• Billionaire Richard Branson suffered cuts and bruises on October 11, 2007, while plunging down the side of the Palms Hotel and Casino in Las Vegas in a harness. The stunt was designed to celebrate the extension of Branson's Virgin America airline.

• Fast Facts:

  1. Jumped from atop the hotel's 390 ft. high "Fantasy Tower"
  2. Tumbled downward at 80mph
  3. Stronger-than-anticipated winds pushed Branson into the wall as he fell

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