Vreeslike Famous feite van Frankryk

• The stories of 'Cinderella', 'Sleeping Beauty', 'Bluebeard', 'The Three Musketeers', ' The Hunchback of Notre Dame' and many more were written by french writers.
• The marriage of Eleanor of Aquitaine with the future king of England, Henry II led to British rule in France for about 300 years.
• In Frankryk word bier beskou as n luukse drankie wat gespaar word vir spesiale okasies, maar by meeste restuarante word wyn verniet bedien saam met jou kos.
• Die enigste Disneyland in Europa word gevind naby Parys.
• The concept of jean clothing was born in the Languedoc-Roussillon city of Nimes, France, from where it was imported by Levi Strauss to California to make tough clothes for the gold diggers.
• The Statue of Liberty, one of the most widely recognized structures of US, was made in France. It was gifted to the US in 1886 to celebrate its centennial. In fact, the face of the Statue is believed to have been modeled on Eugene Boyer, the wife of Isaac Singer, the famous sewing machine manufacturer.
• According to a 2004 IFOP survey, 44% of French people are Atheists. ( up by 24% since 1947).
• Andre Gide, French writer and Nobel Prize of Literature, said " French people are Italian people in bad mood".
• Fraans was die eerste taal van demokrasie regoor Europa en die 'Ottoman Empire', en toe die wereld se eerste werklike internationale taal tot Engels dit vervang het in die mid-20ste eeu.
• French was the official language of England for over 300 years ( from 1066 until the early 15th century). It is still the official language of 30 countries worldwide.
• Nicotine was named after Jean Nicot (1530-1600), a French diplomat and scholar who introduced the tabacco plant to France in 1559 ( from Portugal).
• "La Marseillaise", France's national anthem, was composed in Strasbourg in 1792, not in Marseilles as its name might induce to think.
• At its peak, between 1919 and 1939, the second French colonial empire extended over 12,347,000 sq km of land, or 8.6% of the world's land area. This is over 22 times the size of modern Metropolitan France.
• France has hosted 5 times the Summer Olympic Games, 3 times the Winter Olympic Games, and twice the FIFA World Cup.
• France has won the most Nobel Prizes for Literature of any country, 13 so far. And the second highest number of Field Medals ( mathematics) after the USA.
• On 10 June 2007, a sabre having belonged to Napoleon I was sold at a auction for 4.8 million Euro - the most expensive weapon ever sold.
• In France, in exceptional cases it is possible to marry a deceased person with the authorization of the President of the Republic.
• There are some 40,000 chateaux ( castles, manors, palaces..) in France.
• There are over 300 kinds of cheese made in France.
• 67 million tourist visit France every year, more that its own population.
• Elke dag word omtrent twee nuwe kook boeke vrygestel in Frankryk.