The French President Who Fell Out of a Train

In May 1920, French President Paul Deschanel fell from his own presidential train at night after opening the window of an overheated sleeping compartment. He survived, was found by a skeptical railway worker, and the incident became one of the strangest scandals in French presidential history. Real history that sounds completely made up. Would you have believed him if he said he was the president? Follow Who Cares History for more crazy real history that sounds made up. #WhoCaresHistory #FrenchHistory #WeirdHistory #PaulDeschanel #HistoryShorts #PoliticalHistory

In May 1920, French President Paul Deschanel fell from his own presidential train at night after opening the window of an overheated sleeping compartment. He survived, was found by a skeptical railway worker, and the incident became one of the strangest scandals in French presidential history. Real history that sounds completely made up. Would you have believed him if he said he was the president? Follow Who Cares History for more crazy real history that sounds made up. #WhoCaresHistory #FrenchHistory #WeirdHistory #PaulDeschanel #HistoryShorts #PoliticalHistory

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