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"The tower has inspired many crazy stunts. It has been climbed by mountaineers, cycled down by a journalist, used as a launch pad for parachutists, and as a setting by trapeze artists. In 1911 a Parisian tailor named Reisfeldt attempted to fly from the parapet with only a modified cape for wings. He plunged to his death in front of a large crowd. According to the autopsy, he died of a heart attack before even touching the ground." |