sanitation@lemmy.today to memes@lemmy.world · 2 days agoHow do China and India never qualify for the World Cup?lemmy.todayimagemessage-square100fedilinkarrow-up1417arrow-down18
arrow-up1409arrow-down1imageHow do China and India never qualify for the World Cup?lemmy.todaysanitation@lemmy.today to memes@lemmy.world · 2 days agomessage-square100fedilink
minus-squareKillerWhale@orcas.enjoying.yachtslinkfedilinkarrow-up6·24 hours agoBut only the USA has a world cup with local teams
minus-squaresqw@lemmy.blahaj.zonelinkfedilinkarrow-up0arrow-down1·13 hours agoUSA has its World Series (baseball, and not open to the world). What’s the closed USA world cup?
minus-squareKnock_Knock_Lemmy_In@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up3·edit-222 hours agoI was about to post an erm ackshually but I checked my facts. An urban myth holds the name “World Series” came from a putative sponsorship by the New York World newspaper. The earliest such claim found by Snopes was made in 1991
minus-squarecaptainlezbian@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up2·21 hours agoIt clearly comes from the fact that to Americans the world is just the US and Canada
But only the USA has a world cup with local teams
USA has its World Series (baseball, and not open to the world). What’s the closed USA world cup?
I was about to post an erm ackshually but I checked my facts.
It clearly comes from the fact that to Americans the world is just the US and Canada