Interesting Facts

During World War I, France allegedly tried using parrots on the Eiffel Tower as an early warning system for enemy aircraft. (The experiment was abandoned because the parrots were very good at raising the alarm for approaching aircraft, but were unable to distinguish friend from foe, and they quickly grew bored.)

In France, from July 1, a new law will require shops and offices in France to turn off their lights one hour after the last worker leaves a building.   ( Shop windows may only be lit from 7 a.m. or an hour before opening time, and  shop window displays must be turned off at 1 a.m.   Exceptions will be made during Christmas and other significant events, as well as in some tourist and cultural areas. I wonder what they will do with the Eiffel tower.) Source

The Eiffel Tower in Paris has 18,038 steel pieces. (The con artist Victor Lustig "sold" the tower for scrap metal on two separate occasions.)

According to the Times newspaper, it takes 60 tonnes of paint to paint the Eiffel Tower in Paris. (It takes 25 painters 18 months to finish and it's had 17 coats since it opened on March 31,1889. Nowadays it's repainted every 7 years, more often than my poor old house.)

The Eiffel Tower in Paris has 2.5 million rivets. (I guess that means it's riveting.)

The Eiffel Tower in Paris has 1792 steps. (I was glad to find this warning, I'll take the lift thank you.)