The Polar Bear Plunge Is The Coldest Way To Kick Off A New Year

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A new episode of the show isn’t a bad way to kick off a brand new trip around the sun, and it’s one that’s a lot warmer than the way some people start the year: those Polar Bear swims in ice cold water. Plus: today in 1913, future president Woodrow Wilson makes postal history.

Who started the Polar Bear dip every Jan. 1, anyway? (CBC)

The First Packages (National Postal Museum)

Photo by Dan Mullen via Flickr/Creative Commons

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