toureiffel.paris

P1Ovn TIL the Eiffel Tower in Paris can grow up to 15 centimeters (about 6 inches) during the summer due to the thermal expansion of the metal it's constructed from.
Zpwdo TIL the Eiffel Tower has been painted nearly twenty times. It’s been shades of red, yellow, brown, and grey, and has never been painted black.
9wlK6 TIL that the Eiffel Tower was due to be dismantled, in 1910, but survived as it could (and still is) used as a giant radio antenna to transmit and receive radio broadcasts.