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TIL of “paralipsis” - Where you call attention to something by saying you will not mention it.

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R1e6 TIL Zippers Are Top Cause of Penile Trauma in US
D1laP TIL about the Nazi program to develop nuclear weapons. The program suffered from a lack of scientists, as the politicization of research in Nazi Germany had pushed most scientists to flee to the United States.
1aold TIL there's an unofficial language called Portunol (Portugese/Espanol) which is a slang Spanish-Portuguese hybrid. Spanish fans at Brazil's world cup would speak it to work through the language barrier. Brazilians apparently found it extremely offensive.
kJrVe TIL there is a depleted gold mine in Yellowknife, Canada that is sitting on 237,000 tonnes of Arsenic. The mining company had exhausted the area of gold and handed it back to the federal government, which is now freezing the Arsenic to keep it contained.
XEjGR TIL Lloyds of London is known for providing unusual insurance policies. Things insured by Lloyds of London include Keith Richards' fingers, Michael Flatley's legs for $47m, Keiran Lee's penis for $1m, and the hands of the 1932 world yo-yo champion.