PYF Historical Fun Fact: (USER LOSETH POSTYNG PRIVILYGES FOR FOUR AND TWENTY HOURS)

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The Something Awful Forums > Main > Post Your Favorite: Carefully Curated > PYF Historical Fun Fact: (USER LOSETH POSTYNG PRIVILYGES FOR FOUR AND TWENTY HOURS)

Buzkashi: Feb 4, 2003; College Slice

Holy poo poo stop talking about vaginae and listen to my fun fact

In 1925, scrap dealer Andre Poisson bought the deed to the Eiffel Tower from the deputy director-general of the Ministry of Posts and Telegraphs. The deputy had arranged a meeting and told several leading dealers that the tower was in disrepair, didn't fit the city's aesthetic, and was to be sold for scrap metal, and Poisson was eager to prove himself in front of his competitors.

Unfortunately, the only thing he proved was his gullibility, as the deputy turned out to be none other than con man Victor Lustig, who promptly skipped town with the funds. Poisson was so embarrassed he didn't even report it to the police. Lustig pulled the same scam a few years later and was reported to the authorities, but managed to escape before his arrest.

http://www.radio.cz/en/section/czechs/victor-lustig-the-man-who-could-have-sold-the-world

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