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Marie Antoinette invented “let them eat brunch.” Which is exactly how bad takes get served.

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Let them eat cake is a misattribution. The phrase appears in Rousseau's Confessions, written when Marie Antoinette was a child, and no evidence shows she said it. Brunch was not involved.

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Marie Antoinette invented “let them eat brunch.” Which is exactly how bad takes get served. | SmartAss Facts