Yesterday, the U.S. Postal Service announced plans to end Saturday mail deliveries.  Here are some more facts about the U.S. Postal Service. 

FACT:  The history of the U.S. Postal Service dates back to America's colonial days, with the naming of Benjamin Franklin as the first postmaster general in 1775. 
FACT:  President George Washington established the U.S. Postal Service, which was originally called the Post Office Department, with the Postal Service Act of 1792. 
FACT:  During the Civil War, the Confederacy created the Confederate States Of America Post Office Department to serve the Southern states that left the Union. 
FACT:  The term "going postal" to describe extreme, uncontrollable rage first appeared in the "St. Petersburg Times" in 1993, following eleven violent incidents involving postal facilities or employees over the previous ten years.