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France was the
first country to produce Brandy for wide scale commercial scale. |
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The people of
France eat more cheese than any other country in the world. |
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There are 216
varieties of cheese in France! |
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Married men in France
use more cosmetics than their wife's. |
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Chasing a
chicken though town naked was a punishment for a woman who committed
adultery. |
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It is illegal to
sell an E.T doll in France as they have a law that forbids the
sale of dolls that do not have human faces. |
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In France a
yellow flower represents "infidelity". |
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there's a place
called "Y" in France. |
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Colgate
introduced a toothpaste in France called "Cue", which
was the name of a notorious pornographic magazine. |
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Napoleon was not
born in France he was born on the island of Corsica and had
Italian parents. |
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Francophobe is
the fear of all things French. |
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King Louis XIX
ruled France for 15 minutes. |
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Nearly 94
percent of the inhabitants of France are native-born. |
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No nation is
more dependent on atomic power than France; about 73 percent of
the country's electricity is generated by nuclear power plants. |
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National service
is compulsory for 10 months for men between the ages of 18 and 35. |
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In 1348 the
bubonic plague entered France from the Mediterranean via
Marseille. The resulting pandemic, known as the Black Death,
engulfed the country in two years, killing as much as one-third of
the population |
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The French
national anthem is called "La Marseillaise" (The Song of
Marseille). |
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The French
postal telephone and telecommunications systems are operated by
the government. |
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France is a part
of NATO North Atlantic Treaty Organization. |
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France conducted
a series of underground nuclear test's in the south Pacific from
1995 to 1996 |
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The Eiffel tower
varies in height depending on the temperature, Sometimes by as
much as six inches
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