The Stuff You Should Know This Week

How Apartheid Worked How the U.S. Postal Service Works SYSK Animated: How to Start a Country Keep Up With SYSK How Apartheid Worked   After WWII, while the rest of the world grew more socially progressive, the government of South Africa turned inward to focus its attention on domination of the white minority over the non-white majority. It took an internal struggle and the voice of the world to finally end the terrible practice of "apartness." SYSK Shorts Read: Gap in Wealth between Gender and Race in U.S. Officially a Maw Read: Germany's Merkel says Multiculturalism has Failed How the U.S. Postal Service Works   The USPS is currently teetering on the edge of going under and there are a lot of plans to save it, from cutting Saturday service to creating federally-protected email addresses linked to individuals at birth. Join Chuck and Josh as they explore the history and future of the postal service. SYSK Shorts Read: LiveOn, the App that Tweets for You After You're Dead Read: On How the Exclamation Point is Ruining the World Stuff You Should Know Animated: How to Start a Country   This week on SYSK Animated, Josh and Chuck tell you how to start your own country. Make your own laws! Settle old scores! But is starting your own country really all it's cracked up to be? Clips From The Show Listen: Do People Really Run Off to Join the French Foreign Legion? Listen: How do I start my own country? Keep Up With SYSK   Why can't robots get married? How did bullfighting start? How do labor unions work? Join Josh and Chuck as they explore the Stuff You Should Know -- seriously, all of it -- in this podcast from HowStuffWorks.com. Behind the Scenes Josh & Chuck on Facebook Stuff You Should Know's RSS Feed At Discovery, we value your privacy. If you would like to adjust your email preferences, please click this link to our subscription center, where you can manage your account. Please click here to unsubscribe. Discovery Communications, LLC One Discovery Place, Silver Spring, MD 20910