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Why Paris was Built Like a Snail | Arrondissements Explained

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What to study

Curiosity Gap

The map shows Paris cut into odd-shaped districts, with 'why Paris looks like this' across the middle. The title says it was built like a snail. You can see the shapes but not the snail, so you want to know where it is and why.

How the packaging works
Title

Before the divider, 'Built Like a Snail' gives browsers a strange picture of a city, and after it, 'Arrondissements Explained' catches travellers searching the word.

Thumbnail

A printed map held flat by two hands looks like a desk explainer, not a travel ad, and the text's green matches the borders, so 'this' points straight at them.

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When your topic is a pattern people have seen but can't explain, show it on a real object, like a map. Put a short why question on it, and compare it to something odd and everyday in the title.

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The transferable lesson

Show the pattern, ask why, and name it with an odd comparison.

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