No; it might help you to learn the origin of
the Box Fan,
the Evil Toaster,
the role of Backgammon in interpersonal relations, or
precisely why Corin shouldn't do The Show or
have anything to do with The Pool ever again;
but if you hang around long enough, all will be made plain and you just might end up making some cool new friends.
Well, there is, or was, when the movies came out, though it hasn’t been very active of late. It will probably pick up again as the Hobbit movie progresses.
ecurbh keeps it.
The items you list are, of course, important. But one cannot fully understand The Hobbit Hole without a full understanding of the historical context of The Scouring.