Thanks to our sister site LAist for the heads-up on this one. Today is an important day in American culinary history - the 84th birthday of 7-Eleven. To celebrate, the chain will be giving away free 7.11 oz slurpees all over the country - 5 million of them. They're gonna go fast, so get yours early! more ›

Sweet zombie Stalins, it is hot as balls today. But it's also July 11, which means free Slurpees! All the new-fangled flavors—Monster Black Ice? Radiation Rush? Slurparita Pomegranite?—make us feel about a billion years old, and we kind of wish the store locator would tell you which Slurpee flavors that store sold, but hey, a free slurps is a free slurps. more ›