Our world is full of the unexplainable.

And if history is an open book, all of these amazing tales are right there on display,

just waiting for us to explore.

Welcome to the Cabinet of Curiosity's.

As new products and services try to make our lives easier, the people who purchase them

inevitably do their best to test their limits.

After all, a new solution might solve an old problem, but it can also open up a bunch

of new ones to solve.

Back in the early 1900s, rural American farmers had a major problem that they needed to

solve, too.

If they wanted to ship their produce across the country, they really only had two options.

They could either transport it themselves to wherever it had to go, or they could have

it shipped from the nearest city with an express mail office.

The first option was a non-starter, because no farmers had the means to abandon their

farms and drive their vegetables from state to state.

The latter option carried with it a high fee that ate into their profits.

So when the post office unveiled their parcel post service, which fit the needs at a much

lower price, it was welcomed with open arms.

Now, farmers could ship their goods all over the country right from their homes in a true

farm-to-table fashion.

And they did.

The first six months of the service saw 300 million packages shipped.

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