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...that Abel-François Poisson, marquis de Marigny (pictured) became directeur général of the Bâtiments du Roi in 1751 at only 24 years of age as a result of the influence of his older sister, Jeanne-Antoinette Poisson, Madame de Pompadour, on King Louis XV of France?
...that Justin Godart was one of only 80 French parliamentarians who voted against dissolving the French Third Republic and establishing Vichy France in July 1940?
...that "La Vie en Rose" is the signature song of French singer Édith Piaf?

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