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Comment by oh_sigh

3 years ago

It is said that Guy de Maupassant ate lunch everyday at the base of The Eiffel Tower, because it was the only place in Paris where he couldn't see it

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WJW  3 years ago

It's a great story, but surely even at places that had a clear view of the Eiffel tower he could simply sit facing away from it?

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