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EgEbX TIL the first picture of a human being taken was of a man in Paris in 1838 who had stopped to have his shoes shined and didn't move long enough to be captured in the 10 minute photo exposure time.
X0kvR TIL the Mona Lisa was stolen in 1911, and was only recovered 2 years later when the thief tried to sell it
mxPnx TIL of 145 rue Lafayette, Paris. It's a fake building designed to look like a real building. It functions as part of the ventilation system for the Paris subway.