In 1918, a soldier with no ID and no memory appeared on a French railway platform.

A quarter million Frenchmen vanished in World War I, leaving their families no clue whether they were still alive. In this week's episode of the Futility Closet podcast we'll tell the poignant story of one disoriented French soldier and the desperate families who tried to claim him.

We'll also consider some further oddities of constitutional history and puzzle over an unpopular baseball victory.

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