The Roman emperor Domitian took great pleasure in being secluded in his room for hours and catching flies and stabbing them with pens.

In 1961, Italian artist Piero Manzoni packed his feces in cans, signed and mounted them, and then sold them as art.

To help reduce budget deficits, several states have begun reducing the amount of food served to prison inmates. In Texas, the number of daily calories served to prisoners was cut by 300, saving the state $6,000,000 per year.

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