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How did the wife of Louis XIV ride a sleigh in the summer?

Once the wife of the French King Louis XIV, Madame Maintenon, wanted to ride in a sleigh in the middle of summer. The next morning, she was given a multi-kilometer "snow" track of salt and sugar along the roads of Versailles.

Authors: Jimmy Wales, Larry Sanger

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