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π #OTD in 1773 #French philosopher Denis Diderot arrived in #Russia to meet Empress Catherine the Great. He said later: 'we spoke man to man.' He would occasionally make his point by slapping her thighs. Empress wrote: 'I was obliged to put a table between us to protect myself.' https://t.co/rK7Rwhc76S — PolitiTweet.org