this post was submitted on 03 Feb 2026
891 points (99.3% liked)

Curated Tumblr

6729 readers
1197 users here now

For preserving the least toxic and most culturally relevant Tumblr heritage posts.

Here are some OCR tools to assist you in transcribing posts:

Don't be mean. I promise to do my best to judge that fairly.

founded 2 years ago
MODERATORS
Apytele@sh.itjust.works
ethaver@kbin.earth
891
Gravity is all in your head (media.piefed.world)
submitted 20 hours ago by The_Picard_Maneuver@piefed.world to c/curatedtumblr@sh.itjust.works
85 comments fedilink hide all child comments
 
you are viewing a single comment's thread
view the rest of the comments
[–] nyankas@lemmy.world 20 points 20 hours ago (4 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 17 points 19 hours ago (2 children)
[–] mnemonicmonkeys@sh.itjust.works 3 points 17 hours ago* (last edited 17 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

load more comments (1 replies)
load more comments (2 replies)