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a bedsheet that negotiates with gravity and somehow keeps winning the argument.
da vinciHe sketched a working pyramid chute around 1485.
first jumpAndré Garnerin leapt from a balloon in 1797.
terminal speedIt cuts a 120-mph fall to walking pace.
silk rootsEarly canopies used the same silk as parachute pants.
reserve ruleSkydivers legally carry a second chute, repacked yearly.