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The photograph is referenced in the movie Stranger Than Fiction by the character Karen Eiffel. The photograph is also referenced in the song "Shatter Me with Hope" by HIM from their album Screamworks: Love in Theory and Practice , with the lyrics "Turn to page 43, and you'll know how I feel," being in direct reference to the photograph as shown ...
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The Eiffel Tower was the world's tallest structure when completed in 1889, a distinction it retained until 1929 when the Chrysler Building in New York City was topped out. [102] The tower also lost its standing as the world's tallest tower to the Tokyo Tower in 1958 but retains its status as the tallest freestanding (non-guyed) structure in France.
The drop tower initially opened, along with the park itself, on 30 November 1999. [6] The tower allows participants enter into free fall from a height of 69.5 meters, or 228 feet (the equivalent of a 23-story building) at a speed of approximately 94 km/h (58.41 mph). [1] [2]
American Larry Brown and Anita Hansen, from Denmark, were strangers who met on the Eiffel Tower in 1989 and became friends, kickstarting an unexpected love story.
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In 1950, Darcel had a Vaudeville act, which was panned by at least one reviewer. About Darcel's performance 5 May 1950, at the Strand in New York, the Billboard review said: "Denise Darcel showed her well-stacked chassis ... but her heavily accented English sounded like so much gibberish; it got laughs instead of attention. ... her singing is inadequate, her over-use of hands and arms is ...
Athletes weren't the only ones putting on a show in Paris this Olympics. Across the city, lightning and rain lit up the night sky and made quite a fuss for the athletes at the 2024 Paris Games.