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

Read more apps.irs.gov

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VBnEm TIL about "Edison's Conquest of Mars" - an 1898 novel where Thomas Edison kicked alien ass in an unauthorized sequel to "The War of the Worlds." Among its MANY sci-fi inventions: First use of spacesuits, alien abductions, space wars, asteroid mining, and aliens building the Pyramids.
m1vdo TIL that the last person executed by the Spanish Inquisition was Cayetano Ripoll, who was hanged in 1826 for teaching deist principles
neZQ7 TIL the National Park Service has officially advised against sacrificing slower friends in a bear attack, ‘even if the friendship has run its course’
d8mJ8 TIL that Leslie Nielson, a legendary comedic actor, requested his grave's epitaph read "Let 'er rip" as a final and everlasting joke.
M7DQ7 TIL about Pleistocene Park in Siberia where scientists are trying to recreate the ecosystem of the last glacial period (a long time ago)