• Question: Can you be killed by a coin falling from a tall building?

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      Asked by jodlington to Kate, Kieren, Nicola, Rowena, Roy on 13 Mar 2014.
      • Photo: Rowena Fletcher-Wood

        Rowena Fletcher-Wood answered on 13 Mar 2014:

        No… The air resistance acting on the coin will limit the speed it can get up to so at some point it will stop accelerating and the impact will not make it through your skull. It could hurt a lot though! Please don’t try it!

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        Kate Nicholson answered on 13 Mar 2014:

        I think mythbusters did this one so you don’t have to! as Rowena says , no it won’t kill you but it will hurt.

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