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The earliest account of successful human flight is of a Chinese prince, who in 559 was forced to jump off a tower, strapped to a large kite. He survived the ordeal after gliding a considerable distan… (lemmy.world)

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Full title: The earliest account of successful human flight is of a Chinese prince, who in 559 was forced to jump off a tower, strapped to a large kite. He survived the ordeal after gliding a considerable distance, and was subsequently starved to death in prison.

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[–] aaa999@lemmy.world 22 points 4 days ago (1 children)

citation, link, name of prince, anything

[–] SatansMaggotyCumFart@piefed.social 14 points 4 days ago* (last edited 4 days ago)

https://medium.com/@laurenhunterbabump/a-case-study-in-stress-and-freedom-an-analysis-of-the-yuan-huangtou-%E5%85%83%E9%BB%84%E5%A4%B4-narrative-fe2988db6f4d

The person who originally shared this on Reddit had a link in the comments that ‘op’ didn’t copy over.