2007-03-03 09:19:47 · 11 answers · asked by Anonymous in Science & Mathematics ➔ Physics
No.
Even the idea of a penny killing someone isn't true. It would hurt, but it won't puncture or even crack your skull.
Mythbusters did an episode on it...
http://video.glath.com/view/mythbusters.Penny_Drop,_Deadly_Microwaves,_Radio_Tooth_Fillings
2007-03-03 09:25:33 · answer #1 · answered by Jim S 5 · 2⤊ 0⤋
perhaps, if it hits someone on the genuine, besides the undeniable fact that it were given to be a rather heavy coin or a marble. Then, there is this issue about terminal velocity, like, some issue won't be able to fall any swifter as quickly because it reaches a particular %, hmm, did you listen that one about some window cleaners falling of a tall construction & the guy who's buckled to the scaffolding did not die? in the course of the WWII, there became an airman who had to bounce out of his burning plane at 20,000 feet and not using a parachute, landed on the snow after hitting the timber, he live to inform the tale with damaged limbs, became captured & later qualified by technique of the German officer about his brilliant feat.
2016-12-05 05:00:18 · answer #2 · answered by lesniewski 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Do some research on the subject of terminal velocity. Even a penny dropped from the top of the Empire State Building, would do you know harm.
2007-03-03 10:02:03 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
NO! But it can hurt you a little, because the marshmallow falls toward the ground at a great speed. As the speed increases, its MASS begins to INCREASE. So, it can hurt you but not kill you.
A marshmallow is light thing, so it can be carried away with the air due to AIR - RESISTANCE.
2007-03-03 10:56:07 · answer #4 · answered by Suhel 1 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Possibly, if you are a diabetic or if you are hypoglycemic, or if you look up with your mouth open, it could lodge in your throat and choke you. Or, if you love marshmallows, you might try to catch it and run out in front of a bus and be run over.
2007-03-03 09:50:19 · answer #5 · answered by Dennis H 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
With the aerodynamics of a marshmallow, the terminal velocity it would reach wouldn't be sufficient to cause a life-ending injury.
2007-03-03 09:27:41 · answer #6 · answered by whippingpostguy 4 · 0⤊ 1⤋
I guess not, because the marshmallow is light, and therefore the wind will push it away, but it could kill the hungry one who dropped it, though......
2007-03-03 09:28:38 · answer #7 · answered by Venom 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
NO IT WOULDNT (*I jsut used caps to get your attention)
a marshmellow is so light that it couldnt reach velocities high enough to do damage to you. even if it could, its so soft that when it hit, the marshmellow would smash to absorb the force and you would be fine. your skull would need to be softer than, or close to the same, as the marshmellow
2007-03-03 21:09:04 · answer #8 · answered by James 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Come on, seriously. What do you think! considering its surface area and small weight, the only way it could do any damage at all is if it were going way over 1000 miles an hour, and even then it would just fall apart or burn up! Duh.
2007-03-03 09:26:30 · answer #9 · answered by somerslats 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
No, It would disintegrate before it could get fast enough to kill someone.
2007-03-03 09:28:51 · answer #10 · answered by theacademyisjacksparrow 1 · 0⤊ 1⤋