101@feddit.org to World News@beehaw.orgEnglish · 2 days agoParis removes Olympic rings from Eiffel Tower.www.rfi.frexternal-linkmessage-square15fedilinkarrow-up11arrow-down10
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minus-squarepedz@lemmy.calinkfedilinkarrow-up0·2 days agoWell, the tower was also supposed to be temporary and yet, it’s still there 137 years later.
minus-squareMr_Blott@feddit.uklinkfedilinkarrow-up0·2 days agoApparently we have the Nazis to thank (?) for that. It was going to be pulled down but it made a very good radio transmitter antenna, so it stayed up
minus-square𝕽𝖚𝖆𝖎𝖉𝖍𝖗𝖎𝖌𝖍@midwest.sociallinkfedilinkarrow-up0·2 days agoThey should have kept them there, like badges. Collected more and gotten totally blinged out. It should have a badge for WWII.
Well, the tower was also supposed to be temporary and yet, it’s still there 137 years later.
Apparently we have the Nazis to thank (?) for that. It was going to be pulled down but it made a very good radio transmitter antenna, so it stayed up
They should have kept them there, like badges. Collected more and gotten totally blinged out. It should have a badge for WWII.