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Okay, this sounds like a joke — but it’s 100% real.
The Eiffel Tower, that famous giant metal landmark in Paris, actually gets taller in the summer.
Like… it literally grows.
No watering. No fertilizer. Just heat. 🌞
🗼 So, How Does That Even Happen?
The Eiffel Tower is made of iron, and metal does something weird when it gets hot:
It expands — meaning the atoms inside it start to move more and take up more space.
So when the sun shines on the tower, heating it up...
👉 The whole thing stretches.
👉 The top rises.
👉 It can grow up to 6 inches taller (that’s like stacking 5 pancakes on top)!
In the winter? The metal cools down and shrinks again.
The Eiffel Tower is basically doing yoga all year long.
☀️ Why Does This Matter?
This is a great example of thermal expansion — something that engineers, scientists, and builders have to think about all the time!
Bridges, railways, and buildings all have little gaps built in so they don’t crack or bend when they heat up or cool down.
Even your glass windows can make little crackly sounds in summer — they’re expanding a tiny bit!
🇫🇷 Eiffel Tower Fun Facts!
It was built in 1889 and was the tallest building in the world at the time.
It weighs over 10,000 tons (that’s like 2,500 elephants 🐘).
It has over 1,600 steps if you want to walk all the way up (good luck!).
It’s painted every 7 years with 60 tons of paint.
🧠 What Can We Learn?
Even giant landmarks are affected by tiny science.
Heat doesn’t just make people sweat — it makes metal move!
Science is hiding in the most surprising places… even in a vacation selfie 📸
So next time you’re hot and sticky on a summer day, just remember —
you’re not the only one stretching out in the heat.
The Eiffel Tower feels it too.