That’s right, the Eiffel Tower literally gets taller when it’s hot. On a warm summer's day this 300-meter iron icon stretches itself out like it just woke up from a nap. “Ooh là là, it’s 35°C? Time to add a few centimeters to my height and show off!”
Thanks to a quirky little thing called thermal expansion (science’s fancy way of saying “metal gets bigger when it’s toasty”) it can add between 15 to 17cm to its height,
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