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Will there be an eventual limit to physical/athletic world records? It seems every year we run/pitch/jump/swim a mph/second faster/ foot higher. Will humans continue to become bigger stronger faster or will the body hit a point where it becomes physiologically impossible?

by /u/Detlef_Schrempf in /r/askscience

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