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Re:“I don't know the numbers”: a math puzzle by thedailymail on Sunday May 08, 2022 @09:14PM (#31309506)
I bet a human egg would survive undamaged even when dropped from 30,000 feet.

(Following Haldane's observation that "You can drop a mouse down a thousand-yard mine shaft and, on arriving at the bottom, it gets a slight shock and walks away. A rat is killed, a man is broken, a horse splashes.")

Re:“I don't know the numbers”: a math puzzle by dilawar on Sunday May 08, 2022 @10:47PM (#31309966)
Thanks for quoting Haldane. I need to reread that excellent essay "on being the right size".