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A doctor friend of mine went to med school on an ROTC scholarship. He was involved in a medical study for the Army to determine terminal velocity (i.e., terminal=dead) of a human hitting a solid wall. They catapulted live goats into a brick wall measuring the speed it took to kill them.

I think it was 23 mph. I'll ask him
I see a new movie soon, Starring George Clowny.

"The Men that Air Out Goats"
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