View this post on Instagram A post shared by richard Plaud (@toureiffelallumettes) Subscribe | UPI Odd Newsletter Subscribe Feb. 7 (UPI) -- A French man spent eight years building a 23.6-foot model of the Eiffel Tower from matchsticks, but his application for a Guinness World Record was rejected on the grounds of the matches he used. Richard Plaud said he used 706,900 matchsticks to build his massive model and applied to have his Eiffel Tower certified as the world's tallest matchstick

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