Ooh La La: 10 fun filled facts about.....France

 

Sacre-bleu Gentle Reader. July 14th is Bastille day. 

So lets whip out our guillotines and celebrate 10 fun-filled French facts.

1. The oldest bridge in Paris is called "The New Bridge".

2. In France you can marry a dead person.

 

3. There is a village in France called "Pussy".

 

4. There is also a town called "Condom".

5. One in five people in France have had depression, making it the most depressed country in the world.

6. During World War 2, a Paris mosque gave Jewish people fake Islamic identity papers so the could escape the Nazi's.
 

7. France introduced the world's first car registration plate.

8. 96% of French High schools have condom machines.

 

9. 83 million tourists visited France in 2012.

Rank	Country	UNWTO Region [4]	International tourist arrivals (2014)[1]	International tourist arrivals (2013)[1]	Change (2013 to 2014) (%)	Change (2012 to 2013) (%)
1	France	Europe	83.7 million	83.6 million	0.1	2.0
2	United States	North America	74.8 million	70.0 million	6.8	5.0
3	Spain	Europe	65.0 million	60.7 million	7.1	5.6
4	China	Asia	55.6 million	55.7 million	0.1	3.5
5	Italy	Europe	48.6 million	47.7 million	1.8	2.9
6	Turkey	Europe	39.8 million	37.8 million	5.3	5.9
7	Germany	Europe	33.0 million	31.5 million	4.6	3.7
8	United Kingdom	Europe	32.6 million	31.1 million	5.0	6.1
9	Russia	Europe	29.8 million	28.4 million	5.3	10.2
10	Mexico	North America	29.1 million	24.2 million	20.5	3.2

10. Before 2012, it was illegal for women to wear trousers in Paris.




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