Fun Fact Friday

1. It Was Built As An Entrance For The 1889 World's Fair      In honor of the French Revolution's hundredth year anniversary, the city of Paris hosted the 1889 Exposition Universally, known in English as the 1889 World's Fair. Artists from all over the nation sent in their concepts for a structure, but the project fell into the hands of a construction firm owned by Gustave Eiffel, an architect and bridge-builder who also helped to design the Statue of Liberty. 2. The Size Of The Tower Changes With The Weather      When constructing the tower, Gustave Eiffel chose to use latticed wrought iron in order to prove that it could be just as strong as stone while also being lighter. The end result is a structure that is made up of approximately 7,300 tons of iron. Including its antenna, it is approximately 1,060 feet (320 meters) tall on an average day, but that's subject to change depending on the weather. The sun also causes it to expand and grow approximately 6 ...

 Every country on Earth has a unique shape. Many countries are larger than a single time zone, so they stretch through multiple, although the majority fits inside of one. However, the number of times zones a country passes through is not only determined by its size but also its offshore territories and colonies that might be a part of different time zones.       France is a country that has the largest number of time zones. It spreads across 12 different time zones that range from UTC-10 to UTC+12. France has many national territories scattered all over the world, which is the main reason for this. French Polynesia in the Pacific Ocean is mostly to blame for this phenomenon. The United States of America also spreads through many time zones - 11, to be exact. This comes as no surprise since the country spreads across an entire continent. Still, only six of those eleven time zones are on the mainland. The country with the most time zones is France, these time zone...