What If It Rains Bananas for a Day? [video]

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caminanteblanco · 18h ago

I think the most surprising aspect of the video was how high the terminal velocity of the bananas would be. Anecdotally, I usually assume the impact of most smallish objects at terminal velocity is pretty low, but that definitely doesn't hold true here.

throw310822 · 15h ago

Yes, it claims that the terminal velocity of a banana is 240m/s, 840km/h. The terminal velocity of a person falling, depending on the position, is between 190 and 340km/h. 840km/h doesn't sound right. Maybe they mistook feet for meters, and it's really 240ft/s = 73m/s = 260km/h

beardyw · 13h ago

Seems to link now to "How Many Jellyfish Do You Need To Power Tokyo?" which seems a more pertinent question.

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What If It Rains Bananas for a Day? [video]

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