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Prodigious French writer and philosopher Voltaire was imprisoned in the Bastille on this day in 1717. Of course, then he was still known as François-Marie Arouet. He adopted the name Voltaire while he was locked up. In addition to making him sound pretty gnarly, the name was also meant to signify a split from his past, especially his family.
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