Once every seven years, the iconic Eiffel Tower in Paris is given a paint job. It takes about 15 months and 60 tons of lead-free brown paint to get the monument looking as good as new again.

Lions usually saunter lazily at a speed of 4 km per hour, but if need arises, they can run as fast as 60 km per hour! They can also leap up to 12 m in air! However, the lion habitually spends almost 20 hours sleeping.