The Empire State Building
Created | Updated Apr 26, 2002
Legend has it that if a penny fell from the top of the Empire State Building, by the time it hit the pavement it would be travelling at a speed fast enough to kill somebody, or at least put a big dent in his or her head. This would make sense from a scientific point of view, but what remains to be answered is whether or not the penny could still be spent at the local cornershop afterward. And, one might ask, what if it were bigger change, say a silver dollar, or fifty-pence? Then the person on the pavement, so the answer goes, would be able to buy a paper.
