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Type 500 feet, get 71 Shaquille O'Neals. Every answer is real, and every answer is cited.

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about 1.9 seconds for an arrow from a 50-lb compound bow to reach that height

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500 feet: arrow launched straight up at 300 fps (91.44 m/s), no air drag; unreachable above ~426 m โ†’ 1.85

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64 adult bull moose โ€” please respect the elevator's posted capacity

* not a typo โ€” the plural of moose is moose

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71 Shaquille O'Neals standing on each other's shoulders

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500 feet = 152.4 m รท 2.16 m per Shaquille O'Neal = 70.56 โ†’ 71

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67 Chewbaccas standing on each other's shoulders

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500 feet = 152.4 m รท 2.28 m per Chewbacca = 66.84 โ†’ 67

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38 Easter Island moais

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500 feet = 152.4 m รท 4 m per Easter Island moai = 38.1 โ†’ 38

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