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This Hit Song Used a 200-Year Old French Melody
Did you know this? The melody of “Can’t Help Falling in Love” is based on “Plasir d’amour,” a classic French love song that dates back over 200 years. // Est-ce que vous savez que la mélodie de “Can’t Help Falling in Love” est basée sur “Plaisir d’amour,” une romance française qui date de plus de 200 ans?
Confinement Chronicles: It’s like being on a space station
I have been quarantined for 2 months. It’s like being on a space station, so I picked up a lamp globe and wore it to be sure no virus would fly into the air.
5 Tips for Cooking Chicken Like the French
Chicken is the indisputable king of the poultry flock. The French have had a long love affair with chickens and, as Julia Child and her co-authors of Mastering the Art of French Cooking noted, some of the most glorious dishes in French cuisine were created for this farmyard bird.
Virtual Tour: The Cinémathèque Française
The Cinémathèque Française is a French film organization based in Paris that holds one of the world’s largest archives of film documents and film-related objects.
A French Meteorite Takes Manhattan
Tucked into the Hall of Meteorites at the American Museum of Natural History in New York City are pieces of extra-terrestrial objects that initially fell to the Earth in 15th century France.
Virtual Tour: Château de Fontainebleau
Dating back to the early 12th century, the Château de Fontainebleau, or Palace de Fontainebleau, was a royal home to French monarchs over several centuries, encompassing numerous renovations, additions, and architectural overhauls.