Baby Raffle! Get Your Babies Here!

United States
April 20, 2016 1:41am CST
Children Anyone? Was just reading through "20 crazy facts from history" and came across this one. Apparently in Paris back in 1911, an orphanage needed children adopted out and they needed funding. So they decided that a baby raffle was in order. I suppose they made a lot of wanting parents very happy... Here's the article What I was reading about is on page 3. Any other histories from this article you like?
You certainly never heard of these strange facts in your history class!
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Macarrosel
@Macarrosel (7498)
• Philippines
21 Apr 16
Oh, really? Well, if I am one to have a raffle ticket then I will choose a baby that is healthy and pretty like me
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AmberLynn
@ScribbledAdNauseum (104615)
• United States
21 Apr 16
We'd hope all the babies were healthy, but then there is a chance you may not know if it is or isn't until you get it home.
Shavkat
@Shavkat (141905)
• Philippines
20 Apr 16
There are some historical events that appeared to be so bizarre. We didn't expect it will happen. Thanks for sharing this link. It is worth to check on.
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AmberLynn
@ScribbledAdNauseum (104615)
• United States
20 Apr 16
I wouldn't think things like that would happen either, but well regulations / laws were non existing back then.
Anna
@LadyDuck (502646)
• Italy
20 Apr 16
Yes, this really happened, I remember that I have read this fact and it was history and not a legend.
AmberLynn
@ScribbledAdNauseum (104615)
• United States
20 Apr 16
Nothing like that would ever happen now. I'd like to think people were kinder, gentler then, but there's still the possibility children went to unfit homes.
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AmberLynn
@ScribbledAdNauseum (104615)
• United States
20 Apr 16
@LadyDuck Oh okay well then that is very good. The article here didn't go into detail about it.
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Anna
@LadyDuck (502646)
• Italy
20 Apr 16
@ScribbledAdNauseum I do not believe that children went to unfit homes, I have read that they checked before giving the children, it was a sort of adoption after all
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Jessica
@JESSY3236 (22244)
• United States
20 Apr 16
That was a cool article. I didn't know about the mad hats, and the baby cages.
AmberLynn
@ScribbledAdNauseum (104615)
• United States
20 Apr 16
I hadn't read through the whole article as I was sort of busy at the time, but plan to read through it more later.
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