Historians and biographers often immortalize the last words of famous people before they die. Some would leave words of wisdom before passing on, while others think of leaving funny one-liners. But did you know what the French queen said before she was executed? On her way to the guillotine, the French Queen Marie Antoinette accidentally […]
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In today’s world, women sport different hairstyles; some traditional, some interesting, and some radical. In the past, French women who had short hair did it for a reason. What could that reason be? The Titus cut was a trendy female haircut during the French Revolution. It was inspired by the way executioners chopped the hair
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Notre-Dame de Paris For the Victor Hugo novel, see The Hunchback of Notre-Dame. For other uses, see Notre Dame (disambiguation) and Notre Dame de Paris (disambiguation). Notre-Dame de Paris (/ˌnɒtrə ˈdɑːm, ˌnoʊtrə ˈdeɪm, ˌnoʊtrə ˈdɑːm/; French: [nɔtʁə dam də paʁi] (listen); meaning “Our Lady of Paris”), also known as Notre-Dame Cathedral or simply Notre-Dame, is
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