Briefly set a new record for tallest human-made structure by getting my knit sweater snagged on the skydiving plane door as I jumped and not noticing until I’d landed.

https://explainxkcd.com/3058/

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    3 days ago

    If an unraveling sweater counts as a “tall structure”, then what about the space tether, where NASA used a 20 km long wire?

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      3 days ago

      The comic lists tall structures existing in this moment. Aside from not starting at ground level, as an experiment, the space tether does not persist until today.