paint, n.Trivia

Egyptian mummies were actually ground and used to produce a rich brown paint color called 'Mummy Brown'. This practice was continued from the 16th century up until the 1960's.

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

The Eiffel Tower gets painted every seven years with 60 tons of paint.