Before 1913 parents in the U.S.A could mail their kids through the postal service?!
Before the 20th
century there weren’t any clear guidelines for what people could and couldn’t
mail. So, a couple in Ohio took advantage of this and mailed their baby son to
his grandmother! After this incident many people started mailing their children
to relatives. This continued till 1914 when this was officially banned.
Unfortunately, some people continued to do this until 1915.
‘Fox tossing’ was once a popular sport!
In the 17th
and 18th century people played a sport called ‘fox tossing’. The
game involved a couple or an individual tossing foxes as high as they could in
the air!
The lottery system was invented in ancient China!
Lottery is game
of chance that you win, if you have the right number ticket. However, did you
know that the lottery system was invented in ancient China. The lottery system
was invented between 205-187 B.C.E by the Han dynasty! Instead of tickets with
numbers there were 'keno' slips.
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