RealLifeLore/YouTubeHUMANSWhat'sTheTallestThingWeCouldEverPossiblyBuild?JACINTABOWLER26AUGUST2017Humanshavebeenfascinatedwithstarsforthousandsofyears,soit'snosurprisethatwekeepwantingtomaketallerandtallerbuildingsthatstretchtowardsthem.Therewilleventuallycomeapointwherewecannolongerbuildatallerbuilding–butwhatisthatpoint? AsthenewvideobyRealLifeLoreshows,it'sprobablytallerthanyouthink.Solet'sstartwithwhatalreadyexists.Yourregularoldonestoryhouseisprobablyaround4.5metres(15feet)high.ThetalleststatueintheworldistheSpringTempleBuddhaisaround28timesthatat128metres(420feet)tall.Justtoexplainhowbigthisthingis,ifyoujumpedfromitshead,you'dbelookingata5.5seconddelaybeforeyouhittheground.TheGreatPyramidofGizaisslightlytallerthanthisat146metres(480feet).Nottooshabbyforabuildingthat'sover4,500yearsold.Incredibly,thishugepyramidwasthetallestthinghumanshadeverbuiltfor3,881years. BeatingthatoutbyjustadozenorsometreswastheLincolnCathedral–builtin1311inEngland.At160metres(524feet)itwasthetallestbuildinguntil1884,whentheWashingtonMonumentwasbuilt.At169metres(555feet),thishugestructurewasonlythetallestforashortperiodoftime.We'llletthevideoexplainallthat–butwhatabouttheinterestingbit?What'sthetallestthinghumanscouldeverbuild?Well,thecurrenttallestbuildingistheBurjKhalifaataremarkable830metres(2,722feet).Thisbuildingdwarfseverythingbuiltbeforeit.Itwouldtakeyouamassive20secondstofallfromthetopofthebuildingtotheground. Butthat'snotthelimit–hypotheticallywecangomuchtaller.Intheory,therereallyisn'tamaximumheight,however,youwouldneedtokeepexpandingthebasetosupporttheweightontheloftytopofthestructure.Butlogically,becauseEarthisasphere,thisobviouslydoesn'tworkinreallife.Withthetechnologywehaverightnow,thetalleststructurewecouldpossiblybuildistheX-Seed4000–thisbuildinghasn'tbeenbuiltyet,buttheblueprintshavebeencompleted.Thismammothstructurewouldbe4kilometres(2.4miles)tall.We'retalkingthesamesizeasMtFujiinJapan.Butifyouthinkthisstructurewouldberelativelyeasytobuild,thinkagain.Thebaseofthisstruct