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¿Question #1623?
TiNYTimIDFluffYBunnY: If you threw a penny off the empire state would it kill them ? and have you done this?

microbio007: is this one of those pronoun mismatch trick questions? It is 1 penny and 1 Empire State...each of them singular. Where is the grammar police?!
BOBBYCAN: I've read that it would just sort of float down, and not hurt anybody.
dna2243: probably not... and no, I haven't.
Sephian: No and no.
hellium: I have not personally thrown a penny, however I suspect the name does not matter, whether it is penny, sue, martha or anyone one with a female name, I suspect it will be fatal.
dbeman: Would it kill the penny? Probably.
bcooperok: Yes. It would definitely kill them. Not at first, but the loss of the penny from the global markets would be like a butterfly effect causing a downward spiral in all exchanges and eventually a worldwide depression, famine, and collapse.
Woelf: Mythbusters tested it. The terminal velocity of a penny is well below the threshold of death, so while it might hurt like a bastard, it would be non-fatal.
Aimon: Probably, and no, of course not.
Jatoha: no, I have not done this, but I saw it on Mythbusters
Spirit of 70: It would kill any girl you threw off the Empire State Building, whether she was named Penny or not.
ttron64: How do you throw something off of a state? and who is "them"?
Nighthawk5577: Kill who?
nm156: Who?
PsyJam: I'll avoid the sarcastic grammar answer, and go with - doubtful, and no.
vandemonium: Would it kill Penny? Yes, I'd say it would kill her. Why would you throw Penny off a building. Look, the womens can be crazy at time, but murder is hardly the answer.
vlmarshall: Kill who, the penny, or the empire state? No I haven't. Well, I've killed some pennies, but it usually involved railroad tracks, or a hammer.
Aardvarkius: Kill who? No.
LilRed: No it wouldn't, I have seen mythbusters.
Beowulf: I doubt that it would kill the penny because it has recently been determined that pennies are inanimate.
hancock.tom: No, and no. I think they did this on mythbusters and apparently the penny gains a lot of velocity but even at max velocity it couldn't kill you. Would hurt like a bitch though.
DHEK: No it wouldn't kill anyone. I've not done this though. But it's been shown on Mythbusters that the mass of the penny just isn't great enough to kill anyone. I don't think it's great enough to hurt anyone either.
william_henshaw: them who? no
ZiggyZambo: i don't think so, no
bigbadsteve: it would because there is a brick attached to it
eddyspaghetti: Kill who? I admit nothing.
clesiemo3: yes and no
POvidiusNaso: I don't think it would kill an Iron golem. I haven't done it, though, so I don't know for sure.
Lothartvni: I don't know who them is, and no.
Mig_: yes and no
Aljovin: The penny wouldn't die, it's not alive, no I've never done it, but I'll see that place sometime.
dmomo: It might if it hits them. No. Not yet.
Cromaa: Kill the penny? Dunno...never tried to kill a penny.
defcon311: No, watch MythBusters
Stevve15: Yes and No
Laudwic: no, urban myth. Watch Myth Busters on the discovery channel, they profiled this one
enricodandolo: So you know? Now I must take care of you as well...
BiscuitTheCat: kill who? no?
squatront: no, and no.
The Unbeliever: 42
SenorOcho: Kill who? Wha?
xlorp: Crush it on a railroad track, throw it off the Empire State building, dissolve it in a glass of Coke, whatever you do, the penny does not truly die but instead becomes a Zombie Penny lurching its way across the globe searching for its murderer. Run while you still can.
brainrob: Kill who or what?
GrandpaDave: No
irratejon: no and no
Gecko23: No and no
kennyb: NO!!!!! didn't you see that myth busters episode...pure brilliance
Nem Menuu: No, because of its shpe there would be too much air resistance to go fast enough and no.
BaSL: Kill who? The EmpireStateOwners?
izernechel: No and No
JimPAX: No. The terminal velocity would reach the level that would sting, but it would very likely not even pentrate your skin, much less damage bone. Physics and math. Try them.
Mangler: Absosmurfly!
AWildEep: Them? I don't now a them. Does he live near it?
skrutsch: Who is them? I think not.
heli: you could look it up and no I didn't throw anything while i was up there
Majiken: I've never been to New York.
puffinge: Is it the drugs, Bunny?
Lord_Prussian: I dunno and no way.
thoia: No, and no, I saw this in Myth Busters. Air resistance slows it down enough that it might hurt a bit but wouldn't do any real damage.
Sparta: "them" who? The penny? I think he'd be just fine...
MisterCranky: Them? As in the giant ants from the movie of the same name? I doubt it.
KnobDoctor: Pennies can't die ya goof.
boneroller: By "them" do you mean Penny?
melissa: I believe so - and no. Have never been to NY
2amp: dunno, no
HappyProle: Kill whom? I don't know, but it would probably get you added to the terrorist watch list.
rkalajian: Nope
snoozefest: no
scriptorum: Would it kill them? Who's them? The penny catchers of New York? No way, man, they're professionals...
Belash: yes, no
erli: Nope. Does it work?
tragicpoet: No, watch Mythbusters sometime
djlg: What, kill the penny? Its not alive, man. Even if it has a head! (And, No. The terminal velocity's too slow.)
ValJor: No. No
midgetsrawk: Them who? What the?
batman: Kill who? and no.
isolated: Them deserved to die!
AlorielLelyn: It would probably kill someone at the bottom. I'm not sure what the terminal velocity of the penny is. I have not done it - especially considering I've never been to the ESB
Favre4MVP: Kill who?
Flyspeck23: Possibly. And no, I haven't.
m_r_tyler: Would it kill the penny? No, the penny is not alive so it can't die. No, I've never tried to kill a penny.
chaddyboy_2000: I don't know.
Karlsen: So I have heard. No
skelebone: No, No, a thousand times no.
gnomehome: Kill who ?
GeminiWeb: no,no
jttm: No. No.
CortexBomb: I have not done it, and it strikes me as a very bad idea
CDRodeffer: No and no.
Blackwind: kill who?