Facts You Never Knew About Eiffel Tower

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The Eiffel Tower was named after the engineer Gustave Eiffel, whose company designed and built the tower.

The Eiffel Tower was built for the 1889 Paris Exposition and was not intended to be permanent.

During WWII, when Hitler visited Paris, the French cut the lift cables on the Eiffel Tower so that Hitler would have to climb the steps if he wanted to reach the top.

Con artist Victor Lustig "sold" the Eiffel Tower to a scrap metal dealer.

A woman named Erika La Tour Eiffel "married" the Eiffel Tower in 2007.

There are over 30 replicas of the Eiffel Tower around the world.

Inventor Franz Reichelt died by jumping from the Eiffel Tower while testing a parachute of his own design.

There are 20,000 light bulbs on the Eiffel Tower.

“I ought to be jealous of the tower. She is more famous than I am.” ― Gustave Eiffel