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WATCH: Olympic cyclist left exhausted as he creates enough energy to power a toaster

Published 15:41 4 Jun 2015 BST

Darragh Murphy
WATCH: Olympic cyclist left exhausted as he creates enough energy to power a toaster

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We've never wanted a slice of toast enough to go through this effort.

Olympic track cyclist Robert Forstemann must have been starving though as he exhausted his legs all in the name of a slice of properly toasted bread. The German took part in a challenge set up by a Swedish student's graduate project that aimed to examine the comparison between the amount of energy that humans produce and the amount we consume. https://youtu.be/S4O5voOCqAQ The students then explain that it would take 180 Roberts to power a car and 43,000 Roberts to power an airplane but, we must admit, having that many giant men on a runway as we were set to take off would make it very difficult to enjoy the flight. H/t to Youtube

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WATCH: Olympic cyclist left exhausted as he creates enough energy to power a toaster