Pépite

The French microlearning app

General knowledge, country by country.Actually fun.

A few animated cards, four questions, and already a story to tell tonight.

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Namaqualand in spring, painted around 1900: a carpet of orange flowers under dry hills
South Africa
Did you know?

The red tea you drink at night is not a tea. Know what it really is?

Hugo Naudé, vers 1900 · public domain

  • Sources named and clickable
  • No ads, no endless feed
  • Spaced review
  • Works offline

Country by country

France first. Then the world, one country at a time.

Six chapters per country, always the same: you know what is coming before you open the first lesson.

Vercingetorix on horseback throws down his arms before Caesar
Lionel Royer, 1899, musée Crozatier · Public domain
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France

The country you think you know by heart, from the Gauls to the TGV.

Six chapters · 29 lessons

  1. HistoryThe foundations(7 lessons)Jeanne d’Arc before her judges(2 lessons)Marie Curie(2 lessons)+ 8 to come
  2. LegendsA fairy, a beast and a horn(4 lessons)+ 3 to come
  3. LanguageA language that made its way(4 lessons)+ 3 to come
  4. At the tableReading a wine label(2 lessons)+ 6 to come
  5. LandA hexagon, an island and three oceans(4 lessons)+ 3 to come
  6. TodayChanel(2 lessons)The French touch(2 lessons)+ 6 to come

All 11 countries of the passport are open.

  • And after that:
  • Greece
  • Mexico
  • India
  • South Korea
  • Senegal

How it works

You read, you play, you remember.

The first 3 cards of “Jeanne d’Arc before her judges”, exactly as in the app.

Reading the card

France

Jeanne d’Arc before her judges

10 cards · 4 questions · offline

1One card at a timeOne idea per card, with a picture, a timeline or a portrait. Never a wall of text.
2Four questionsTrue or false, put in order, find the word. Every mistake is explained.
3One question tomorrowThen at 3, 7, 21 and 60 days, just before you forget it.

One minute

True or false? Three questions.

Verified facts, with their source.

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South Africa · At the table

Rooibos, the red tea, really is a tea.

Your nugget is waiting.

One lesson, four questions, and the hard part will be stopping.

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