![](http://cdn.guardian.ng/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/IMG_1173-1024x576.jpeg)
Frenchman’s 700,000 Matchstick Eiffel Tower Rejected by GWR
A Frenchman’s eight-year effort to build the world’s tallest structure out of matchsticks has been rejected by Guinness World Records. Richard Plaud, 47, devoted 4,200 hours to meticulously assembling 706,900 matchsticks into