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TIL The IRS Form to request assistance from the Taxpayer Advocate Service (TAS) when unable to resolve tax issues through normal channels is called form 911.

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rnly TIL the engineer of the Kalka-Shimla Railway in India killed himself after miscalculation of where two halves of a tunnel would meet
wLkmP TIL of Little Merrit, an 8 year old boy who died in 1865. A few days before he died, he told his dad he was afraid to be buried in a dark tomb. His parents honored his wish and put a window in his tomb.
Wm5N TIL that in Great Britain, calling something “bollocks” (testicles) is a criticism but calling something “the dog’s bollocks” is a compliment.
oRRXK TIL that Mummy Brown was a pigment used by European painters that was made from the flesh of Egyptian mummies. It was also common to export mummies from Egypt to Europe to be ground up and used as “medicine”
aXx0 TIL that in World War II, rationing laws prohibited the sale of freshly-baked bread because “the tastiness of just-baked bread is likely to encourage people to eat it immoderately”. Bread had to be at least 24 hours old before it was sold.