He also broke YouTube records!

 

Yesterday social media and the online community were abuzz about Felix Baumgartner and his record-setting skydive.  Sponsored by Red Bull, Baumgartner travelled 24 miles above Earth and freefell down to Earth for about 10 minutes...  A little over 4 minutes before he deployed his parachute!  He is the skydiver to ever break the sound barrier, and he reached speeds of 834 miles per hour.  Additionally, he broke YouTube records by having over 8 million people view their stream live, more than have ever streamed live in the history of the internet.  Watch the historic dive here:

 

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