15 Facts About France That You Don't Know: From Strange Names of Towns in France to its Weird Incidents You Will See 15 Mind Blowing Facts About France.
Presenting '15 Facts About France That You Don't Know' Episode Will Focus on Some of The Most Weird and Some of The Most Interesting Facts about France.
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• Facts List •
★France is the most visited country in the world: 83 million tourists in 2012.
★Paris was originally a Roman city called "Lutetia".
★The French government gives medals to citizens who have "successfully raised several children with dignity."
★There's only one STOP sign in the entire city of Paris.
★In France, you can marry a dead person.
★There is a small village in France called "Pussy".
★1 in 5 people in France has experienced depression making it the most depressed country in the world.
★During WWII, when Hitler visited Paris, the French cut the lift cables on the Eiffel Tower so that Hitler would have to climb the steps if he wanted to reach the top.
★There's a Coffee Shop in France where not saying "hello" and "please" makes your coffee more expensive
★The Mosque of Paris helped Jews escape the Nazis by giving them Muslim IDs during WWII.
★There is a town in France called Condom.
★France was the first country to introduce the license plate.
★Potatoes were illegal in France between 1748 and 1772.
★In France, nearly 96% of high schools have condom vending machines.
★You can use Skype to call toll free numbers at no charge in the U.S., UK, Taiwan and France.
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