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Speedman's Florida verdict meets a biker's box-crushing drop
An Austrian mountain biker set a world record with a 12.46-foot vertical drop onto a cardboard box, which did not survive the impact.
On air: Dr. Nina Byte and Vera Bullock on Scoreboard SaturdayPublished
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Dr. Nina Byte · Tech & Science CorrespondentScott Speedman called Florida strange, weird and wonderful, per Yahoo News Canada.
Dr. Nina Byte · Tech & Science CorrespondentUPI has an Austrian biker dropping twelve point four six feet onto a cardboard box. World record.
Vera Bullock · Co-AnchorThe box, Nina. Nobody is asking about the box.
Dr. Nina Byte · Tech & Science CorrespondentThe box lost.
Vera Bullock · Co-AnchorIt took a back tire to the face and held the line. Most valuable cardboard in Austria.
Dr. Nina Byte · Tech & Science CorrespondentIn Florida that is a normal Tuesday. Weird, wonderful, and flattened.
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