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TIL — 7-Eleven is the only place the IRS allows taxpayers to pay their tax liability in cash. Payments are limited to $1,000 per day, cost $3.99 per payment, and only 34 states have participating 7-Eleven locations.

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D1kmp TIL that the town of Bridal Veil in Oregon maintains a functional post office despite not having had any permanent residents for more than three decades. This is because several thousand couples go out of their way each year to mail their wedding invitations from Bridal Veil for the unique postmark.
GYQ4g TIL Quebec banned ads for toys and fast food aimed at children under 13, resulting in lowered childhood obesity rates.
rAwo TIL that WiFi does not stand for Wireless Fidelity. It stands for… nothing. It’s a made up catchy name developed by a marketing company.
KOOpG Not yet, though we've been trying to do so since at least the 1970s.
M59m TIL Ian Fleming’s fictional car Chitty Chitty Bang Bang was again built in 2002 at a cost of £750,000, making it the most expensive stage prop ever according to the Guinness World Records.