eiffel tower, n.All

The Eiffel Tower required 18,000 individual metallic parts, 2.5 million rivets, and 40 tons of paint.

The Eiffel Tower took three-hundred steel workers two years, two months, and five days to build

The Eiffel Tower is over 300m (984 ft) tall

The Eiffel Tower can shrink about six inches in the cold.

The Eiffel Tower is the best spot from which to view Paris, mainly because it is the only place in Paris from which you can't see the damn thing.

The Eiffel Tower is as much as 15cm taller during the summer

The Eiffel Tower has 2,500,000 rivets

The Eiffel Tower is an American skyscraper after taxes.

The Eiffel Tower is a truly tragic street lamp.

The Eiffel Tower is the Empire State Building after taxes.

The Eiffel Tower has 1,792 steps

The Eiffel Tower was built as an entrance arch for the 1889 World's Fair