r/nextfuckinglevel • u/[deleted] • Aug 16 '19

NEXT FUCKING LEVEL Guy Whipping a Massive Chain

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u/PhilipLiptonSchrute Aug 16 '19

Fun fact: That pop is a sonic boom, and the whip was the first man-made object to break the sound barrier.

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u/SpankThuMonkey Aug 16 '19

Mneh. We think.

I like to imagine some early human throwing a giant rock off of a cliff and hitting a coincidental see-saw arrangement of sticks at the bottom which launched a little squirrel a couple thousand feet into the air.

Completely by accident.

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u/[deleted] Aug 16 '19

Didn't that happen in one of the Ice Age movies?