"Matchstick Eiffel Tower Builder Denied World Record After 8 Years"

Richard Plaud spent eight years building a 23.6-foot Eiffel Tower model with 706,900 matchsticks, but may be denied the world record due to using non-commercially available matchsticks. Guinness World Records initially disqualified his attempt, citing the matchsticks as unrecognizable and not commercially available, but has since acknowledged being "heavy-handed" and will review the case. Plaud's dream of breaking a world record is still alive as Guinness plans to reevaluate the rules for similar records.