What If You Fell Off the World's Tallest Building?

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This is Burj Khalifa, the tallest building in the world. This masterpiece in Dubai is twice the height of the U.S.'s Empire State Building. And it's almost three times the size of the Eiffel Tower. So what if you took a tumble from the top? How could you slow your fall? Would anybody be able to catch you on the ground? Why does the G-force matter? What's terminal velocity?

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