Alo t of mis understanding with this year taxes?

is it true that the irs have already paid some tax returns out all ready i thought everything was suppose to go out on feb 01,2011 (tuesday). i recently asked aquestio and they said thbat the irs has already paid some return to the some people or is this the RAL that everyone is trying to get . oh what type of mistakes could there be on a return. could it be a EIN number if so why would the irs accept the return.please answer the whole question if possible thanks alot