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TIL that the IRS has free online sites to do your taxes

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0dWBp TIL seven kings have ruled Belgium since the splitting from The Netherlands in 1831. The first six kings married women from other countries. Current King Phillipe is the first to marry a native born Belgian. Queen Mathilde has multiple degrees and speaks six languages.
Xear TIL that in Turkish, the bird we call a Turkey is called “Hindi” (“from India”). In India, it’s called “Peru.” In Arabic, the bird is called “Greek chicken”; in Greek it’s called “French chicken”; and in French it’s called “Indian chicken.” The bird is indigenous to none of these places.
QJ4Wd Scientists just explained what musicians knew all along: repeating words sound like music
v1pQr TIL of "hunger stones": the Central European practice of marking river levels with carved stones during droughts, to warn future generations that there will be a famine if the water level again gets low enough to see the carving. This has been done at least since 1115, and as recently as 2018.
gMQn4 TIL it’s impossible to speak coherently if you hear your voice as feedback on a phone call, Zoom, etc. Delayed Auditory Feedback disrupts normal speech causing repetition of syllables, mispronunciations, and omissions. These effects are often referred to as “artificial stuttering”.