Busting Popular Myths That You Probably Thought Were Facts

Dropping a Penny from the Empire State Building

The story has it that if you drop a penny from the top of the Empire State Building you could kill someone. That’s not true. It could definitely hurt someone, but it wouldn’t kill them. Plus, the penny probably wouldn’t even make it to the bottom since the building is super staggered.

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