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TIL that no football club won the French League during the 1992/93 season. After 1st place Marseille lost its title due to a bribery scandal, it was allotted to 2nd place PSG, but the owners of the club, TV chain Canal+, feared the reactions of their subscribers in Marseille and refused it

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