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xkcd #3039: Human Altitude (xkcd.com)
submitted 7 months ago by Iron_Lynx@lemmy.world to c/xkcd@lemmy.world
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I wonder what surviving human held the record before balloons (excluding edge cases like jumping gaps on a mountain bridge). Probably it was someone falling from a cliff into snow or water, but maybe it involved something weird like a gunpowder explosion or volcano.

Explainxkcd: https://www.explainxkcd.com/wiki/index.php/3039:_Human_Altitude

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[โ€“] jmcs@discuss.tchncs.de 15 points 7 months ago (2 children)

The pre-1800 numbers sound too low. There are lots of old buildings much higher than 10 meters high, and I doubt they were all unoccupied at the same time.

[โ€“] Fermion@feddit.nl 3 points 7 months ago

Even before tall buildings, trees should put the noise floor above 30 meters.

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