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This video may be almost as old as the modern Internet itself -- it allegedly aired on an episode of German variety show Wetten dass..? in 1997 -- but it's obligatory viewing if you haven't already seen it. In a stunt that no one has conclusively proven to be a fake, a Liebherr excavator climbs to the top of a massive steel pole as onlookers cheer.

A contestant on the German game show Wetten, dass..? named Sophia Heesch claimed that she could identify 80 Star Wars figurines using only her mouth. The Snowtrooper gave her a little trouble, but she still hit her target of four out of five IDs-- pretty incredible. Video after the jump: