bafoon90 t1_j10sx2c wrote on December 20, 2022 at 9:00 PM Reply to comment by NairobiMuzungu in 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. by Lagavulin16_neat https://xkcd.com/852/ Relevant XKCD. Permalink Parent 110
bafoon90 t1_j10sx2c wrote
Reply to comment by NairobiMuzungu in 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. by Lagavulin16_neat
https://xkcd.com/852/
Relevant XKCD.