Interesting Question of the Day – 27 July 2015 July 27, 2015Uncategorizedgeography, interesting questions, scienceiqtrivia Why does the Eiffel Tower lean on some days? It’s not because of the wind, but it is weather related. The first new player to comment on the website with the correct answer wins a free drink at their next iQ Trivia show.
Well it has been there for well over 100 years, but that’s not why. It’s also not because that child in the photo is pushing on it.
Heat from the sun causing one side to expand.
That’s exactly why. It’s as though it is trying to get out of the sun.
Because it’s tired?
Well it has been there for well over 100 years, but that’s not why.
It’s also not because that child in the photo is pushing on it.
Is it because the sun heats up one side of it, heating the metal on one side, making it expand?
It’s all about the physics of metals.