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TIL about Eugène-François Vidocq (1775-1857), a French criminal turned criminalist, whose life story inspired several writers, including Victor Hugo, Edgar Allan Poe, and Honoré de Balzac. He is the father of the French national police force and regarded as the first private detective.

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