🇫🇷 France
Oddlets from France.
The Postman Who Built a Palace
He tripped on a stone in 1879 and spent the next thirty-three years building a palace out of the ones he found on the way home.
The Man Who Never Opened His Mail
When Satie died, his friends entered his apartment for the first time in twenty-seven years.
The Woman Who Walked to Lhasa
At fifty-five, she disguised herself as a beggar pilgrim and walked into the most forbidden city on earth.
The Woman Who Calculated Everything
She funded her physics research by calculating card game odds and winning.
The Man Who Ate Everything Else
The French army once used a man who could swallow live puppies whole as a courier, hiding documents in his stomach.