Napoleon’s planned invasion of the United Kingdom was financed by the Louisiana Purchase, with the US getting part of the money from a loan from a British Bank. So the UK was essentially funding an invasion of themselves.
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In 1719 prisoners in Paris…
In 1719 prisoners in Paris were offered freedom at the condition they would marry a prostitute and move to Louisiana.
“For the health of strippers,” Louisiana tried…
“For the health of strippers,” Louisiana tried to pass a bill limiting strippers’ age and weight to under 28 yo and under 160 lbs.
Louisiana State Penitentiary was founded…
Louisiana State Penitentiary was founded as a slave plantation, and is still run as a prison farm to this day.
Louisiana French is in decline. One million people spoke…
Louisiana French is in decline. One million people spoke it in 1968, now only 150k-200k speak it.
Louisiana has its own version of French called…
Louisiana has its own version of French called “Creole French” which only 70’000 people can speak. It varies so much from standard French that native French speakers cannot understand it.
If Louisiana was its own country, it would have the highest incarceration…
If Louisiana was its own country, it would have the highest incarceration rate in the world.
Louisiana is the only state that has a license for florists. The state’s florist exam…
Louisiana is the only state that has a license for florists. The state’s florist exam once had a failure rate almost twice as high as the Louisiana bar exam.
Louisiana is the prison capital of the w …
Louisiana is the prison capital of the world – 1 out of every 86 adults is behind bars, which is the highest rate in the US and twice the national rate.
A drilling disaster punctured a salt min …
A drilling disaster punctured a salt mine and created a whirlpool so strong that it sucked a drilling platform, 11 barges, and 70 acres of nearby land underground. It also reversed the flow of a 12 mile (19km) long canal, and temporarily created Louisiana’s largest waterfall at 150ft (45.7m).