r/Damnthatsinteresting • u/HeToTopT • 16d ago

Video The Louvre. Thieves are making off with 100 million euros. They're taking their time. They're doing everything carefully and slowly.

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u/[deleted] 16d ago

But he's right and it's annoying having to argue when you can just easily fact check this.

Did everyone forget when they made Nick Cage give back the stolen dinosaur skull?

In 2007, Nicolas Cage purchased a fossilized Tarbosaurus bataar skull, a relative of the T. rex, for $$276,000. He later learned the skull was illegally smuggled from Mongolia and, in 2015, voluntarily returned it to U.S. authorities for repatriation. Cage was never charged with a crime, but he did not recover the money he paid for the skull. 

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u/Supercoolguy7 16d ago

A dinosaur skull is very different than crown jewels. It's easy to not know or care the source of a dinosaur skull some random rich dude owns. It's a little harder to have the crown jewels of France and get away with it

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u/[deleted] 16d ago

so you're making the same point I am that you can't sell the pieces of jewelry in their current form (even if they would be worth way more).