Random : 5 things you didn't know about Paris

1. To celebrate the bicentenary of the French Revolution in 1989, the golden dome of invalids was re-gilded, using 12.65kg (or 27.8lb) of gold leaf.
2. James Bond was modeled after a real spy named Wilfrid “Biffy” Dunderdale – MI6’s man in Paris.
3. The point of the Luxor obelisk indicated international time, making it the largest sundial in the world.
4. The Great Mosque of Paris sheltered Jews during the Holocaust and supplied them with Muslim identity certificates.
5. Hitler gave orders to destroy Paris on the eve of the allied liberation in 1944, but the Nazi General in control of Paris intentionally ignored the order.