#3058: Tall Structures
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[Labels below structures shown in a black silhouette, from left to right, shortest to tallest:]
The Great Pyramid (Giza)
The Shard (London)
The Eiffel Tower (Paris)
The Empire State Building (New York)
The CN Tower (Toronto)
The Clock Towers (Mecca)
KRDK-TV Mast (North Dakota)
Shanghai Tower
Tokyo Skytree
Merdeka 118 (Kuala Lumpur)
Burj Khalifa (Dubai)
Some random aerostat that happens to be operating today
[Caption below the panel:]
The Burj Khalifa is the world's tallest artificial structure, but only on days when no one is flying a high-altitude kite balloon aerostat.
(Sourced from explainxkcd.com)
Title text:Briefly set a new record for tallest human-made structure by getting my knit sweater snagged on the skydiving plane door as I jumped and not noticing until I'd landed.