Its construction for the World's Fair of 1889 was an astounding engineering achievement ' 18,000 pieces joined together by 2,500,000 rivets, soaring 300 m (984 ft) into the air but standing on a base that is only 130 m (1,400 ft) square.
18,000 pieces are fastened together by 2,500,000 rivets.
yeah i don't i didn't hear any major complaints about it um  i definitely think that we ought to let them decide and not say okay you're a state now or you're your own country or whatever