Anyone can feel special. Look for the things you like, for the people you love and cherish and who love you asmuch as you do, for a way to be proud of yourself.
WHILE YOU WERE SCROLLING, A MAN FELL FROM SPACE FASTER THAN SOUND.
in 2012, Felix Baumgartner rode a helium balloon 39 kilometers up — to the edge of space — and jumped. no engine, no wings, just a pressurized suit and gravity. what followed was the first human to break the sound barrier with his body.
> he rose for 2.5 hours in a balloon so thin it looked like plastic wrap
> in freefall he hit Mach 1.25 — over 1,357 km/h — with no vehicle around him
> he entered a flat spin that almost killed him, then stabilized and landed safely 4 minutes later
fun fact: 8 million people watched it live on YouTube — the biggest live stream in history at the time. the world literally stopped to watch one man fall.