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We’ve seen people on skateboards and motorcycles loop the loop many times. Damian Walter is the first human to do it on foot. To run it without falling, you need to reach the right speed; then, centrifugal forces will keep you locked on the track. Note how his shoulder line stays dead centre of the loop. For this particular one, Damian needed to accelerate up to 8.65 mph in the highest point to be able to gain enough inertia as to rotate his body and legs around his head fast enough, so when gravity finally wins, he’s already feet down on the track.

woNW7 TIL in 2019 Robert Kirkman ended 'The Walking Dead' comic book series (source of a multibillion-dollar franchise) without any warning at all when he concluded issue #193 with a letter explaining it was over. He had ended it on his own terms, while partly concerned he lacked the material to continue.
Za1o TIL That Mao ordered the Chinese to eradicate mosquitos, rats, flies, and sparrows. Because the sparrows ate seeds, he felt they were eating unearned food, thus, they represented Capitalism. They killed so many sparrows the Eco imbalance contributed to a famine that killed 20 million people.
OQxR TIL that the guy at the end of American Dad episodes is Security Guard Peña a Venezuelan-American who worked at the office buildings where Family Guy and American Dad! are produced.
wL0vP TIL that the song played at the end of Disney's Sleeping Beauty was the official anthem of France between 1815 and 1830 (Bourbon Restoration). "Le retour des Princes Français à Paris" was composed by Tchaikovsky and is based on an old popular French song.
yVBXJ Today I learned Arizona Tea is actually a New York based company. It was named after Arizona because they thought it sounded clean and crisp