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TIL: Bill Cosby described Bart Simpson as a bad role model for children

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Me8DK TIL that the Vice-President's wife is referred to as the "Second Lady," abbreviated as SLOTUS
kJ8oE TIL there's a non-working phone booth in Japan, created by a gardener to help deal with the death of his cousin. It was opened to the public after the 2011 tsunami and has since received over 30,000 visitors who come to have a one way conversation with their loved ones.
P1PAV TIL that in ancient Greece they would drink a psychoactive compounded brew, Kykeon, at the climax of the Eleusinian Mysteries to break a sacred fast
6dnQ TIL that the president’s feces are collected when they’re not using the restrooms at the white house because foreign agents can analyze it for drugs, medications, and illnesses.
O7Za TIL during Roman times, salt was worth its weight in gold and soldiers were sometimes paid in salt, hence the word “salary”