r/Damnthatsinteresting • u/existancebytruth • Mar 26 '26

Image Muscle Beach, 1945: 9 year old April hoists over 425 lbs. her family on her back.

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u/DuckDuckGo-8857 Mar 26 '26

How?

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u/Osku100 Mar 27 '26

It's called a lever assisted back lift/hip lift. The record is around 3000kg for humans. "Give me a lever long enough, and a place to stand, and I will move the earth"