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First Ever Death Recorded (failed parachute jump)

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This was the first death ever recorded of Franz Reichelt (1879-1912) who was an inventor. He made the first ever parachute which back then was a wearable suit for pilots that would expand into a parachute should they need to eject themselves from their aircraft. He was so confident that his invention would work that he decided to test it out by jumping off the Eiffel Tower.

He had tested the suits with dummies, the results were disappointing.

He had tested the suit himself, jumping from a much lower hight, into a haystack. The suit didn't work.

The police allowed him to jump from the Eiffel tower only under the condition that he use a dummy first.

People told him his suit wouldn't work.

So he knew it wouldn't work, everyone else knew it wouldn't work. Despite all that, he jumped from the Eiffel tower. That was pretty much suicide.

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Last clip showing a guy measuring the hole made by his massive balls

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His balls of pure steal made him fall a lot quicker

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Objects fall at the same rate, whether it is steel or glass they both fall at 9.81 m/s per second.

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Air resistance affects objects differently though. a steel ball would tend to cut through the air more than a lot of less dense objects.

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Yes and no. Air resistance will definitely affect the object, but it has to do with shape, not the material itself. Circular (spherical), square (cubic), airfoil, all these shapes have different responses to air flow, the material does not matter here.

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I never knew Albert Einstein joined WPD

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Material matters because the heavier the object is, the less it is accelerated due to air resistance.

A beach ball and a boulder that are identical shape and volume fall differently.

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Wrong

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Correct I was joking but great job for knowing that

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Hi, I'm Franz Reichelt and this is Jackass!

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:marseylaugh:

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Such a shame. He would've been 143 today

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Correct, at least he went out with a bang

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Did he never test it with inanimate objects?

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Probably not i'm guessing

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Uncle Chuck has been working a long time.

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:marseylaugh:

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Seriously, what an idiot

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I believe I would have tried that over water the first time. Splash not splat.

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Yea that's what I was thinking, he was way over confident

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Luh calm fit

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He got the 1900s drip

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The first death ever recorded on film was the hanging of William Carr in 1897.

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I remember reading that Franz mentioned to a peer that he had doubts it would work as he was suiting up. You can clearly see his hesitation to jump. Pride is a motherfucker.

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Now. I've always wondered why parachute companies have such good reviews. This answers it. :marseyhesright:

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:marseylaugh:

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Plop

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:marseycum:

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The table and barstool launchpad was hilarious.

I feel like i am obligated to ask a question....am I?

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You don't have to ask a question if you don't want to, it's just if you would like more context or something

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interesting history

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Sure is

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He had tested the suits with dummies, the results were disappointing.

He had tested the suit himself, jumping from a much lower hight, into a haystack. The suit didn't work.

The police allowed him to jump from the Eiffel tower only under the condition that he use a dummy first.

People told him his suit wouldn't work.

So he knew it wouldn't work, everyone else knew it wouldn't work. Despite all that, he jumped from the Eiffel tower. That was pretty much suicide.

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thanks for the info, I will add it to the description.

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:marseycry:

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Holy shot watching this gave me some anxiety lol

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IK kindy freakish in a weird way

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woow.. thats a good one ...and rare!

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Thanks!

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isn't jumping on water safer? Especially when you try a thing you don't know about

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Not from the height that he was trying to test it from, he still would've been injured no matter what plus I don't know if there would be a place in France where he could jump off from that height into water. He was also certain that his invention would work so he just went for it.

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Wasn't a parachute it was a bird suit

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IDK, either way would be correct.

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Im glad they practiced with dummies before someone got hurt.

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He did, but he didn't listen to science and went for it anyway

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Thanks Bro, you're absolutely right. Enjoy the ride., Cheers

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I mean you gotta give it to the guy, he was trying out a theory it just so happened his math was way off and his build extremely shady

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yea his math ain't mathing

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I have often hesitated, just like that, mesmerized, before a jump, and then, not jumped. Now I don't feel bad about that.

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Good on you, life is worth living

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He could have at least tested it using a mannequin that had added weight to it so it would be the same weight as him.

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Ik he was way over confident

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I love the pianomusic

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Haha it's a classic

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name and number then please

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Piano sonata No. 14 by Ludwig van Beethoven

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Piano sonata No. 14 by Ludwig van Beethoven

Thanks

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Haha no idea

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