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TIL: Spartans magistrates would declare war on their slaves every year so they were free to harm or kill them

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gM71D TIL An increasing number of elderly Japanese people are committing small crimes so they can live in prison for free. People aged 65+ now make up more than a quarter of the prison population in Japan.
BgbQK TIL that the Chinese general Zhang Zongchang had the nickname "Old Eighty Six". It's unknown what this meant, but rumours say this either referred to his height or the length of his penis, which reputedly was as tall as a pile of 86 Mexican silver dollars--a common currency of China at the time.
LmxP TIL that NBA Jam game designer Mark Turmell, a Detroit Pistons fan, hated the Chicago Bulls so much that 1993 NBA Jam game was actually rigged against the Chicago Bulls so that the Bulls would miss “clutch shots” and their stats would lower when playing the Pistons
x6O9o TIL The Isles of Scilly, located 45km off the coast of mainland UK, is home to the world's smallest football league. There are only two teams who play each other every Sunday. They also take part in the Lyonesse Cup, where the winner is awarded a 6mm tall cup named the "World's Smallest Cup".
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