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Gravity is all in your head (media.piefed.world)
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[-] nyankas@lemmy.world 31 points 3 days ago

Franz Reichelt, the Flying Tailor, seemed to be pretty sure he could fly when, in 1912, he tried testing a wingsuit he designed himself. By jumping from the Eiffel Tower. He could not fly.

[-] banause@feddit.org 25 points 3 days ago
[-] Trainguyrom@reddthat.com 4 points 2 days ago

Holy shit I was not prepared to see a dude fall to his death. I thought for sure it was just a glitz reel filmed the day before his failed attempt at flying

[-] The_Picard_Maneuver@piefed.world 11 points 3 days ago

I had a similar genius idea involving a bunk bed when I was 5.

[-] mnemonicmonkeys@sh.itjust.works 7 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago)

It looks like he just wrapped himself up in a camping blanket like it's a cape, but with a vampire-style oversized collar

[-] UltraGiGaGigantic@lemmy.ml 1 points 2 days ago

Some crazy person eventually got their fancy wing suit to actually work eventually.

[-] bitjunkie@lemmy.world 6 points 3 days ago

How Thomas Wayne actually died

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