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Yerevan has been the capital of Armenia since 1918. A thousand-year-old city, founded in 782 BC, it is located on the Ararat plain, close to Mount Ararat.

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Niger's capital is Niamey, a city located along the River Niger in the west of the country.

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William Murdoch is a Scottish engineer and inventor. He is an employee of James Watt and has made several of his patented inventions. The ownership of the discovery of lighting gas around 1800 was a matter of debate at the time. It was shared between the Frenchman Philippe Lebon, the Englishman William Murdoch, the German Frédéric-Albert Winsor and the Limbourgois Jan Pieter Minckelers.

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Yaoundé, known as the city of seven hills, is the political and administrative capital of Cameroon, located in the Centre region.

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Martina Navratilova won a total of 59 Grand Slam titles: 18 titles in singles, 31 titles in women's doubles, which is the absolute record, and 10 titles in mixed doubles.

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French cycling legend Jeannie Longo won 59 French championship titles during her exceptional career.

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The Plague is a novel by Albert Camus published in 1947 and receiving the Critics' Prize the same year. It belongs to the cycle of revolt bringing together three works by Camus, The Plague, The Revolted Man and The Righteous, which in part enabled its author to win the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1957.

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Chamomile's current scientific name is Matricaria chamomilla. This plant is widely used for its medicinal and soothing properties.

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French painter Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec first made a name for himself with his posters. He immortalized Parisian nightlife, notably at the Moulin Rouge.

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In 1769, French military engineer Joseph Cugnot built the first motorized steam vehicle, the fardier à vapeur, the forerunner of the automobile.

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