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TIL - Stealthing, the act of covertly removing a condom during sex is considered rape according to a Swiss Court.

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yQxx8 TIL, the Midnight Club was actually a underground street racing team in Tokyo
9wd8G TIL in the 1970s, North Korea ordered 1,000 Volvo cars from Sweden. The cars were shipped & delivered but North Korea just didn't bother paying & ignored the invoice. Till this day the bill remains unpaid making it the largest car theft in history.
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xKnk TIL According to Herodotus a corrupt judge accepted a bribe and delivered an unjust verdict. Cambyses II of Persia had him arrested and flayed alive. His skin was then used to cover the seat in which his son would sit in judgment.