University dives into the physics of Assassin's Creed's haystacks

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Everybody knows the Assassin's Creed series' haystack leaps are ridiculous. But just how ridiculous are they? The students at University of Leicester's physics department, obviously with some time on their hands, decided to find out.
Throughout the games, players are able to jump from enormous height into improbably small patches of straw found on the ground or in the backs of carts.
Characters will always survive the fall unharmed, whatever the height - an unlikely outcome in real life.
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