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

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5Y4l8 TIL 'A Different World' was a spin-off of 'The Cosby Show'. The third season finale of 'The Cosby Show', titled "Hillman", was basically a pilot episode for 'A Different World'.
7X1P TIL watermelons originated in Africa and were first cultivated solely for their water content; their flavor was very bitter.
wGB8 TIL The bezel on a dive watch only rotates counterclockwise- The reason for this is so that if the bezel is bumped accidentally during a dive, it will only move one direction, subtracting time from the dive and prompting the diver to end his dive early.
j6yQ TIL Vlad the Impaler had a very original way of eliminating poverty. He rounded up the poor and burned them.
9ngm TIL the Khmer Rouge killed ~25% of Cambodia’s populace by making everyone work 12 hours daily on farms. Intellectuals were killed. Schools, religion, freedom to travel, money, factories, & hospitals were eliminated. The K.R. exerted control by limiting married couples’ visits & scattering families.