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TIL that Voltaire's play "La Dépositaire" is based on a true story of Ninon de L'Enclos safeguarding a fortune during the French revolution. From Chapter VII of Life Letters and Epicurian Philosophy of Ninon de L'Enclos 1903. L'Enclos left 1000 francs for the education of Voltaire in her will!

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