This is a video taken from the top of the Burj Dubai , the tallest building in the world, at 2,684 ft. Jesus, that’s half a mile . Can you believe humans are even capable of this? I can’t — I shit my swim trunks on the high dive once. But, to my credit, I did do one hell of a cannonball. This Video From the Tip Top of the Burj Dubai Makes Me Sick to My Stomach [gizmodo] Thanks to Rick, who has dived off higher platforms into a cup of water. I mean, he died, but he did do it.