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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)

