7 Facts about France
Everyone heard of Paris, the capital of France and of Love. Hollydays in France can be expensive, but it is a lifetime experience. So here are 7 facts to convince you to book a hotel room and get on that flight! Learn, Share, Subscribe ------------------------------------------------ Watch the entire series here: www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLbZJ71IJGFRTa_XMM9a4hDh2Yo9CsZzOR www.facebook.com/official7facts Follow: plus.google.com/+blinder00 twitter.com/Sebastian2Go ------------------------------------------------ In this brief video you can find seven little known facts about France. There are plenty of places to visit in France, like Nice, Lille, Lyon or Bordeaux. But there are so many facts you don’t know about this country. The map of France looks like a hexagon and the great emperor Napoleon was not French! There are over 1000 types of cheese made in France and Paris was a roman city called Lutetia. More information about the video content bellow: 1. 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. 2. In France, nearly 96% of high schools have condom vending machines. This encourages teens to practice safe sex and helps limit the spread of STD’s. 3. The French invented the metric system, the decimalised way of counting and weighing, in 1793 – the original prototype kilo – Le Grand K – a cylinder made in the 1880s out of platinum and iridium and about the size of a plum, was the only object known to scientists to have a mass of exactly 1kg. Everything else measured in kilograms is defined by Le Grand K. It’s kept locked away under three vacuum-sealed bell jars in a vault in the International Bureau of Weights and Measures (BIPM) in Sevres, France. Duplicate cylinders were sent around the world and every so often they’re compared to the original. 4. April Fool's Day in France apparently stems back to the 16th century – if you’re in France on April Fool’s Day, don’t be surprised if children try to stick paper fish onto your back and call you a ‘Poisson d’Avril’ (April Fish). This April 1st tradition is supposed to have started in the 16th century when King Charles XIV of France changed the calendar and those who continued to celebrate the end of the New Year at the end of March were ridiculed as fools. 5. The French are the inventors of the first digital calculator, the hot air balloon, the parachute, Braille, margarine, Grand Prix racing, and the first public interactive computer. 6. Named after its designer, Gustave Eiffel, France’s Eiffel Tower was built for the 1889 World Exposition. It was almost torn down in 1909 but was spared because it proved an ideal transmitter needed for the new science of radiotelegraphy. The Eiffel Tower is 324m high, including the antenna at the top. 7. Chamonix’s Aiguille du Midi cable car climbs from the valley floor to a terrace beneath the Aiguille at 12,392 feet (3,777 m) in just 20 minutes. Swung into action in 1955, the Aiguille du Midi is known as Europe’s highest and scariest cable car ride. More Info: www.expatica.com/fr/about/country-facts/30-interesting-facts-about-France_109142.html www.factslides.com/s-France facts.randomhistory.com/france-facts.html Music: Steve Combs – Delta Is 10 freemusicarchive.org/ Images: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Adolf_Hitler_in_Paris_1940.jpg www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/03/20/chicago-public-schools-free-condoms_n_5002245.html studyabroadadvisors.wordpress.com/page/26/?app-download=android www.n-tv.de/wissen/Le-Grand-K-schrumpft-article4786031.html www.haikudeck.com/the-metric-system-science-and-technology-presentation-gsB15JsGt4 www.festivalspictures.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/April-Fools-Day-Images-4.jpg www.hdwallpapersdownloadz.com/happy-april-fools-day-2015-new-hd-wallpapers-and-funny-greetings-download/ commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Aurora_electronic_calculator_DT210_09.jpg www.blendspace.com/lessons/gu9Dj5kVvTaviA/scientist whattoseein.net/eiffel-tower-paris/ wallpaperswide.com/old_photo_of_the_eiffel_tower-wallpapers.html www.chamonix.net/english/leisure/sightseeing/aiguille-du-midi blogs.cornell.edu/colinabroad/2013/04/22/reverse-spring-spain-lausanne-high-alps/img_2590aiguillecablecar-copy/
