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Eiffel Tower

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Eiffel Tower

The iron lady of Paris/Towers & Skyscrapers

The Eiffel Tower, built for the 1889 World's Fair, was originally intended to stand for just 20 years. It was the world's tallest man-made structure for 41 years until the Chrysler Building was completed in New York. It is held together by 2.5 million rivets.

Measurements

Height (with antenna)330 m
740 millionthsGrand Canyon lengths
185Samsung refrigerators
5,789Rubik's cubes
Iron mass7.3 million kg
1 millionThanksgiving turkeys
8 billionM&Ms
61,864Dwayne The Rock Johnson weights
Base area10,000 m²
1.7 millionSticky notes
154Classrooms
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