Wellington boots were oddly enough designed by Germans, named by an Irishman, manufactured by an American in France and first worn by French peasants. – WTF Fun Facts
Source: https://www.telegraph.co.uk/men/the-filter/qi/8944718/QI-Quite-interesting-facts-about-rubber.html
The French phrase rire dans sa barbe translates ‘to laugh in one’s beard’ meaning to laugh quietly about a past event. – WTF Fun Facts
Source: https://www.talkinfrench.com/weird-french-expressions-part-3/
Up until 1858, all British Passports were written in French. The International Civil Aviation Organisation standard today recommends that, where the language of the issuing state is English, French or Spanish, they should supplement with one of the other languages. – WTF Fun Facts
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/
The equivalent to LOL in French is MDR – Mort De Rire, which translates to ‘dead from laughing’.
– WTF Fun Facts
Source: https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/mort_de_rire
French Company will make a perfume that smells like your loved one – WTF Fun Facts
