101@feddit.org to World News@beehaw.orgEnglish · 6 hours agoParis removes Olympic rings from Eiffel Tower.www.rfi.frexternal-linkmessage-square4fedilinkarrow-up18arrow-down10
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minus-squarepedzlinkfedilinkarrow-up5·4 hours agoWell, the tower was also supposed to be temporary and yet, it’s still there 137 years later.
minus-square𝕽𝖚𝖆𝖎𝖉𝖍𝖗𝖎𝖌𝖍@midwest.sociallinkfedilinkarrow-up6·4 hours agoThey should have kept them there, like badges. Collected more and gotten totally blinged out. It should have a badge for WWII.
minus-squareMr_Blott@feddit.uklinkfedilinkarrow-up1·3 hours 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
Well, the tower was also supposed to be temporary and yet, it’s still there 137 years later.
They should have kept them there, like badges. Collected more and gotten totally blinged out. It should have a badge for WWII.
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