Common myth: dropping a penny
from the Eiffel Tower will kill someone below.
Will it?

Question

Accepted Answer

No — air resistance caps its terminal velocity around 50 km/h. It’d sting, not kill. — Coins aren’t aerodynamic; they tumble. Physicists have run this experiment. The pigeon lives.

Common myth: dropping a penny from the Eiffel Tower will kill someone below. Will it?