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Ythio t1_iy074bc wrote
Reply to comment by BXCellent in TIL that FIFA is a French abbreviation, it would be IFAF in English, and England weren't an original member despite creating the game. FIFA also now has more members than the UN by BXCellent
IFAB, International Football Association Board, maintains the "laws of the game", the official set of rules.
So you can write either Association Football or Football Association.
Ythio t1_ixe7ta4 wrote
Reply to TIL the Passemant astronomical clock in Versailles has shown the correct date, time, moon phase, planetary alignment, etc (accounting for leap years ) from 1750 and can display through 9999. by kitkatbloo
I checked both the English and French webpage and nowhere does it says the clock is still showing the correct time (or date, etc...).
Looking further on the website a page in French says "its main engine regularly cease to function".
Ythio t1_iw1xyhd wrote
Reply to TIL that the 1st King of England made a law that said everyone had to be in bed by 8pm by PoppedUrMomsCherry
Curfew in older times isn't about going to bed, it's about extinguishing public lighting (curfew => cover fire in french)
Ythio t1_iurlgww wrote
Reply to comment by canopenerboy in Today I learned that dandelion roots can be used to make a coffee-like beverage. by ty775pearl
That's the actual French name. Pissenlit -> pisse en lit (in weird 500 year old french) -> piss into bed.
I'm not surprised creatively carried over to English, as many words did
Ythio t1_ityu9x8 wrote
Reply to comment by Katy-Moon in TIL that the fragrance/perfume given as a gift to the Marquis de Lafayette by George Washington, is still produced by the same manufacturer today. The fragrance has been worn by Washington, John Quincy Adams, JFK, George Gershwin, and countless others. by mcmcplok
$225 is quite a sum but is not crazy as far as French perfume go. A very basic Channel No 5 that smells like your grandma costs 75-250 bucks depending on bottle size, and that's before import taxes and stuff
Ythio t1_ittyrlu wrote
Reply to TIL that France and Spain "went to war" over a few stop signs in the 1970s and 1980s when France built two new roads that crossed a Spanish road and installed new stop signs which Spanish citizens continually removed over and over again for years. This became known as the "War of the Stop Signs". by AxelNotRose
Title leaves out the important fact that this particular town is cut from the Spanish mainland and entirely encircled by French territory.
Ythio t1_j1uviln wrote
Reply to comment by OldMork in TIL the New Zealand Prime Minister, Rob Muldoon, once called a snap election while extremely drunk. His party lost 10 seats. by EucalyptusBrain
>another went for a swim and never came back.
Understandable, also happened to a triple king of Germany, Italy and Burgundy during a crusade.
Then again there are always overachiever like that one English duke that was sentenced to death by drowning in wine.