In Quebec, Greece, and France, there are laws which prevent a wife from taking her husband’s last name when getting married.–WTF Fun Facts
Source:https://time.com/3940094/maiden-married-names-countries
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WTF Fun Fact – Mustaches For All
In 1907, French waiters went on strike for the right to have mustaches. In France prior to 1907, mustaches were a symbol of class and stature, while waiters were seen as lower class and therefore not mustache-worthy. – WTF Fun Facts
Source: https://www.atlasobscura.com/articles/french-mustache-strike
WTF Fun Fact – Time For France
Technically, France holds the record by having a dozen different time zones, more than the USA and Russia which each span 11 different time zones. – WTF Fun Facts
WTF Fun Fact – French Meowing Nuns
In 1844, there was a case of hysteria in a French convent of nuns. One started meowing and after a week all the nuns were meowing harmoniously in the afternoons. It didn’t stop until neighbors called soldiers. – WTF Fun Facts
Source: https://archive.org/details/epidemicsofmiddl1844heck/
WTF Fun Fact – Wild Wallabies In Paris
There are ~150 wallabies living in the forest of Rambouillet near Paris, France. They are descendants of several wallabies that escaped from the local zoo in the 1970’s. – WTF Fun Facts
Fun Fact – Big Dipper AKA…
The Big Dipper which makes up part of the constellation Ursa Major is known as The Plough in the UK and Le Casserole in France. – WTF Fun Facts
Source: http://www.skyguide.org.uk/constellations/ursamajor/ursamajor.htm
WTF Fact – Pac Man Skull
French artist, Gentil Garçon, worked with a paleontologist, François Escuilié, to create a skull of the pellet-gobbling video game icon, Pac Man. – WTF Fun Facts
Source: https://www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/2012/02/14/real-life-pac-man-skull_n_1275989.html
France is out of office
France passed a ‘right to disconnect’ law in 2017, allowing people to ignore emails that arrive outside business hours. – WTF Fun Facts
Source: https://money.cnn.com/2017/01/02/technology/france-office-email-workers-law/index.html
underneath the avenues and boulevards of southern
Underneath the avenues and boulevards of southern Paris, France, there are catacombs/ossuaries holding the remains of more than six million people.
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