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Pyramid of geezers

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The current world record for the highest human pyramid is held by Dahi Handi festival-goers in India. But now Hayley Allison, Jordan Penney, Roger Leyser and Giles Lipscombe at the University of Leicester in the UK have put their own pyramid-forming theories to the test.

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The current world record for the highest human pyramid is held by Dahi Handi festival-goers in India. But now Hayley Allison, Jordan Penney, Roger Leyser and Giles Lipscombe at the University of Leicester in the UK have put their own pyramid-forming theories to the test.

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The current world record for the highest human pyramid is held by Dahi Handi festival-goers in India. But now Hayley Allison, Jordan Penney, Roger Leyser and Giles Lipscombe at the University of Leicester in the UK have put their own pyramid-forming theories to the test.

Key concepts: Pyramid (geometry), Test (biology), Geology, Physics, Optics, Paleontology

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