Napoleon demanded a method of communication that would not require light or sound; that is how he inspired the basis for braille
French doctor and inventor Rene Laennec invented the stethoscope because he was too shy to put his ear to a woman’s chest
In order to popularize potatoes in France Parmentier placed armed guards on his potatoes fields and instructed guards to accept bribes and let people “steal” potatoes
The highly distinctive Clermont-Ferrand Cathedral in France is a Gothic cathedral built entirely in black lava stone
The Queen’s Hamlet: Marie-Antoinette’s fairy tale Rustic Village at Versailles, where she loved to act like a “simple peasant”
France gave the daguerreotype photographic process as a free gift to the world except to Britain. They had to pay