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Killable jump How heigt I need jump, if I want dead immediately?
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If I jumped down a hole which went from one end of the earth to the other, would I pass straight through it? The hole would be completely straight and heatproof.
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Categories: Planet Earth.

Is it true that elephants are the only quadrupeds that can't jump? We've heard that elepahtns are the only quadrupeds that can't jump. Is it true? If so, why not? And if it's not true, how high can they jump? Tad and Lydia Forty, Bath, Avon, UK Thanks to Colin Watters and others for pointing out this splendid YouTube video of an elephant on a trampoline at on YouTube here - Ed
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Last edited on: 2010-05-26 14:50:24

Journey to the centre of the earth? If I was to take a huge heat-proof tube and stick it through the very centre of the earth and then jumped down it, what would happen when I reached the middle? Would I float at the very centre?
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Last edited on: 2009-08-22 12:30:45

Categories: Planet Earth.

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