219meter jump from Slovakian skijumper Jurij Tepes…for those of you who don’t habla espanol thats 718.5 feet.

For those of you who don’t habla United States customary units or English standard measurements…thats almost exactly back of the end zone to back of the end zone twice.

…or roughly two space stations for the scientifically inclined. 693259main_jsc2012e219094_big

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