SPECIAL FACTS ABOUT FRANCE

THE GOVERNMENT OF FRANCE AWARDS MEDALS

TO FAMILIES WHO "SUCCESSFULLY RAISE

MULTIPLE CHILDREN WITH DIGNITY"

DURING WWII, WHEN HITLER VISITED PARIS, THE

FRENCH CUT THE LIFT CABLES ON THE EIFFEL

TOWER SO IF THAT IF HE WANTED TO VISIT THE

TOP, HE WOULD HAVE TO CLIMB

THE MOSQUE OF PARIS HELPED JEWS ESCAPE

DURING WWII BY GIVING THE MUSLIM ID’S

BETWEEN 1748 AND 1772 POTATOES WERE

ILLEGAL IN FRANCE

KING JOHN I OF FRANCE WAS PROCLAIMED KING

FIVE MONTHS PRIOR TO HIS BIRTH.

HE ONLY LIVED FOR 5 DAYS

BETWEEN 1814 AND 1830, THE FLAG OF

FRANCE WAS PLAIN WHITE

BEAUTY PAGEANTS FOR KIDS ARE BANNED IN FRANCE

THE OFFICIAL CITY MOTTO OF PARIS IS

"FLUCTUAT NEC MERGITUR". THIS LATIN PHRASE

TRANSLATES TO "TOSSED BUT NOT SUNK".