Thieves broke into the Louvre Museum in Paris, stealing jewelry of "inestimable heritage and historical value" in brazen heist
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Thieves broke into the Louvre in Paris — the world's most visited museum — early Sunday morning. Museum officials said they stole jewelry and fled.
  • woodenghost [comrade/them]@hexbear.netEnglish
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    6 days ago

    Arsène Lupine is based on a real French anarchist gentleman master thief and folk hero, who left cards at the scene of the crime and gave the stolen money to the anarchist cause: Marius Jacob. He was very successful with over 150 burglaries and had a whole gang.

    The Duolingo French podcast has a whole season about his live.

    The right to live isn’t begged for, it’s taken.

    I preferred to rob rather than be robbed!

    Quotes from this text of him.