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TIL calling a policeman an “antfucker” is not sufficiently insulting for prosecution, Dutch high court decides.

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165gr TIL ancient geographers knew that Earth was a sphere but there was intense debate on the question if the opposite side of the planet is also inhabited by humans (called Antipodeans). Most thought that Antipodeans do not exist because intense heat at the equator forms an impassable barrier.
Wk1w9 TIL that in World War 2, a Nepalese Gurkha named Lachhiman Gurung single handily took on a force of 200 Japanese soldiers even after his right hand was blown off by a grenade and killed 31 of them.
N7Zl6 TIL Adidas refuses business partnerships with any organization that has ties to Scientology; including a contract clause for existing partnerships that states, “any organization or association which represents the principles of L. Ron Hubbard will be void."
aw5DZ TIL that the largest city in the world that cannot be reached by road is Iquitos, Peru. The city has a population of over 600,000 people and is considered to be Peru's gateway into the Amazon Forest.
oRDnL TIL West Virginia is the only US State to be created entirely out of another state's territory.