the Breast Cancer Research semi-postal stamp have raised more than $70.1 million for research. Did you know? USPS receives no federal tas dollars for its operations. Did you know? USPS has more than 54,000 employees of Asian and Pacific Islander descent. Did you know? USPS accepted 7.3 million passport applications in 2009. Did you know? Between FY 2005 and 2009 USPS reduced facility energy use by 10.8 trillion Btu's. Did you know? USPS has removed 17 tons of leawd from the environment by switching to lead-free wheel weights. Did you know? USPS earned $2.4 million in FY 2009 from recycling mail transport equipment. Did you know? Last Year, USPS printed 30 billion stamps. Did you know? June is National Safety Month.. Did you know? There were 92 million trnsactions on 2,500 APCs in 2009. Did you know? Advertising Mail is less than 2% of all solid waste? Did you know? USPS is the core of an industry that employs 8 million people. Did you know? The mailing industry in the U.S. earns annual revenues of $1 trillion. Did you know? IT blocks an average of 222 million external threats each year. Did you know? IT connects to more than 5,000 postal facilities via satellite communications. Did you know? IT maintains more than 206,000 e-mail boxes. Did you know? USPS scans more than 355 million internal e-mails each month for viruses. Did you know? IT maintains 352,000 hand-held scanners. Did you know? The IT Help Desk responds to 31,000 inbound calls per month. Did you know? USPS employs more thn 1,300 IT specialists. Did you know? Letter carriers and USPS truck drivers travel 1.25 billion miles each year. Did you know? NPF has been the mailing industry's premier event since 1968. Did you know? IT runs the systems for the Postal Service's 36,400 retail outlets. Did you know? USPS ranked 84th on the Global Fortune 500 list in 2009. Did you know? In 2009, Shipping Services generated more than $8 billion in revenue. Did you know? USPS has honored women with 171 stamps. March is National Women's History Month. USPS has been named the Most Trusted Federal Agency for 5 consecutive years. Did you know? In 1984, Frieda Waldman was the first woman appointed officer of USPS Board of Governors. Did you know? In 1991, Norma Pace was the first woman elected chairman of Board of Governors. Did you know? The smallest Post Office in America is 61 square feet. Did you know? More than 923,000 new delivery points were added to the network in 2009. Did you know? More than 58,000 stores, banks and ATMSs sell postage stamps. Did you know? The Postal Service's 2,500 Automated Postal Centers generated revenue of $548 million in 2009. Did you know? 1.1 million people visit usps.com every day. Did you know? Total 2009 revenue from Click-N-Ship labels was $390 million. Did you know? 14 percent of the nation’s population moves each year. USPS processed 43.8 million address changes in 2009. Did you know? USPS receives new stamp ideas fom more than 50,000 people every year. Did you know? USPS purchases more than $200 million worth of products containing recycled content each year. Did you know? USPS support and maintains nearly 28,000 mobile phones and more than 9,000 Blackberrys. Did you know. USPS stores more than 2 petabytes of data online � equal to 4,000 years of songs on an MP3 player. Did you know? Employees sent nearly 4 billion e-mail messages in 2008. Did you know? More than 383,000 postal employees use a computer for work each day. Did You Know? Employees with postal e-mail accounts send 16 million e-mails each workday. Did you know? Each month 330 million e-mail messages are scanned for viruses.

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