What are some really weird true facts about France?

It's the biggest European country

That Napoleon wasn't actually a midget or even short, he was of average height for the time period. He looked short because he was always with his military guards and they had to be a certain height i believe around 6 feet so it made him look small in comparison.

In France, it is illegal for a person to kiss another on railways. The name “France” comes from “Frank”, a Germanic tribe that invaded the Western Roman Empire in the 6th century and founded the first independent kingdom covering most of today’s France. Most French people learned English at school but are afraid to speak it because they fear their English isn’t good enough to be understood. It is believed the word denim originated in France. Other words with their origins in France are the guillotine, chauvinism and sadism.

The guillotine was legal until 1981, when it was abolished along with the death penalty. the last person executed in france using it was a torturer/murderer in 1977.

let's go It was forbiden for ladies to wear pants in Paris until.. 1981 !!! (a Paris police rule that had been forgotten) when the President come on board a french Navy ship, staying in a foreign country, all sailors must stand up and shout three times "hurray for Republic !" (to much royalists in the Navy...) There have been only men in the "Académie Française" for centuries. So the first time a lady was admitted, they had to create new lavatories : one was identified "gents" and the other one "Marguerite Yourcenar" the colloquial word "bistrot" (bar) comes from russian : russian soldiers use to come in and ask for wine "bistra ! bistra !" (quickly), to go back to their unit

have a look at this question, which was pretty much exactly the same : http://uk.answers.yahoo.com/question/index;_ylt=AptY74TxlbjFjVPTMO47aFshBgx.;_ylv=3?qid=20100909092911AAOG51P&show=7#profile-info-eC2PqxFBaa