Top 10 Things You Didn't Know About the Peace Corps
Fifty years ago today, Congress authorized the Peace Corps Act, formally instating the service organization that would go on to send more than 200,000 volunteers to 139 countries in the next five decades. To mark the anniversary, TIME takes a look back at the lesser-known parts of the organization's history
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