The Eiffel Tower grows
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It stretches taller on hot summer days.
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0:00 The Eiffel Tower gets about fifteen
0:02 centimetres taller in summer.
0:03 Its iron expands in the heat,
0:05 so on hot days the whole structure stretches
0:08 upward and shrinks again when it cools.
0:11 The tower even leans slightly away from the
0:14 Sun as its warm side expands.