France Facts
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Awesome France Facts |
Paris, its capital, is known worldwide for its couture fashion houses, classical art museums including the Louvre and monuments like the Eiffel Tower.
2. France once controlled more than 8% of the world's land
3. In France, you can marry a dead person
4. There is a small village in France called "Pussy"
5. 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
6. There is a town in France called Condom
7. Potatoes were illegal in France between 1748 and 1772
8. France uses 12 different time zones, the most of any country in the world
9. From 1814 to 1830, the flag of the Kingdom of France was plain white
10. For 214 years until 2012, it was illegal in Paris, France, for women to wear trousers
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