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TIL - there is a secret room in The Simpsons home that is rarely seen. The Rumpus Room

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0pZ5 TIL that Crossfire on CNN was cancelled shortly after Jon Stewart exposed them when he was invited as a guest.
Oo0g1 TIL about Saadat Shahr, a small rural community in Iran nicknamed ‘Astronomy Town’ because of the residents’ passion for stargazing. The town clubbed together to pay for an observatory and on special occasions all the lights are cut to improve the view of the night sky.
R7nY4 TIL The only surviving library of Antiquity is in a villa in Herculaneum. We do not yet have the technology to read the thousands of charred scrolls, but one day we will be able to read them and humanity will regain the lost knowledge.
1v7O TIL the murder rate in Honduras is so high that some cities have had to start offering a program for free funerals. There is a violent death in Honduras every 74 minutes.
WDnd TIL that whenever al-Qaeda organised games of volleyball, Mohammed Atef and Osama Bin Laden were forced to be on separate teams since they were both tall, and skilled players.