DM> They say if you drop a dime of the Empire State Building, and
DM> it hits someone on the head whilst passing by at street level, it
DM> would pass through almost the entire vertical length of the body.

Sounds like an urban myth. The chances of
it falling the entire distance edge down....

DM> It would be akin to a metal-tipped arrow.

Nope, even if it did do the entire trip edge
down, its still just the tip mass wise.
@EOT:

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