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And those daring devils are up to their old japes again. We bet you're wondering what this time, hey? Front flipping a Harley ? Life-size paper airplane battles? Monkey tennis? Nope -- better than the lot put together.

They're doing a free-fall sky dive, from space... well virtually space, and not only that, but during the fall, Felix Baumgartner (which isn't pronounced bum-gardner) will break the sound barrier, with his own body. And smash the current 50-year-old world record, a measily 31km jump, held by Joseph Kittinger (left).

Wearing a specially designed suit, Felix will ascend to the edge of space in a stratospheric balloon, before leaping out. A "drogue parachute" will deploy initially to steady his flight. Then, traveling at 785mph, Baumgartner will encounter severe cold of -100 C, before smashing through the sound barrier at 40kms high.

Things don't stay cold for long though as Baumgartner begins to decelerate he will encounter a whopping change in temperature, before at 2km releasing his parachute and sailing slowly to the ground.

Impressive enough as it is in words alone, we decided to make you an infographic so you can fully appreciate the gravity of this achievement. You wanna see it? This is going to win awards. Keep reading then.