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Gravity is all in your head (media.piefed.world)

submitted 9 hours ago by The_Picard_Maneuver@piefed.world to c/curatedtumblr@sh.itjust.works

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[–] nyankas@lemmy.world 18 points 8 hours ago (2 children)

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 15 points 8 hours ago (2 children)

It looks exactly as stupid as I thought.

[–] mnemonicmonkeys@sh.itjust.works 3 points 6 hours ago* (last edited 6 hours 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

[–] The_Picard_Maneuver@piefed.world 5 points 7 hours ago

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

[–] bitjunkie@lemmy.world 2 points 7 hours ago

How Thomas Wayne actually died