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RE: Learn Something New Every Day Contest. Day 6
In 42 minutes of free fall, you can cover the distance from one pole of the Earth to the other.
http://aapt.scitation.org/doi/abs/10.1119/1.4898780?journalCode=ajp&
That is a really long time to be free falling.... So in essence, at terminal velocity, it takes 42 minutes to travel the distance from one pole to the other? Damn that's fast. Thanks for the fun fact, bud!
You are welcome! I actually thought it's a lot faster like, up to 10 mins.
Second Prize today!
Yay! Thanks!