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Over on Improb­a­ble Research they’ve been con­duct­ing an exper­i­ment on what unlikely items will make it through the US Postal Ser­vice sys­tem and actu­ally reach the intended address. The items were mainly unwrapped with a tag con­tain­ing the right postage and the address. They ranged from feather dusters and foot­balls through to ten­nis shoes, a ski, a coconut, a brick and a deer tibia among others.

The results were pretty amaz­ing – 64% of the items were deliv­ered. This appears to back up all those sto­ries you hear about weirdly addressed let­ters find­ing their way to their recip­i­ent through hell and high water. (The next time I want to get to Man­ches­ter, I may sim­ply affix the postage to my fore­head and loi­ter near the near­est post box.)

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