TIL that in 1968 Bob Beamon broke the world record for the long jump by nearly 2 feet. His jump exceeded the limits of the measuring equipment that had been installed and his jump had to be measured manually. en.wikipedia.org Submitted by Lagavulin16_neat t3_zqw05z on December 20, 2022 at 6:39 PM in todayilearned 52 comments 2,347
my4coins t1_j10avan wrote on December 20, 2022 at 7:04 PM I did first read "broke the world record for the high jump by nearly 2 feet". Was this man raised by kangaroos? Permalink 9
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