Director Ridley Scott's recently released movie Napoleon was never intended to be historically accurate. Find out where the movie departs from the facts.
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Caption 50 [fr]: et Bonaparte donne l'ordre de tirer un coup de canon Caption 50 [en]: and Bonaparte gives the order to fire a cannon
Patricia discusses the galette des rois (kings' cake), a classic holiday delicacy associated with the festival of Epiphany. A small figurine is placed inside the cake, and whoever finds it in his or her slice is crowned "king" or "queen" for the day.
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Caption 6 [fr]: Non, il ne s'agit pas de tirer les moustaches du roi Caption 6 [en]: No, it's not about pulling the king's mustache
This next part of the Il était une fois series on George Stephenson deals with the Rainhill Trials, a competition that determined what kind of trains (steam engines or locomotives) would be used on the Liverpool and Manchester Railway.
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Caption 11 [fr]: ni que votre locomotive soit capable de tirer ce train. Caption 11 [en]: nor that your locomotive is capable of pulling this train.