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eifeltowers across the world (thelemmy.club)
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[–] 15 points 1 day ago (1 child)

Give old Gustave Eiffel the respect of spelling his name correctly please

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gustave_Eiffel

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  • [–] 4 points 16 hours ago

    Fun Eiffel Tower fact: for the 1893 world's fair in Chicago, Eiffel proposed building a copy of his original tower but twice as tall. The organizers passed on the offer and went with the Ferris wheel instead. We could have had Eiffel Bueller's Day Off.

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