Dropping a Penny From the Empire State Building Can Be Lethal
There’s a theory that if one drops a penny from the Empire State Building, it will reach such astronomical speeds that it will instantly end whoever it hits. But physics professor Louis Bloomfield created a helium balloon that dispensed pennies from high above. According to him, pennies aren’t aerodynamic enough to make them lethal. But other items that are more aerodynamic could potentially cause a more significant threat.