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TIL that Japanese had a branch of Unit 731 in Singapore during WW2 that manufactured bio weapons

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p8lQe TIL that in 1906, a man in Seattle was sentenced to one minute in jail for drunkenness and disorder. The original sentence was 30 days, but after an appeal and six months of litigation, it was shortened to one minute. He was kept in jail until the second hand of the jailer’s watch completed a circle
kOX84 TIL that the first regiments, i.e. military units named as such with a relatively modern organization, started to be formed in the 16th century by private contractors with kings and other state entities. We still have examples of the contracts that were signed for this purpose.
KO6rB TIL that the Treason Act of 1351 is still in force today in the United Kingdom and parts of Australia, even though the law is written in Norman French and it concerns such things as violating the King’s eldest daughter or killing Wardens of the Forest.
GErJ TIL Geraldo Rivera is largely responsible for the Satanic Ritual Abuse Panic of the late 1980’s
LkK7V TIL that in 2016, an Italian court ruled that stealing small quantities of food to satisfy a vital need for food does not constitute a crimе, overturning a 6-month jаil sentence and a €100 fine that a hоmeless man who had stolen cheese and sausages (worth €4.07) from a supermarket had been convictеd