I was just thinking about high jumping - that track and field event we all remember since grade school. We understand the process - the participant sets the bar higher and tries to set a new record. That record becomes the new standard. In 1968, a guy named Dick Fosbury revolutionized the sport with his "Fossbury Flop", setting a new world record in the process at 7'4.25". He also won a gold medal at the Mexico Olympics that year. Today, the record is inconcievably higher - 8