This is a video of crazy person Laso Schaller setting world records for both the Highest Dive from a High Diving Board and Highest Cliff Jump by leaping from a platform built on a cliff in Maggia, Ticino, Switzerland in 2015 while a group of spectators watch (the tiny ants
Height: it’s my middle name (well, Hite anyways). But despite it, I’m still terrified of them, so China’s ‘Flying Kiss’ attraction in the Wulong Baima mountains near Chongqing is probably not for me. But maybe it’s for you. FaceTime me from the top so I can live vicariously through your
This is another size comparison video from MetaBallStudio (previously), this time visualizing the increasing height of the world’s current tallest buildings (you can see the Burj Khalifa, fourth building from left), along with proposed future projects (some under construction, but most still conceptual). I learned a lot by watching it.
The Falcon’s Flight roller coaster being built at the currently-under-construction Six Flags Qiddiya in Saudi Arabia will be the world’s tallest, longest, and fastest roller coaster to date, featuring a three-minute, 2.5-mile long ride at heights up to 525-feet and speeds up to 155MPH. For reference, the current longest coaster