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JustTrixxy t1_ixqawkh wrote

Reply to comment by Calvinjamesscott in ELI5: Jumping off a bridge to water by Future_Carrot3124

Workers on the Golden Gate Bridge always kept their toolbelts loose and quickly detachable so if the fell, they could throw it while falling to break the tension, thus saving them for the surface splat

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PM_ME_A_PLANE_TICKET t1_ixqik6k wrote

This sounds like the kind of thing that's completely made up, but nobody can really disprove.

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km89 t1_ixqkwhm wrote

It is, but it's not un-disprovable. Mythbusters did this and found that it doesn't really help. The tools break the surface tension, but the surface tension isn't the only factor, and the water still hits you like a truck.

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