How Dangerous is a Penny Dropped From a Skyscraper?

This video is sponsored by Brilliant. You can get started for free, or the first 200 people to sign up via brilliant.org/veritasium get 20% off a yearly subscription. Check out Adam Savage's video: • Adam Savage's Penny Dr...
A massive thanks to Adam Savage and the whole Tested Crew - especially Kristen Lomasney, Ryan Kiser, and Joey Fameli. Thank you so much for coming out to the desert with us, and for inviting us to your cave! Check out the video we made with them on their channel - • Adam Savage's Penny Dr...
Another huge thanks to iFly Ontario for letting us shoot in your amazing windtunnel. Special thanks to Diana Rios, Treasa Telle, Michelle Brumley for having us and Anthony Jones, Torrell Henderson and Nate Roth for being great instructors. iFly run STEM education trips, where you can experience terminal velocity first hand - www.iflyworld.com/programs/st...
Thanks to Inland Empire Film Services and the San Bernardino County Film Office for portions of the video shot in the County of San Bernardino.
The raindrop video is from Alistair McClymont’s gorgeous artwork “Raindrop” - ​​alistairmcclymont.com/artwork...
Video of the raindrop breaking apart is from the coolest paper i’ve read in a while - Villermaux, E., & Bossa, B. (2009). Single-drop fragmentation determines size distribution of raindrops. Nature physics, 5(9), 697-702. - ve42.co/Villermaux
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Altair. (2019). Digital Debunking: Could a Penny Dropped Off the Top of the Empire State Building Actually Kill You? - ve42.co/Altair2019
Braeunig, R.A. Atmosphere Properties. - ve42.co/AtmosProp
The Guardian. (2014). Brutal winter weather brings new challenge: ice falling from skyscrapers - ve42.co/WTCicicle
NASA. (2018). The Apollo 15 Hammer-Feather Drop - ve42.co/NASAmoondrop
Red Bull Stratos - ve42.co/RBStratos
Quealy, K., Sanger-KatzIn, M. (2015). In Other Countries, You’re as Likely to Be Killed by a Falling Object as by a Gun. New York Times. - ve42.co/NYTFallingObject
National Safety Council. (2022). Struck by Objects. - ve42.co/NSCStruck
Williams, A. (2019). What are your chances of being killed by hail in the US? - ve42.co/Williams2019
NewScientist. (2021). Can bullets fired upwards cause injuries when they return to earth? - ve42.co/CelebratoryGunFire
Chambers, J. (2020). Meet the Flechette - the Deadliest Weapon of World War I? - ve42.co/Flechette
Wikipedia. Lazy Dog (bomb). - ve42.co/LazyDog
Gläser, N., Kneubuehl, B. P., Zuber, S., Axmann, S., Ketterer, T., Thali, M. J., & Bolliger, S. A. (2011). Biomechanical examination of blunt trauma due to baseball bat blows to the head. Journal of Forensic Biomechanics, 2 - ve42.co/Glaser2011
Yoganandan, N., Pintar, F. A., SANCES JR, A. N. T. H. O. N. Y., Walsh, P. R., Ewing, C. L., Thomas, D. J., & Snyder, R. G. (1995). Biomechanics of skull fracture. Journal of neurotrauma, 12(4), 659-668.
New York Times. (2014). Falling Tape Measure Kills Man at Jersey City Construction Site - The New York Times - ve42.co/NYTTapeMeasure
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Special thanks to: Elliot MIller, Louis Lebbos, RayJ Johnson, Brian Busbee, Jerome Barakos M.D., Amadeo Bee, TTST, Balkrishna Heroor, Chris LaClair, John H. Austin, Jr., OnlineBookClub.org, Matthew Gonzalez, Eric Sexton, john kiehl, Nathan Lanza, Diffbot, Gnare, Dave Kircher, Burt Humburg, Blake Byers, Dumky, Evgeny Skvortsov, Meekay, Bill Linder, Paul Peijzel, Josh Hibschman, Mac Malkawi, Michael Schneider, jim buckmaster, Juan Benet, Robert Blum, Sunil Nagaraj, Richard Sundvall, Lee Redden, Stephen Wilcox, Marinus Kuivenhoven, Michael Krugman, Cy 'kkm' K'Nelson, Sam Lutfi, Ron Neal
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Written by Petr Lebedev, Derek Muller, and Emily Zhang
Filmed by Derek Muller, Trenton Oliver, Petr Lebedev, Emily Zhang, Raquel Nuno and Eddie Lopez
Animation by Ivy Tello, Mike Radjabov, Fabio Albertelli, and Jakub Misiek
Edited by Trenton Oliver and Derek Muller
FPV Drone Pilots: Sammie Saing and Josh Ewalt
Slow Motion Camera: Shawn Sanders and Anthony Corrales
Phantom slow motion camera & lenses provided by Panny Hire L.A
Helicopter Pilots: Rick Shuster and Cliff Fleming
Helicopter Safety Officer: Ryan Hosking
Production Assistants: Roman Bacvic and Eddie Lopez
Research Assistant: Katie Barnshaw
Additional video/photos supplied by Pond5 and Getty Images
Music from Epidemic Sound
Thumbnail by Ignat Berbeci
Produced by Derek Muller, Petr Lebedev, and Emily Zhang

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  • @tested
    @tested Жыл бұрын

    This was SO fun. Can't wait to collaborate again!

  • @jeanvaljean6234

    @jeanvaljean6234

    Жыл бұрын

    are you the real one

  • @TurbineResearch

    @TurbineResearch

    Жыл бұрын

    This was too cool ! Please do more collaborations like this !

  • @hatsurrin

    @hatsurrin

    Жыл бұрын

    This video was just as fun to watch!

  • @fish00p

    @fish00p

    Жыл бұрын

    You do it without the helmet

  • @lklmmedia4715

    @lklmmedia4715

    Жыл бұрын

    Huge Fan Adam, awesome as a fellow Engineer to see you are always still passionate about everything you do!

  • @decreasing_entropy3003
    @decreasing_entropy3003 Жыл бұрын

    As a Physics undergrad, this video scared me because for the first time, we saw that air resistance isn't negligible.

  • @mayankbisht7691

    @mayankbisht7691

    Жыл бұрын

    If you are an engineer, air resistance becomes a pain unless you can assume it to be constant in certain cases

  • @decreasing_entropy3003

    @decreasing_entropy3003

    Жыл бұрын

    @@mayankbisht7691 I stay light years away from engineering, so I barely have a clue. Every time I see the mention of air resistance, I happily ignore it. Both experimental and theoretical Physics is great, but engineering goes right above my head!😅

  • @VemorrFrantik

    @VemorrFrantik

    Жыл бұрын

    Take a deep breath and assume its a spherical cow.

  • @justchilling4816

    @justchilling4816

    Жыл бұрын

    @@MrT------5743 He was making a joke, dingus

  • @lorddoge8410

    @lorddoge8410

    Жыл бұрын

    @@decreasing_entropy3003 Man, I'm doing first year physics at the moment and I'm struggling. So excited to not have to do it, this is why I'm a chem major hahah

  • @KunjaBihariKrishna
    @KunjaBihariKrishna Жыл бұрын

    When hiking in Costa Rica we found a waterfall that had a little nook behind the water. The way water was pushing the air up in the nook was exactly the right force to make the water float. So you'd lean back into that nook and watch these floating droplets swirling before you. It was totally out of this world

  • @DreamwalkerFilms

    @DreamwalkerFilms

    Жыл бұрын

    Never, ever, under any circumstances, give the location of this gem on the Internet or social media.

  • @bbk2802

    @bbk2802

    Жыл бұрын

    I’m guessing the locals are well aware of this phenomenon. Which hike and waterfall was it?

  • @splinteredspace3469

    @splinteredspace3469

    Жыл бұрын

    I really need to know what the waterfall is named. Has to be a video about it somewhere!

  • @KunjaBihariKrishna

    @KunjaBihariKrishna

    Жыл бұрын

    @@splinteredspace3469 it was not a tourist place at that time. But it was know among permaculture farm communities. Its very close to a farm called Finca Amrita They used to have ayahuasca ceremonies in the massive cave behind the waterfall Granted, this was 10 years ago. I haven't been there since, but the farms should still be there. If you look for groups offering ayahuasca in that area, they will certainly know the waterfall

  • @thedealerinthisvid

    @thedealerinthisvid

    Ай бұрын

    Whottt

  • @26magicman26
    @26magicman26 Жыл бұрын

    A penny won't hurt, but if you drop a quarter, its 25 times more deadly. The math adds up bro 🤔

  • @j4xxonl

    @j4xxonl

    Жыл бұрын

    damn

  • @sammylacks4937

    @sammylacks4937

    Жыл бұрын

    Quarters have greater sectional density and higher ballistic coefficient .

  • @dougsmith28

    @dougsmith28

    Жыл бұрын

    @@sammylacks4937 plus they’re ridged!

  • @2303batman

    @2303batman

    Жыл бұрын

    If this was a joke then I totally understood it immediately 😂

  • @wombat5252

    @wombat5252

    Жыл бұрын

    @@sammylacks4937 How about half dollar coins? 🤣

  • @ESOdanny
    @ESOdanny Жыл бұрын

    We not going to talk about Adam absolutely YEETING the pennies out of the helicopter at him XD

  • @SadisticKillerXx

    @SadisticKillerXx

    Жыл бұрын

    I noticed that too xd

  • @joeystewart7090

    @joeystewart7090

    Жыл бұрын

    Love your Skyrim vids bro

  • @jameswoeste275

    @jameswoeste275

    Жыл бұрын

    Npc

  • @Wafaloo

    @Wafaloo

    Жыл бұрын

    Yeeting?

  • @americandingo1109

    @americandingo1109

    Жыл бұрын

    @@Wafaloo launching, throwing, chucking, hurling

  • @marsgizmo
    @marsgizmo Жыл бұрын

    Remarkable video! Love the collab with Adam! 😌

  • @promgle5657

    @promgle5657

    Жыл бұрын

    SHUT UP

  • @zes3813

    @zes3813

    Жыл бұрын

    wrr

  • @spaceflightarchitect

    @spaceflightarchitect

    Жыл бұрын

    Still no replies?

  • @Gargantuan69

    @Gargantuan69

    Жыл бұрын

    @@spaceflightarchitect not that surprising lol

  • @JunkBondTrader

    @JunkBondTrader

    Жыл бұрын

    @Gibby any time.

  • @jeffl1460
    @jeffl1460 Жыл бұрын

    History will show in the future that these ancient coins were left in the desert during the times of having significant change. I wonder if they will be able to make cents of it all.

  • @lyncatalonia1823

    @lyncatalonia1823

    Жыл бұрын

    LOL

  • @lyncatalonia1823

    @lyncatalonia1823

    Жыл бұрын

    I will be the remembrance from Derek from the past of his descendants..LMAO

  • @mider-spanman5577

    @mider-spanman5577

    Жыл бұрын

    Nice double entendre!

  • @RammusTF

    @RammusTF

    Жыл бұрын

    I see what you did there 👀

  • @Florragonis

    @Florragonis

    Жыл бұрын

    Funny puns!

  • @timmartin997
    @timmartin9978 ай бұрын

    All of my science teachers through all of my years in school were not nearly as cool as you guys in explaining this in the way that you just did and I thank you.

  • @Gymantis

    @Gymantis

    2 ай бұрын

    All of your science teachers didn't have funding to procure a helicopter and they didn't have admissions permission to execute these kinds of experiments in order to hold your curiosity.

  • @Rohityourface

    @Rohityourface

    20 күн бұрын

    You need this much detail to learn the most basic stuff? American school system in a nutshell lmfao

  • @levicodm1961

    @levicodm1961

    11 күн бұрын

    ​@@Rohityourface no but seeing is beileving i think i am not from america but i hated physics because most of the time you cant see what you are taught

  • @robinday8200
    @robinday8200 Жыл бұрын

    As a skydiver I have jumped in the rain and it hurts as you fall onto the rain. People used to joke it was because the cartoon raindrop was pointy at the top. The reality is, you're falling at 200kph and the rain is 20kph so the rain is hitting you at 180kph!

  • @---------______

    @---------______

    Жыл бұрын

    Yeah, as a biker/motorcyclist, even at 60kph, they start to hurt but not enough to leave you a bruise

  • @yutudelickzolonskyyballs7146

    @yutudelickzolonskyyballs7146

    Жыл бұрын

    My shower shoot out 1000kmph water

  • @MuhammadRaihan269

    @MuhammadRaihan269

    Жыл бұрын

    @@---------______ damn thats true

  • @yaroslavromanyuk5669

    @yaroslavromanyuk5669

    Жыл бұрын

    @@yutudelickzolonskyyballs7146 Two guys who were digging a metro tunnel using hydro excavation decided to take a shower. The water jet torn one of them to pieces, the other one went to prison for involuntary manslaughter.

  • @IStMl

    @IStMl

    Жыл бұрын

    @@yaroslavromanyuk5669 Darwin at work

  • @dizzylimme
    @dizzylimme Жыл бұрын

    Imagine being an archeologist in the future and coming across hundreds of extremely rare and valuable ancient coins in the middle of a desert with no explanation

  • @tomsheets6399

    @tomsheets6399

    Жыл бұрын

    ..not to mention the strange pen-shaped objects made from ever-lasting plastic

  • @freedomfighter1861

    @freedomfighter1861

    Жыл бұрын

    Except they won’t be worth anything their nkt even copper because the government stole all the money from We the people unlike when we find coins now their gold and sliver

  • @scgamesonline7771

    @scgamesonline7771

    Жыл бұрын

    @@tomsheets6399 what? This joke is flying right over my head

  • @jubeaumont6305

    @jubeaumont6305

    Жыл бұрын

    ​@@scgamesonline7771 it was the second thing they twazzed out of the chopper ( I didn't get it either, cos I commented too soon )

  • @philtookgrenadesforme7785

    @philtookgrenadesforme7785

    Жыл бұрын

    An African Swallow brought them there obviously.

  • @Robodude212
    @Robodude212 Жыл бұрын

    Could you "stabilize" the penny's rotation by spinning it with the edge (like rolling a penny across the table, but down a skyscraper)? That would minimize the surface area and increase terminal velocity

  • @govardan8392

    @govardan8392

    Жыл бұрын

    demn

  • @anderivative

    @anderivative

    Жыл бұрын

    The barrel of a gun is "rifled" to spin the bullet which does what youre saying. Get a good spin on it and it should continue cutting thru the air until it runs out of spin juice

  • @Robodude212

    @Robodude212

    Жыл бұрын

    @@anderivative that's what I was thinking too, rifling stabilization. I'm just wondering if there'll be a Magnus effect on it, adding a horizontal component to the velocity and potentially affecting terminal velocity. It's probably also going to depend on how much you spin it, which makes it harder to test

  • @jazzochannel

    @jazzochannel

    11 ай бұрын

    Just rolling would not be enough. You'd have to spin it up to 6000 or more RPM imho. Bullets leave a gun spinning at more the 100,000 RPM.

  • @tannhauser5399

    @tannhauser5399

    7 ай бұрын

    @Robodude212 - if you are curious.... New Scientist had article about falling bullets... which can hit the ground speed greater than 61m per second (bullets traveling between 46-61m/s penetrate skin). Faster than this, and they will penetrate skull. See injuries after celebratory gunfire in some places (Puerto Rico for example had 19 injuries in 2003, on New Year's Eve, and one person died; it was the same in places like Maryland, Ohio, Texas). All in all, mostly it is not fatal. It was quite interesting article, from 2021. A while back The Guardian also had an interesting article about it. And there is of course Myth Busters, which had program about it, back in 2009.

  • @DreamwalkerFilms
    @DreamwalkerFilms Жыл бұрын

    I miss Adam Savage man. The guy was such an icon of my teenage years. His energy is so infectious. Really happy to see this little cameo from him.

  • @BandannaBreadClipsOld

    @BandannaBreadClipsOld

    19 күн бұрын

    search "tested" he runs that

  • @samo4866
    @samo4866 Жыл бұрын

    You know you've reached a specific level of KZreadr when you have a mythbuster on your show. This brought back so many memories from my teens.

  • @Svensk7119

    @Svensk7119

    Жыл бұрын

    Despite the fact that I disagree with many of Mythbusters' "totally busted" conclusions.... Agreed. First-rate.

  • @mikaa2004

    @mikaa2004

    Жыл бұрын

    Oh man those old summer holidays. When all i did was watch tv and hangout with friends. Life has changed so much now

  • @anarbatzoriganar

    @anarbatzoriganar

    Жыл бұрын

    vsauce has been up there for so long. should check their collab out if u havent yet

  • @orion10x10

    @orion10x10

    Жыл бұрын

    @@anarbatzoriganar If only Alan Pan could join that group

  • @SagaciousBoothe

    @SagaciousBoothe

    Жыл бұрын

    You know you're getting old when you watched myth Buster's in your teen years

  • @RaphaelKepinski
    @RaphaelKepinski Жыл бұрын

    It's moving to see Adam in this. I grew up with Mythbusters and he hasn't lost any of his verve and enthusiasm.

  • @b.s.6728

    @b.s.6728

    Жыл бұрын

    Agreed. I felt like a kid watching Mythbusters again, and then noticed he's aged, then noticed I have too

  • @NoticerOfficial

    @NoticerOfficial

    Жыл бұрын

    Savage always loved the camera

  • @steelbluesleepR

    @steelbluesleepR

    Жыл бұрын

    You should watch his channel Adam Savage's Tested, then! It's mostly him making things, but he always has that same child like enthusiasm, and it's incredibly fun to watch, even if he's just making a wooden box.

  • @Breaking_Chad

    @Breaking_Chad

    Жыл бұрын

    You really should check out his channel, "Adam Savage's Tested"

  • @tylerolejnicak5481

    @tylerolejnicak5481

    Жыл бұрын

    He's done some cool stuff with Vsauce and of course has his own channel. Check him out, he's never lost his enthusiasm for testing, building and learning.

  • @freedomofmusic2112
    @freedomofmusic2112 Жыл бұрын

    This was awesome! I'm in physics this semester, it's so cool seeing such a thorough explanation and demonstration of everything we just learned in our first unit 🙂

  • @Lolabonezz
    @Lolabonezz Жыл бұрын

    seeing the rain in the wind tunnel was so beautiful i literally cried wow

  • @genkill81
    @genkill81 Жыл бұрын

    My heart goes out to the interns that had to pick up all those pennies lol

  • @karolakkolo123

    @karolakkolo123

    Жыл бұрын

    They could have just brought a huge magnet and just make it into a roomba that picks up the pennies lol

  • @derangstgarten1447

    @derangstgarten1447

    Жыл бұрын

    Please don't drop a penny off a sky scraper, it isn't worth it

  • @karolakkolo123

    @karolakkolo123

    Жыл бұрын

    @@derangstgarten1447 you can always drop a zimbabwian million dollar coin, probably lower losses than dropping a penny

  • @ModernGentleman

    @ModernGentleman

    Жыл бұрын

    @@karolakkolo123 pennies don't stick to a magnet. They are made of mostly zinc which is nonferrous.

  • @chitlitlah

    @chitlitlah

    Жыл бұрын

    @@ModernGentleman Unless they were using pennies from the 1940s. Maybe that was a bucket of pennies they recovered from the wreckage of the USS Bismarck.

  • @jaysonl
    @jaysonl Жыл бұрын

    Thank you for including David Scott saying "How about that?" at the end after he drops the hammer and the feather on the Moon. That's my favorite part of the whole thing.

  • @Chris-hx3om

    @Chris-hx3om

    Жыл бұрын

    As that clip was playing I realised it's another nail in the coffin of moon landing deniers. You can't make that happen on a sound stage!

  • @csn583

    @csn583

    Жыл бұрын

    @@Chris-hx3om Well... NASA does have (at least these days) gigantic autoclaves that could create a vacuum. You'd have to slow the footage down to simulate lower gravity of course. Sorry, had to play dummy's advocate! 😅

  • @Chris-hx3om

    @Chris-hx3om

    Жыл бұрын

    @@csn583 Fair call.

  • @moos5221

    @moos5221

    Жыл бұрын

    @@Chris-hx3om yeah, NASA surely didn't have access to rubber strings that would be able to pull the feather to the ground at the same speed as the hammer is falling. absolutely impossible.

  • @brunoais

    @brunoais

    Жыл бұрын

    @@moos5221 Yeah but they have access to vacuum chambers :(

  • @Shockedbywater
    @Shockedbywater9 ай бұрын

    1:36 It is cool seeing Adam go immediately into professional mode. It's like a switch flips and he is going over exactly how the shoot will go.

  • @nesargent
    @nesargent Жыл бұрын

    Even more amazing is how many times this has already been done and put on KZread or TV is some manner.

  • @ststudios12345

    @ststudios12345

    Жыл бұрын

    Dont watch it then...

  • @PomadaGaming

    @PomadaGaming

    Жыл бұрын

    hadn’t seen it. This video is so much more than that,too

  • @rodrigomotta1257
    @rodrigomotta1257 Жыл бұрын

    Thousands of years from now, people will be wondering why the hell there are so many extremely old buried pennies in such a specific and random area

  • @raccoon6072

    @raccoon6072

    Жыл бұрын

    "They were probably worshiping a god"

  • @primepap

    @primepap

    Жыл бұрын

    @@raccoon6072 this is so incredibly true that it’s funny

  • @turntsnaco824

    @turntsnaco824

    Жыл бұрын

    @@primepap Yeah. They would literally never imagine the actual scenario - that it was an experiment completely unrelated to the location they were in. Really makes you wonder how many ancient discoveries we've misinterpreted simply because we didn't have the necessary context.

  • @Iluveyuu

    @Iluveyuu

    Жыл бұрын

    @@turntsnaco824 this is some deep thinking ngl

  • @MJ-ig3fo

    @MJ-ig3fo

    Жыл бұрын

    Earth won't be around in thousands of years

  • @TurbineResearch
    @TurbineResearch Жыл бұрын

    It makes me so happy to see Adam doing a myth busters type episode again!

  • @craigmchenry1477

    @craigmchenry1477

    Жыл бұрын

    Yeah!!!

  • @unreachablesecretary

    @unreachablesecretary

    Жыл бұрын

    Right? Brings back so many memories!!

  • @viskius8387

    @viskius8387

    Жыл бұрын

    Read my name.........

  • @gileee

    @gileee

    Жыл бұрын

    It's literally recreating a MythBusters episode since they already busted this myth in one of the earlier seasons.

  • @DoughNationBox
    @DoughNationBox Жыл бұрын

    I cannot tell you how much I love Adam Savage. He is the man!!

  • @Verlisify
    @Verlisify Жыл бұрын

    A lot of people these days didn't grow up with Mythbusters so I love the idea of revisiting the kinds of myths and rumors that were tested

  • @N8Dulcimer

    @N8Dulcimer

    Жыл бұрын

    I would be so stoked if they made a reboot just revisiting different approaches to myths that were fun to cover.

  • @zachmoyer1849

    @zachmoyer1849

    Жыл бұрын

    or they should release MythBusters on KZread I'm sure its made more than enough

  • @Verlisify

    @Verlisify

    Жыл бұрын

    @@zachmoyer1849 Not how show rights work...

  • @zachmoyer1849

    @zachmoyer1849

    Жыл бұрын

    @@Verlisify its up its just behind a paywall not every kid can afford to get past but yes I'm well aware of how milking show rights works

  • @Verlisify

    @Verlisify

    Жыл бұрын

    @@zachmoyer1849 Its not milking to produce content then want to make sustained royalties and compensation off of it to produce future content

  • @fabian999ification
    @fabian999ification Жыл бұрын

    Savage's enthusiasm for science is always very inspiring.

  • @InfiniteMonkeysSA

    @InfiniteMonkeysSA

    Жыл бұрын

    "The only difference between screwing around and science is writing it down." - Adam Savage

  • @portillamail

    @portillamail

    Жыл бұрын

    AKA putrid breath

  • @tracruz

    @tracruz

    Жыл бұрын

    If only he understood how to properly run the “plane on a conveyer belt” experiment 🤡

  • @uncensoredcornishgirl87l16
    @uncensoredcornishgirl87l1611 ай бұрын

    The way he made sure his ballocks were protected had me cracked up. These were entertaining to watch tbf.

  • @luismijangos7844
    @luismijangos7844 Жыл бұрын

    Amazing video and I love the colab. I'm a big fan of Mythbusters. I think that in 17:50 there's a little mistake. Drag force also affects a bullet in its horizontal motion so its speed will not be the same one that it has when it was fired (don't get me wrong, it's still lethal, but not like a direct shot). Also the bullets fired by a gun have a lot of spin, so by the Conservation of Angular Momentum they tend to maintain their orientation much longer.

  • @JadeMythriil
    @JadeMythriil Жыл бұрын

    Mythbusters may have ended but the spirit of mythbusters lives on in channels like this and many others that have been inspired to think, question, and experiment everything they find.

  • @viskius8387

    @viskius8387

    Жыл бұрын

    Read my name........

  • @AMorphicTool
    @AMorphicTool Жыл бұрын

    Its sometimes funny when you ask visitors to a site to wear bump caps/hard hats. They always look at you like "You for real?" Yes. Yes we are. I have had to work under people working at height and the amount of headaches I've been saved from by wearing a bump cap, is insane. Bolts, washers, tools. All it takes is for one guy to fumble one thing, which is easily done, and *smack* your day is ruined. Great content as always.

  • @chrismarkovich9430

    @chrismarkovich9430

    Жыл бұрын

    Shhhh

  • @allanshpeley4284

    @allanshpeley4284

    Жыл бұрын

    @@chrismarkovich9430 Shhh

  • @MattH-wg7ou

    @MattH-wg7ou

    Жыл бұрын

    Hah Im gonna call helmets "bump caps" from now on 😆

  • @OrcinusDrake

    @OrcinusDrake

    Жыл бұрын

    Not even items falling, even just walking into things.

  • @smurfnation8578

    @smurfnation8578

    Жыл бұрын

    That bolded "smack" just messed me up, i turned my phone to look at it from so many angles and some of the other words started looking bolded, i was questioning life just by looking at it for some reason

  • @timmartin997
    @timmartin9978 ай бұрын

    All of my science teacher's through all of my years in school were not nearly as cool as you guys and explaining this in the way that you just did and I thank you.

  • @cliftonwk
    @cliftonwk7 ай бұрын

    My first time viewing your content, I love the scientific explanations! So few people explain in detail how our world works, great job

  • @DarkD112
    @DarkD112 Жыл бұрын

    This is actually a relief for me. When I was young, I was on the 9th floor of an apartment building and I saw this woman lying in the amenities on a beach chair type thing. I dropped an ice cube and tried to aim for her. I missed, but I've felt guilty about that ever since. I don't know what I was thinking that day. Just one of those spur of the moment horrible ideas you regret as soon as you do it.

  • @avosmash2121

    @avosmash2121

    Жыл бұрын

    Years ago I had at my grandmothers apartment a cheap battery operated plastic music box that played annoying 8bit music that broke and wouldnt shut up. It drove me batty and I hurled it off the 13th story terrace to the ground below to watch it shatter which was very satisfying. But it enraged my mom who said I could have killed someone. I doubted what she said but never knew for sure and always felt a bit guilty for that. It was a tiny and very light toy music box, like the size of a large box of matches, and it was the kind of thing you could destroy by just stepping on it hard enough with a shoe, so I doubt it would have likely KILLED anybody. But it probably would have been painful, especially if you were looking up when it hit you on the face.

  • @jameseeboy

    @jameseeboy

    Жыл бұрын

    Damn, bro just admitted to attempted murder

  • @fidelostorga4550

    @fidelostorga4550

    Жыл бұрын

    @@BoredFr_88 it is people believe that dropping something small from up high can kill someone...

  • @VeilQuest

    @VeilQuest

    Жыл бұрын

    I was thirteen, on the fourth floor of our apartment. I threw a cup of water out of the window for a goof, just because. A guy happened to be walking by and got splashed. He thought it was... something else. Worse. My step father happened to be on the downstairs balcony and got an earful from the guy. Never laughed so hard. Ah the joys of youth.

  • @tylerwells8640

    @tylerwells8640

    Жыл бұрын

    Lol I was dropping gummy bears from the 12th floor At the people In the chairs below. Worst part i was on a trip with my FRIENDS family not even mine

  • @richardjones38
    @richardjones38 Жыл бұрын

    Derek and Adam, please do more stuff like this together. Best of both worlds. I miss Mythbusters!

  • @esecallum

    @esecallum

    Жыл бұрын

    ego caused cancellation

  • @glenngriffon8032

    @glenngriffon8032

    Жыл бұрын

    We all myth the missbusters.

  • @esecallum

    @esecallum

    Жыл бұрын

    As you can likely guess, the show cuts to Adam and Jamie going up the Empire State Building with a handful of cats. The rest is pretty indescribable, but we think you can imagine it does not end well for the cats. From what we can tell, no one actually made it to the end of the episode, everyone left the theater to get sick in the hallway rather than continue to watch. When Discovery got wind of this, they immediately halted production of the show and would soon cancel it permanently, claiming the show had ‘run its course.’ Unfortunately, we now know the terrible truth.

  • @painkiller6630

    @painkiller6630

    Жыл бұрын

    I make better music 🎵🙁 I have the best album 🔥🎶

  • @mnxs

    @mnxs

    Жыл бұрын

    @@esecallum lol wtf. Tell me, what is it that makes ppl like you make up BS like that to spew all over the internet?

  • @nuk3snip3r
    @nuk3snip3r8 ай бұрын

    I love that I clicked on this and thought "No one has ever shown this better than Adam Savage. Let's see what you got." And then I see that you got Adam Savage. Bravo.

  • @WhatToDoForYou
    @WhatToDoForYou Жыл бұрын

    So many of these videos don't give that explanation at the end and answer to the posed question, so thank you for doing that

  • @VezWay007
    @VezWay007 Жыл бұрын

    0:45 "if you ignore air resistance" spoken like a true physicist

  • @MrNabows
    @MrNabows Жыл бұрын

    You see Derek is a great creator when he shows you what you want to see at the beginning of the video knowing he WILL retain his audience till the end!

  • @MadScientist267

    @MadScientist267

    Жыл бұрын

    Speak for yourself 🙄

  • @JorgetePanete

    @JorgetePanete

    Жыл бұрын

    beginning*

  • @shayorshayorshayor

    @shayorshayorshayor

    Жыл бұрын

    Shaaat up

  • @diablo.the.cheater

    @diablo.the.cheater

    Жыл бұрын

    @@MadScientist267 No, he speaks for the trees.

  • @marioss2167

    @marioss2167

    Жыл бұрын

    That's the exact opposite of what they did in the original MythBusters lmao A bunch of talking and planning and then just five minutes of the actual experiment.

  • @kisaragi-hiu
    @kisaragi-hiu Жыл бұрын

    16:44 Oh, that's the context of this clip. Quite neat that you were able to test these two things in the same trip

  • @angelag5708
    @angelag5708 Жыл бұрын

    I remember when Adam built that penny rig, I can't believe he still has it. ❤️

  • @robertrinaldi8472
    @robertrinaldi8472 Жыл бұрын

    I'm only 2 minutes in and I'd already say that you gotta collaborate with Adam more. I love both of you guys and Adam is an absolute legend. This is giving me flashbacks to watching mythbusters after middleschool

  • @alveolate

    @alveolate

    Жыл бұрын

    ngl, mythbusters really gave me an appettite for real science-based facts with demonstrations of scientists arriving at the conclusions via real tests.

  • @benjamindover4337

    @benjamindover4337

    Жыл бұрын

    Maybe try dropping a bucket full of nails? Try it on a crate full of cats?

  • @benjamindover4337

    @benjamindover4337

    Жыл бұрын

    Before anyone says thats cruel.. I mean unwanted cats.

  • @viskius8387

    @viskius8387

    Жыл бұрын

    Read my name.......

  • @DrakkarCalethiel

    @DrakkarCalethiel

    Жыл бұрын

    @@viskius8387 Bye bye bot!

  • @bricks_mortar
    @bricks_mortar Жыл бұрын

    So happy you used skydiving as an exemple of air resistance. It’s such an integral part of what we need to account for when doing formations, based on different body types and formation speed.

  • @mayankshirali1158

    @mayankshirali1158

    Жыл бұрын

    very true

  • @ibsn87

    @ibsn87

    Жыл бұрын

    Do skinny short people have to wear loose suits to match larger other divers? Do you get to the ground and discuss who needs to add more drag? I’ve never once thought about this. I have often finish an underwater drive, and say I need more weight (lead) next time. Same same but totally different principle!

  • @hhhhh22Beans

    @hhhhh22Beans

    Жыл бұрын

    @@ibsn87 yes. Sometimes the lighter jumper will even wear a weight belt around their waist

  • @viskius8387

    @viskius8387

    Жыл бұрын

    Read my name........

  • @ibsn87

    @ibsn87

    Жыл бұрын

    @@hhhhh22Beans I thought you were taking the piss for a minute then I googled it. This had never once crossed my mind when watching formation flights, there you go, learning something new every day!

  • @topherthe11th23
    @topherthe11th23Ай бұрын

    6:16 - You can also change your term'inal velocity by being vertical (higher speed) or horizontal (lower speed). It's a decision you never want to have to make if your parachutes f'ail. Do you spread out like a star-fish to cause as much drag vs. the direction of fall as possible? If so, and you don't see a haystack to aim for, remember to try to get vertical feet-first at the last possible instant and do the roll you practiced beforehand.

  • @nokia1100000
    @nokia1100000 Жыл бұрын

    at 3:38 this hat is the most important thing ever

  • @R0bobb1e
    @R0bobb1e Жыл бұрын

    Just so you know, your channel is my favourite of them all and you have a significant impact on my retraining of my brain after a traumatic brain injury. Thank you for existing! Plus I loved seeing Adam Savage helping you on this one. He and Jaimie are the two responsible for making me realise I loved science and learning so much. (I'm an 80's kid...)

  • @handlotion8244

    @handlotion8244

    Жыл бұрын

    Good job man, we’re proud of you❤

  • @coling8176

    @coling8176

    Жыл бұрын

    👍❤️👌

  • @viskius8387

    @viskius8387

    Жыл бұрын

    Read my name...........

  • @elijahbaley5556

    @elijahbaley5556

    Жыл бұрын

    Congrats!

  • @Sarah-said

    @Sarah-said

    Жыл бұрын

    That's great!

  • @chancemeyers8502
    @chancemeyers8502 Жыл бұрын

    Its crazy and great man. I was just talking about wanting to see you two do something together cause Ive always nicknamed Veratsium KZreads Mythbuster lol. But yall are great together, Id love to see another.

  • @b.calvinsaul1909
    @b.calvinsaul1909 Жыл бұрын

    So good to see Adam in his natural element!

  • @davetaylor2088
    @davetaylor2088 Жыл бұрын

    I had some concerns around falling object risks when I worked in the water industry. Some of our concrete structures (dam walls and outlet structures) had calcium deposits which would occasionally peel away and drop. The material was hard, brittle and some of the pieces probably weighed in over 500g. I maintained (without much evidence ) that this was a real risk to health and safety. Looks like I was right!

  • @ThePolysyllabist

    @ThePolysyllabist

    Жыл бұрын

    500g is not the same as 2.5g ffs

  • @KaiHenningsen

    @KaiHenningsen

    Жыл бұрын

    @@ThePolysyllabist That's the point.

  • @stevesteve8098

    @stevesteve8098

    Жыл бұрын

    There is documentation, from Scotland where they used to build the oil rigs... of a metal nut falling off near the top of the build area about 180 feet, hitting the safety helmet of a guy underneath and the helmet actually exploding with the force, the guy was unharmed.... so.. yep....

  • @RekySai

    @RekySai

    Жыл бұрын

    I just can't. He says so many lies now a days. He doesn't care to learn anything before he preaches it to his audience. Speed of sound is around 1200metre per second at sea level. It travels faster the less air there is.

  • @MartinVisser

    @MartinVisser

    Жыл бұрын

    @@RekySai maybe you need to learn the difference between metric and whatever other units you were using before bleeting. Speed of sound at sea level is 343 metres per second, or 1125 FEET per second.

  • @Lancelot707
    @Lancelot707 Жыл бұрын

    3:48 Always use hat for protection

  • @topherthe11th23
    @topherthe11th23Ай бұрын

    0:50 - The distance to the very top is the wrong distance to use. The top is sealed unless you're some kind of electrician fixing lights or antennae or polishing the mast. The distance that should be used is the distance to the observation-deck, something like the 86th floor more or less give or take.

  • @elnorteno5703
    @elnorteno5703Ай бұрын

    Veritasium, the air resistance is proportional only to the speed or to its square only for identical objects, but for different objects, the air resistance is also proportional to the section of the object perpendicular to the trajectory. Instead of the hammer, just use a sewing needle (same mass as the feather), and you will have the same result (regardless to the mass, the needle moves faster because it has a smaller perpendicular section). Having the same mass, the velocity is inversely proportional to the air resistance. In vacuum, there is not air resistance.

  • @Toraxa
    @Toraxa Жыл бұрын

    A myth, Adam Savage, dropping things from a helicopter in the desert, and a "busted" call. We even got a ballistics gel dummy! This is totally MythBusters. Awesome video!

  • @SuperLifestream

    @SuperLifestream

    Жыл бұрын

    Season 2 episode 4 of mythbusters. They already did this shooting pennies at terminal velocity

  • @theherk

    @theherk

    Жыл бұрын

    No Jamie Hyneman though.

  • @viskius8387

    @viskius8387

    Жыл бұрын

    Read my name........

  • @Call_Upon_YAH

    @Call_Upon_YAH

    Жыл бұрын

    Jesus Christ died for our sins, rose from the dead, and gives salvation to everyone who has faith in him. True faith in Jesus will have you bear good fruit and *drastically* change for the better! Those led by the Holy Spirit do not abide in wickedness. *God is ONE manifesting himself as THREE;* the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit! Bless him! *For these three are one.* As I am led by the Holy Spirit, nothing I state is a lie, but the truth of God. Anyone who tells you differently is misinformed or a liar. They do not know God, nor led by him. Anyone who *claims* to be a Christian and is against what I am doing, and where I am doing it; the Holy Spirit does not dwell within them, they lack understanding. They know not God, read his word, and their religion is in vain. Do not hear them, they will mislead you, the lost cannot guide the lost.

  • @Call_Upon_YAH

    @Call_Upon_YAH

    Жыл бұрын

    When you trust in God and cast your cares (worries, anxiety, depression, suicidal thoughts) upon him, they will be NO MORE! Know that there is power in the name Jesus Christ! His name casts out demons and heals! The world is wicked, evil, and of the devil. I too, was a wicked sinner of the world before I opened my heart to God. I am living proof of God's work and fruitfulness! He is an active God who hears the prayers of his! God's children are set apart (holy) and righteous. The devil is a liar that comes to steal, to kill, and to destroy; that includes your relationship with God.

  • @ImrePolik
    @ImrePolik Жыл бұрын

    A great demonstration of how much the media has changed in 20 years. This video tells roughly the same story as the Mythbusters episode, but it's a lot tighter. Great collaboration! It was strange to see Adam in his old gear.

  • @literallycanadian

    @literallycanadian

    Жыл бұрын

    Is it though? this took 22 minutes, was in my opinion less interesting and covered the same things.

  • @mortache

    @mortache

    Жыл бұрын

    Partly because in television you don't really have any control. Yeah you can change the channel but how many channels like Discovery can you find? Here, not only are there hundreds of other options, but you can open any one of their hundreds of videos if a particular one doesn't suit your liking

  • @mortache

    @mortache

    Жыл бұрын

    @@literallycanadian the test was done in 3-4 minutes. The rest was explanations which is what we're here for

  • @Fallbr00kwhat

    @Fallbr00kwhat

    Жыл бұрын

    ​@@literallycanadian wait how was it less interesting?

  • @martingundelach4915

    @martingundelach4915

    Жыл бұрын

    ​@@literallycanadian there was way more science involved in this than in a regular Mythbusters episode. Mythbusters was, as usual with TV shows, mostly entertainment. A lot of focus on jokes or the interactions between the team members and ads. I can't stand any ads so I'm glad I can watch stuff like this now.

  • @consentofthegoverned5145
    @consentofthegoverned51455 күн бұрын

    LOL Adam is throwing them downward too, what a savage!

  • @user-ng2mt2yr1t
    @user-ng2mt2yr1t20 күн бұрын

    I just want to thank you and Jamie for doing what you guys did he's a badass

  • @SternLX
    @SternLX Жыл бұрын

    Made me smile hearing Adam say "Busted" again after so many years of no new Mythbuster episodes. Also this confirms what I thought about the Penny off the ESB Myth. Never sat well with me that they could be deadly weighing so little.

  • @neaituppi7306

    @neaituppi7306

    Жыл бұрын

    I watched Mythbusters for at least 12 seasons. There was the season they did the episode of testing whether there was universal connection, with an EEG on plants. The results they got were positive and it scared them. Because it wasn't what they "wanted." So they switched it to yogurt cultures with a less sensitive device, and got the results they "wanted." Negative, myth busted. As fun as it was usually in their shows, I didn't need to waste anymore time with a non-scientific, biased worldview. Since then I have become much more aware of when any show, person, KZread channel, engages in information warfare.

  • @renanamorim8062
    @renanamorim8062 Жыл бұрын

    It's pretty cool to see how Adam Savage is still so excited and happy with his work. He sure inspired an entire generation (including myself) to become scientists and engineers all over the world!

  • @johnd5398

    @johnd5398

    Жыл бұрын

    I had the biggest smile and the warmest feeling when he said "busted!" lol I miss them all.

  • @Andrew-hj6js

    @Andrew-hj6js

    Жыл бұрын

    Please repent and turn from your sins Jesus Christ is coming back for his people and you do not want to be left behind im not saying this to scare you this is a biblical even that’s about to take place most of the bible prophecy has been fulfilled it’s only a matter of time do your own research it’s not about religion it’s about a relationship stay blessed people ❤🙏.

  • @axain7784

    @axain7784

    Жыл бұрын

    @@Andrew-hj6js Y'know, if Jesus was alive, he'd probably slap the ever-living hell out of you. He didn't ask to be revered. He asked that you follow his teachings, and you are doing all but that. You are a disappointment to Jesus Christ Himself.

  • @daf666
    @daf66610 ай бұрын

    One question I've always had is that if you were to roll the penny off a ramp so that it imparted a vertical spin to it, how much would the coefficient of drag be reduced were it to be falling vertically? How much more damage could it inflict if it were dropped in that manner?

  • @allisonhebron3311
    @allisonhebron33119 ай бұрын

    I love the history on the Flechette. I have never heard of that before.

  • @GeertDelmulle
    @GeertDelmulle Жыл бұрын

    WOW!! You went all out with this large scale experiment and a full-on collaboration with Adam “Mythbusters” Savage! This really felt like a fusion between Veritasium (your narration and hosting) and Mythbusters with Adam and the typical oneliners from back in the day (pure nostalgia!). Love it! Please do more of this! :-)

  • @faithinhisblood777

    @faithinhisblood777

    Жыл бұрын

    Jesus Christ died for our sins. He was buried, and He rose again the third day. 1 Corinthians 15:1-4. God loves you and wants a relationship with you! ❤️

  • @Aycheffe

    @Aycheffe

    Жыл бұрын

    I hope they regularly work together from now on. It feels like mythbusters is back watching this

  • @Carteruss

    @Carteruss

    Жыл бұрын

    Veritassium and Adam reviving myth busters would be too perfect.

  • @TheManlol12
    @TheManlol12 Жыл бұрын

    Derek, If somehow you and Adam brought back Mythbusters together, I don't think you realize how successful that would be. There is a very clear chemistry between you two that makes me want so much more of this!

  • @StanSwan

    @StanSwan

    Жыл бұрын

    They are set for life. Why would they want to go back? Let them enjoy the fruits of their labor.

  • @user5214

    @user5214

    Жыл бұрын

    @@StanSwan and from what I understand they don't even like each other. The Myth busters liking each other that is.

  • @Scroolewse

    @Scroolewse

    Жыл бұрын

    Jamie probably realized how much of a tool Adam is.

  • @StanSwan

    @StanSwan

    Жыл бұрын

    @@Scroolewse Adam and Jamie looked bored after a few seasons. Loved the people they brought in. Kari is amazing and has that hot nerd thing going on. Tory is like the kid you could dare to eat a bug and he would do it. Grant was a brilliant guy, such a tragic loss, far too young.

  • @JunkBondTrader

    @JunkBondTrader

    Жыл бұрын

    @@Scroolewse Jamie is a stuck up dork. Why don't you ever see him anywhere anymore? No one likes him.

  • @LuisJimenez-br1nl
    @LuisJimenez-br1nl Жыл бұрын

    What would happen if the mass of the penny wasn't evenly distributed? Will the side that weights more point down, or will it make it spin in the air? Really love the videos Even though I barely understand them. They teach about so many interesting thing. Love to learn new facts 🤩 Thank you in advanced

  • @Huma270490
    @Huma2704906 ай бұрын

    17:05 The graph has a great misstake. The horizontal speed of the bullet will suffer from the drag of the air like the vertical one and the effect of the bullet tumbling so the arrow for the horizontal movement should be also reduced as the bullet flies, afecting the momentum and reducing the lethal characteristics. The problem with the stray bullets is the angle. If you shoot a bullet with an angle you will have a vertical and horizontal velocity as shown on the graphic but as you reduce the angle the horizontal speed will be bigger as the vertical one will be smaller, up to a point where the drag from the air will not be able to reduce the speed of the bullet to levels when is not lethal by the time hits something or someone. If you read the different studies about people being killed by stray bullets they're never hit in pronounced angles, that is because the bullet is shoot in a low angle. As you increase the angle of shooting you also increase the angle of the hit, with a perfectly vertical shot hitting the ground perfectly vertical. Also, it is needed to consider a lot of other factors involving all this, like wind, etc.

  • @ErectkyleDysfunction
    @ErectkyleDysfunction Жыл бұрын

    10:14 - I've never seen a stunned stick figure before. It was minimal, yet very detailed animation; amazing quality. 👏

  • @Case_

    @Case_

    Жыл бұрын

    You might be interested in xkcd if physics (and nerdy things in general) and surprisingly detailed stick figures are your thing. Provided you already are not.

  • @mackenzie1845
    @mackenzie1845 Жыл бұрын

    I think the biggest actual danger in this scenario would clearly be someone dropping their phone off the Empire State Building lol. I'm assuming that is heavy enough to actually injure you, rather than a pen or penny.

  • @wagahagwa6978

    @wagahagwa6978

    Жыл бұрын

    when i was on there i get really scared holding my phone near that long drop because i don't wanna kill someone lol

  • @MohamIsMe

    @MohamIsMe

    Жыл бұрын

    I mean at least the phone wouldn't be as damaged lol

  • @onikin

    @onikin

    Жыл бұрын

    40-60 joules or so, I'd guess. Hard to know its drag coefficient and all that fluttering. Just under enough to crack a skull, but if unlucky and all that force hits you with the corner of the phone, then enough force on the point to do serious damage.

  • @mikie431

    @mikie431

    Жыл бұрын

    Dropping a payphone off the Empire State Building would most definitely hurt someone assuming that the covariance properties remained unchanged throughout it's journey to the sidewalk below. Especially if this profound event happened during a warm month like July when the air is less dense.

  • @chrits3396

    @chrits3396

    Жыл бұрын

    Maybe If it was a Nokia then I would be worried.

  • @ishansinha9602
    @ishansinha96029 ай бұрын

    3:48 He placed the hat at a very precise location 😂

  • @uknownunknown9051
    @uknownunknown9051 Жыл бұрын

    It always blew my mind when people thought a penny falling just keeps getting faster and faster to the point it'll kill someone

  • @febbyin-kyu7040

    @febbyin-kyu7040

    Жыл бұрын

    It will if you throw it in a right way

  • @michaelblankenau6598

    @michaelblankenau6598

    4 ай бұрын

    No it won't .

  • @spetsdod
    @spetsdod Жыл бұрын

    I'm 52 years old and your enthusiasm for explanation and the way you explain subjects is overwhelmingly exciting to me. I hate math. I've never been good at it beyond very basic Algebra and Geometry/Trig, but you make me want to go back and get better at it. Thank you for your videos. I have been a subscriber for 5 years or so and I love everything you share with us.

  • @bronzejourney5784

    @bronzejourney5784

    Жыл бұрын

    As they say, "Its never too late."

  • @lcbrittain
    @lcbrittain Жыл бұрын

    I am 71 and never even passed my O’level maths, but found this fascinating, giving names to forces that I only intuited were there. Those experiments looked such fun, were such fun, because they were experiential, leading to unexpected outcomes. There is such joy in learning like this, seeking the “why?” Or “how come?” after the event. It is ultimately playful, it seems to me. Thank you!

  • @Sick_Pencil

    @Sick_Pencil

    Жыл бұрын

    wow if that's your photo you don't look like your age at all!

  • @WordsInVain

    @WordsInVain

    Жыл бұрын

    @@Sick_Pencil Psst... Maybe it's an old photo.

  • @lcbrittain

    @lcbrittain

    Жыл бұрын

    @@WordsInVain hehehe!

  • @MRVN1804

    @MRVN1804

    Жыл бұрын

    We don’t care

  • @crabrave8979

    @crabrave8979

    Жыл бұрын

    @@MRVN1804 who’s we?? 😅

  • @hiraks276
    @hiraks276 Жыл бұрын

    For so many years I didn't know how a person fire bullet In open sky and it doesn't happen anything. Thank you sir for this.

  • @simplyselina
    @simplyselina Жыл бұрын

    I was 8 in 2003 and I’m so lucky to have grown up watching living science on tv. God bless the mythbusters.

  • @youtubersingingmoments4402
    @youtubersingingmoments4402 Жыл бұрын

    Adam savage has managed to infiltrate everyone's channels from the Corridor Crew to Vsauce to now Veritasium (and more I'm sure I'm not privy to). What a cool guy.

  • @GTAVictor9128

    @GTAVictor9128

    Жыл бұрын

    He also made a cameo appearance in The Expanse, dying while testing the myth: "Can you land on the surface of Venus?"

  • @_DrinkMoreWater_

    @_DrinkMoreWater_

    Жыл бұрын

    Which vsauce video? Haven't seen it and want to check it out

  • @ianyboo

    @ianyboo

    Жыл бұрын

    If Adam makes it into an Isaac Arthur episode my life will be complete lol

  • @SolarShado

    @SolarShado

    Жыл бұрын

    @@ianyboo I'm struggling to think of an appropriate topic, but that _would_ be a cool crossover

  • @28th_St_Air

    @28th_St_Air

    Жыл бұрын

    I know you didn’t mean it in a negative way, but “grace” seems like a more appropriate word to use instead of “infiltrate”. 😊

  • @matrixphijr
    @matrixphijr Жыл бұрын

    Derek: Could a ballpoint pen _actually_ be lethal? Adam the Savage: It’s worth trying…

  • @T1Oracle

    @T1Oracle

    Жыл бұрын

    John Wick: You called?

  • @buttchunksofdoomd4939

    @buttchunksofdoomd4939

    Жыл бұрын

    @@T1Oracle Morpheus: You Ready? Neo: What?

  • @sutirthjha515

    @sutirthjha515

    Жыл бұрын

    ik it's a joke but it will likely start rotating and ur more likely to be hit by the longer side than the nib.

  • @janoycresva276
    @janoycresva27624 күн бұрын

    From Newton’s 2nd law, ΣF=ma where the sum of all forces acting on an object is equal to its total mass times it’s acceleration. In this case, ignoring air resistance, the sum of forces acting on a falling penny is it’s weight pulling it down toward the earth which equals it’s mass times it’s acceleration which in this case, it’s acceleration is due to gravity or 9.81 m/s^2 hence where the formula W=mg comes from. Using kinematic equations, we plug this into the equation V2^2=V1^2+2a(s2-s1) which, in this case, V1^2 is 0 because the penny starts out stationary, a is -9.81 m/s^2 since gravity pulls objects down & s2-s1 is -380 m because we end up at the bottom of the Empire State Building & start at the top of it which the ESB is 380 meters high so 0-380 is -380. Solving for V2 by plugging in all these values we find that the penny travels at about 86.345 m/s or around 193.148 mph when it hits the pavement below.

  • @vaughnvillanueva5419
    @vaughnvillanueva5419Күн бұрын

    oh my gosh, its Adam from myth busters! this is amazing!

  • @torqtorqtorq
    @torqtorqtorq Жыл бұрын

    Something I love about this video is that it answered the title question immediately, but then I stuck around anyway because it kept being interesting and useful. I'm so glad you didn't save the results of the penny drop to the end with a teaser at the beginning. That's an old TV format fueled by the need for viewers to be present for multiple intermittent commercial breaks and we see it all too much these days when we don't need to. Thank you!

  • @hannesp3493

    @hannesp3493

    Жыл бұрын

    We will be conducting an experiment to see if a penny dropped from the Empire State Building will kill you… … … AFTER THE BREAK

  • @Senza_1

    @Senza_1

    Жыл бұрын

    I was expecting that to happen. Pleasantly surprised it didn’t. Also read your comment while I was a couple minutes past that part so your comment reads true.

  • @Kriptickhaos

    @Kriptickhaos

    Жыл бұрын

    How did they prove anything by floating around 50-100ft and droppong the coins.......

  • @torqtorqtorq

    @torqtorqtorq

    Жыл бұрын

    @@Kriptickhaos, you should watch the rest of the video where they explain why going any higher wouldn't change the behavior of the dropping coins which had already hit their terminal velocity and subsequently their destructive capability

  • @Kriptickhaos

    @Kriptickhaos

    Жыл бұрын

    @@torqtorqtorq stfu. Fake science

  • @mrericsully
    @mrericsully Жыл бұрын

    I love this. The deep dives in more advanced physics are fun and informative, but hard to use in class as a teacher. Original Veritasium videos all had this kind of focus and have been invaluable in class. I am sure (as Derek has discussed in his videos about KZread and its analytics) that there is great tension between audience, algorithm, duration, and topic. It's nice to have a throwback to older days and I hope we'll see more soon. Either way though, I won't miss a Veritasium video.

  • @DirtyyJerz
    @DirtyyJerz6 ай бұрын

    I love how at first it's a nice controlled drop with no momentum imparted, and by the end adam is just screaming THREE TWO ONE and throwing them down as hard as he can

  • @KOU-ZAI
    @KOU-ZAI Жыл бұрын

    All I can think of when seeing those small metallic things at 18:25 were those blow dart things used by particular native tribes, except the tips were laced with poison. Best way to make something small to be very lethal.

  • @KilerkRazorclaw
    @KilerkRazorclaw Жыл бұрын

    I got the experience the rain thing one time with my ex. I was on a company vacation with her as i was a medic and they thought it'd be good for insurance reasons. I rode Fury 325 (at Carowinds in North Carolina), and i got to tell you something...it is surreal as heck. You don't appreciate terminal velocity until things like a wind tunnel or a roller coaster of that height. We managed to convince the park manager and ride operator to let us ride during a rain storm which was my first time on that coaster. Its something to climb that massive hill, rain pouring down about you...and the tip over the top...the rain slows down...stops...then seems to go up. Its a moment i'll never forget. Watching rain go in reverse.

  • @onesadtech

    @onesadtech

    Жыл бұрын

    That sounds incredible! Thanks for sharing.

  • @traildude7538

    @traildude7538

    Жыл бұрын

    Once when skydiving there was a cloud I couldn't avoid. Punching through the cloud itself was just cold and damp, but underneath it was raining -- and that was totally disorienting because while I knew the raindrops were falling, I was hitting them from above because I was falling faster. The experience didn't last long since it was just a squall, but the weirdest part was when I exited the column of rain on the side and it looked like the rain was going upward.

  • @syedabid9767

    @syedabid9767

    Жыл бұрын

    bro i also want to test it out now!

  • @GirishVenkatachalam

    @GirishVenkatachalam

    Жыл бұрын

    In my Island I have gotten hit by rain drops

  • @themeandrousengineer
    @themeandrousengineer Жыл бұрын

    Like many people here, I really loved seeing this like it was a new Mythbusters episode. It was really great seeing Adam again besides on Tested. I miss this kind of stuff being prevalent on tv.

  • @Muffin.Creations

    @Muffin.Creations

    Жыл бұрын

    @Don't read profile photo ok I wont

  • @themeandrousengineer

    @themeandrousengineer

    Жыл бұрын

    Betelgeuse?

  • @thecrazyisreal

    @thecrazyisreal

    Жыл бұрын

    My dude watched “nope” but doesn’t want to admit it.

  • @RiOSquINTos
    @RiOSquINTos Жыл бұрын

    I cant wait to get to the tallest building in new york and drop a penny just to slightly miss by 2 meters and traumatize a random person that was walking on the side walk

  • @smac919
    @smac9197 ай бұрын

    21:00 Turn on Subtitles lol "Likely to be deadly" *Upbeat Music*

  • @diggydwarfman1224
    @diggydwarfman1224 Жыл бұрын

    Seeing both Veritasium (who I frequently watch now) and Adam (who I watched frequently when I was younger) is truly a collab dream come true!

  • @acat7195
    @acat7195 Жыл бұрын

    it really shows that you did your PHD on how to make videos to teach physics. you show everything in such a way that can keep someone watching the whole video even if they only wanted to know the answer to the question

  • @fredbaumann3360

    @fredbaumann3360

    Жыл бұрын

    Well put!

  • @NeedChocyMilk
    @NeedChocyMilk Жыл бұрын

    Veritasium is truly one of the greatest KZread channels of all time

  • @andrechappie.
    @andrechappie. Жыл бұрын

    just imagine someone walking through a desert and it starts raining pennies

  • @scarletevans4474

    @scarletevans4474

    Жыл бұрын

    I wouldn't mind a bucket or two of pennies... as long as they don't fall down together with these buckets, as this could actually harm you :D Now, what about a wheelbarrow of pennies?

  • @JOHHNYGOAT10k

    @JOHHNYGOAT10k

    Жыл бұрын

    Lol

  • @lewisbeattie2533
    @lewisbeattie2533 Жыл бұрын

    What you and Adam have done, both in recent years and Adam for basically my whole life has made physics a real tangible thing young people can grab onto and see in real life, in the the real world. Even as an adult this makes me want to go back and study more physics.

  • @Andrew-hj6js

    @Andrew-hj6js

    Жыл бұрын

    Please repent and turn from your sins Jesus Christ is coming back for his people and you do not want to be left behind im not saying this to scare you this is a biblical even that’s about to take place most of the bible prophecy has been fulfilled it’s only a matter of time do your own research it’s not about religion it’s about a relationship stay blessed people ❤🙏.

  • @theadamsiegel
    @theadamsiegel Жыл бұрын

    It’s such a treat to hear Adam Savage count down from 3 again!

  • @DanielMendoza-ny1hs
    @DanielMendoza-ny1hs Жыл бұрын

    3:22 how did you get this shot? Such a cool angle

  • @hazri8758

    @hazri8758

    Жыл бұрын

    I think they were using a 360 degree camera

  • @1Dshot
    @1Dshot Жыл бұрын

    Nice to see Adam still going strong, nice collbaoration

  • @NaudVanDalen
    @NaudVanDalen Жыл бұрын

    Your videos are so high quality that they're better than many TV show episodes. This video could be an actual Mythbusters episode. Way better than an average KZread video and it gets the views it deserves.

  • @ralfwk163
    @ralfwk163 Жыл бұрын

    Always such fun to see Adam Savage again, Mythbusters is one of the greatest shows of all time. Great video!

  • @5hirtandtieler

    @5hirtandtieler

    Жыл бұрын

    The great part is, he’s active on KZread! Check out his Tested channel - it’s not the same but you still get your fill of Savage 😊

  • @F40PH-2CAT

    @F40PH-2CAT

    Жыл бұрын

    @@5hirtandtieler like his sister?

  • @monketok141

    @monketok141

    Жыл бұрын

    Seeing him just brings back memories of Grant Imahara too - RIP man , legend taken too soon

  • @rokeshp2638
    @rokeshp2638 Жыл бұрын

    This is why I like physics

  • @yolandagrabowski6043
    @yolandagrabowski6043 Жыл бұрын

    I like how those sharpies are hallow. Like fill them with behavioral matters.

  • @netoxicky
    @netoxicky Жыл бұрын

    This felt like i was watching a mythbusters episode from another universe. Big thanks and i hope to see more collabs with Adam.

  • @Danny.._
    @Danny.._ Жыл бұрын

    3:18 now i know what the hat was for 😂

  • @mosubekore78

    @mosubekore78

    Жыл бұрын

    Anyone, what's the music title at this 3:14

  • @visualfusions3361
    @visualfusions336115 күн бұрын

    3:41 The money shot right there 🙂👍

  • @ashobathoillah6076
    @ashobathoillah60767 ай бұрын

    thank you for the information.

  • @Penrose707
    @Penrose707 Жыл бұрын

    Love how Derek is wearing his fancy suit jacket at Adam's shop. He seems to be giving it the respect it deserves :) was fun to see you guys collab, Adam should make a regular appearance on the show if the two of you would enjoy that

  • @conker42

    @conker42

    Жыл бұрын

    Agree. Let's revive Mythbusters ! Even back then I didn't see any real reason why they stopped the show. (Ok, behind the camera they didn't get along that well or whatever, still the show was a great success) And Adam seems to miss it.

  • @stevethea5250

    @stevethea5250

    Жыл бұрын

    @@conker42 TIMESTAMP

  • @FreekHoekstra
    @FreekHoekstra Жыл бұрын

    The thing about the pen is that it’s aerodynamically unstable, this is why an arrow has fletching at the back, even though it actually slows it down, it slows it down less than the arrow going more sideways, similarly we use rifling bullets to generate rotational stability because we don’t want the bullet to tumble. If you spun the pen vertically or added fletching, it would never go sideways it’s cross-sectional area wouldn’t increase and indeed it would probably go fast enough to do serious damage.

  • @ModelLights

    @ModelLights

    Жыл бұрын

    Exactly. For sure, if you took that same penny, crafted it into a 2" or so long dart with a small tail to keep it vertical, it would have the potential to kill someone, even if it was tiny in reality. Edge wise it may simply not be stable enough to stay on edge though. There's very little mass vs its surface area, so even spun up it may flutter and slow down anyway. The real test would be fairly simple. Take lead, make a lead 'leading edge of the penny'. Then make a plastic 'rest of the penny'. Make it the same weight, and tweak it until it flies straight with roughly the same air resistance as a penny on edge. That would be the 'maximum case possible penny'. Any real penny would be less than this, so if this can't penetrate then no penny will. Any real penny would have distributed weight and likely flutter and travel slower anyway, but this would let you test the maximum theoretical case.

  • @iteragami5078

    @iteragami5078

    Жыл бұрын

    @@ModelLights Well it would depend on how fast you can spin the penny (like spinning a frisbee, except ludicrously fast). Also, similar to frisbee, the penny might turn over along axis parallel to drag, keeping the edge pointed to the ground as it falls.

  • @ModelLights

    @ModelLights

    Жыл бұрын

    @@iteragami5078 A penny is almost guaranteed too light to maintain the spin, and probably has too much surface area vs mass to not tumble. You have to build your own thing the same mass and surface area that flies straight to test the maximum case, and then no real penny can possibly do better. The penny has too little mass to maintain spin, it's going to slow down spinning too quickly from air friction. And it has too much surface area vs the mass to not be perturbed and tumble. You can make a penny fall straight on edge for an OK distance, but after a certain point disturbance in the air is going to make it become unstable. It simply doesn't have enough mass vs the surface area to not move. You could say you're going to throw a feather but make it behave like a rock too, but it won't happen. There's simply too much surface area vs the low mass for that to remain true. A penny is too small and light, and simply has too much surface area vs the low, evenly distributed mass. But maybe you missed the part that who cares about an actual penny, that simply doesn't matter. What I described is better, it's an easy 'maximum possible penny case' that you can repeat every time. It will easily show whether even a theoretical perfect penny throw could kill someone or not. You don't have to use a penny, a perfect equivalent is just that, equal.

  • @chrishajduk84

    @chrishajduk84

    Жыл бұрын

    Exactly - Center of mass has to be far in front of the center of drag. The pen has its center of mass in roughly the center of the pen, and the center of drag is also roughly in the center. This makes the system unstable. A pen with a large mass at the tip, would be very dangerous.

  • @danielconway7190

    @danielconway7190

    Жыл бұрын

    Go check out the video on Chris Rollins channel - he actually did show that a pen can go through a skull