Post * 7axL — Curious Curator

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TIL that India had qualified for FIFA World cup in 1950 but later withdrew because FIFA rules demanded that all players had to play with Shoes. Indian players were only accustomed to play with barefoot. And the organization was financially strained. This lead to Cricket taking the edge later on

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GALKE TIL that in 1929, Charles Lawson took his family Christmas shopping and had a photo taken just days before he murdered his wife and six of his children on Christmas Day, then killed himself. Only his eldest son, Arthur, survived as he was sent on an errand before the tragedy.

BgR7b TIL: In 1994, an American teenager Michael Fay was convicted of spray-painting a bunch of cars and was caned as punishment. It was such a large issue at the time that the White House attempted to prevent it. A year later, the Simpsons released "Bart vs. Australia", which based on the event.

epee5 TIL about Project X-Ray, also known as the Bat Bomb, which was an experimental WW2 weapon developed by the US. The concept was to drop hundreds of bats with timed explosives attached to them, let them roost in Japanese attics, and then ignite the explosives to make the houses ignite.

g1jW TIL in WW2, US soldiers often shaped pieces of plexiglass from downed planes into pistol grips, so they can put pics of their wives and girlfriends on their pistols (Pics in link)

LrKd TIL Maya Lin, designer of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial in DC, faced harassment based on her ethnicity after her design was picked, including presidential candidate Ross Perot calling her an “egg roll”.