In 1979, stuntman Kenny Powers attempted to jump the St. Lawrence River in a rocket-powered Lincoln Continental. He failed spectacularly.

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In 2012, scientists deliberately crashed a Boeing 727 to find the safest seats on a plane during a crash.

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Curious way to end a film

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Neil Armstrong Ejected just seconds before his lunar training vehicle crashed

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The highest G-force voluntarily experienced by a person was 83 Gs, achieved by Eli Beeding in 1958

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Canadian inventor Troy Hurtubise tests his armored grizzly bear protection suit.

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Going off-road with a Ford model T in the 1920s. Basically, testing how much abuse could take.

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Superman (1948) used animation before CGI was invented.

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This amazing shot from the 1957 Soviet war film “The Cranes are Flying”

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A Bedford RL ‘Bobbin’ truck from the 1950s lays a roadway mat on soft sand, making impossible beach landings smooth and fast

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Footage from 1932 showing the wife of Édouard Bénédictus holding up a piece of bulletproof glass made by Édouard while he fires his revolver at the glass.

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Two planes crash in the air while skydiving.

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Cops instruct teen to ram back of patrol car to stop his out-of-control SUV