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TIL the IRS uses 56 year old software to receive taxpayer data and dispense refunds.

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lo1PB TIL that spaghetti alla puttanesca means “spaghetti in the style of a whore”
8agmV TIL Street Fighter's boxer Balrog was originally named Mike Bison (a parody of Mike Tyson), but Capcom was concerned they could get sued. The name was shortened and given instead to the final boss, who became M. Bison.
l6G7 TIL that plastics don’t dry in the dishwasher because they don’t have enough mass to get hot enough to evaporate water during the drying cycle, like glass and ceramics do.
b6xyZ TIL that the paper-based telescope that MacGyver built with a wristwatch doesn't work.
BgMNb TIL the Moon "wobbles" during its orbit, showing us a little more than half of the moon's surface from Earth. Since its orbit is not perfectly circular, the Moon changes its speed in orbit, and so the ratio between the rate of its Earth orbit compared to its rotation on its own axis varies.