Can A Penny Dropped From A Tall Building Kill You?

**poundwise** · 05-04-2007, 07:04 AM

Interesting.

**tinapbeana** · 05-04-2007, 07:04 AM

mythbusters (on discovery channel) did this myth and busted it. wanna know how? they fired pennies thru a callibrated air cannon at a head made out of ballistics gel! too neat!

**Broken Arrow** · 05-04-2007, 09:59 AM

Tina beat me to it. Love that show.

By the way, they've got a special Ninja edition Mythbuster coming up the middle of this month, with special guest...er... Ninja from AskNinja.com!

Don't miss it!

**tinapbeana** · 05-04-2007, 11:29 AM

um, BA? that one was already on.... it's good, though, so watch it!

**greedy4chips** · 05-04-2007, 12:50 PM

I love mythbusters and will watch repeated episodes during the same week. Can they explore financial myths besides credit card magnetic stripes losing their codes by swiping a magnet across it or placing it in an eel skin wallet?

Like the financial myth that if I collect the new money being created by the treasury department, will it ever increase in value to outpace even modest returns on an investment of say 5% in CDs over the next 2000 years.?

using the formula to calculate future value (FV) of an investment at a constant rate of return (i) over n years

1 dime invested at 5% for 200 years would yield the following return.

FV = PV(1+i)^n

FV = .10 * ((1 + .05)^200) = $1,729.26

rare coins yes, current coins will "never" appreciate due to everyone collecting them eliminates the rareness factor.

An 1822 dime has a max value of $1250 according to coinsite.com

Holy I digress batman!

**Broken Arrow** · 05-04-2007, 02:44 PM

Originally posted by tinapbeana View Post

um, BA? that one was already on.... it's good, though, so watch it!

What?! NOOOOOooooo!

The irony is rather amusing.

**tinapbeana** · 05-04-2007, 03:14 PM

Originally posted by Broken Arrow View Post

What?! NOOOOOooooo!

The irony is rather amusing.

always a fan of irony!!!

the best part is about walking on water, and at the end they create a big vat of "non-newtonian fluid" which adam apparently hadn't experienced before. quite entertaining...

**poundwise** · 05-04-2007, 03:49 PM

I wonder...

What about a roll of pennies?

**greedy4chips** · 05-04-2007, 04:36 PM

a roll of pennies would most likey have the mass to hurt you seriously at terminal velocity.

What about a brick tossed by a rioter, say in downtown Los Angeles? He survived and I would fear the brick over the roll of pennies without calculating the kinetic energy of either.

I do know for a fact I wouldn't want to be hit with a grain of sand traveling at 50,000 miles per hour!

Can A Penny Dropped From A Tall Building Kill You?