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[–] idegenszavak@sh.itjust.works 25 points 3 days ago (1 children)

That's how Garry Hoy died:

In an attempt to prove to a group of prospective articling students that the building's glass windows were unbreakable—a stunt he had performed without incident many times before—he threw his body against the glass. True to Hoy's assertion, the window did not break; instead, the entire window yielded whole, popping out of its frame, and Hoy fell to his death.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Death_of_Garry_Hoy

[–] Creepo@lemmy.world 1 points 3 days ago (1 children)

I remember hearing about that. Happened in Toronto downtown I believe.

[–] idegenszavak@sh.itjust.works 1 points 3 days ago

Was a post about him in !historymemes@piefed.social recently, that's how I learned about him: https://sh.itjust.works/post/63828716

The image/gif is gone from the post (why though), I guess from the title it was a repost of this post from r*ddit: https://old.reddit.com/r/HistoryMemes/comments/1v2saj9/the_glass_held_strong_the_frame_did_not_neither/