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* In Jules Verne's ''[[From the Earth to the Moon]]'', the astronauts get to the moon by being shot out of a 900 foot long cannon. In order to reach sufficient velocity to reach the Moon while traveling the length of the cannon, the ship would have to accelerate at 22,000 gravities, which would squash the astronauts inside it flat no matter what precautions were taken.
 
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* In ''[[8-Bit Theater|Eight Bit Theater]]'', Fighter survives a ridiculously long fall by [[Achievements in Ignorance|blocking]] [[Rule of Funny|the]] [[It Runs On Nonsenseoleum|Earth]].
 
 
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