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What happens when you drop a penny from the top of the Empire State Building

Were you ever told that if you dropped a penny from the top of the Empire State Building that it might badly injure someone? The idea was that the penny would gain so much speed it’d be like a bullet coming straight down. Could that really be true? Check out this video to see what really happens when you drop a penny from that height.

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