Showing posts with label physics. Show all posts
Showing posts with label physics. Show all posts

Thursday, October 25, 2007

How long would it take you to fall through the Earth?


Here's a bit of useless trivia for you: If you could drill a hole through the Earth to the other side, it would take you 42.25 minutes to fall all the way through. I am not even going to pretend I understand the math used here, so I am trusting their calculations. Damnit Jim, I was a Film Studies Major in College, not a math or physics major! Sure, it's useless info, but man it makes you look smart at dinner parties or at the office water cooler.