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The people of Sparta would abandon their newborn babies on a mountain to die if they didn't appear strong enough.


The people of Sparta would leave their babies on a mountain to die if they didn't appear strong enough.

The Spartans were famous for their massive army. They would breed their soldiers from a very young age. In the movie 300, they depicted the murder of infants who couldn't fight by throwing them off of a cliff, but obviously this wasn't completely correct.
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