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TIL: the capital of Rwanda has a monthly car-free day

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8a90V TIL that despite the name, the New York Times Best Seller list does not simply compile which books have sold the most, but is a combination sales figures, other data, and internal guidelines. Exactly how the list is determined is a trade secret.
Qm8p TIL Homer Simpson was inducted in the Baseball Hall of Fame in Cooperstown. This was celebrate the 25th anniversary of a Season 2 episode of The Simpsons when 9 MLB players cameoed for Mr Burns softball team back in season 2, 1991.
nWj0W TIL that the oldest Quran manuscript was carbon dated to be around the year 568 to 645.It is called the Birmingham Quran manuscript and it is located in Birmingham University.It was most likely written during the lifetime of the Prophet Muhammad.
ZpV7R TIL About Hazel Scott, New York Jazz singer and barrier buster, child prodigy and superstar of the 30's and 40's, she fought against and prevented audience segregation, had her own TV show and major roles in Hollywood, but ran afoul of McCarthyism which effectively turfed her career.
awYoM TIL that birds’ knees don’t bend backwards—we’re just looking at their ankles!