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I Came In Like A Wrecking Ball (Going 390 MPH)

Discover how Miley Cyrus's 'Wrecking Ball' pushes the limits of physics and why it's impossible for her to come in like a wrecking ball.

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Yes, there is a paper in a scientific journal whose discussion concludes:

Based on these findings, it is clear that a human being cannot possess the characteristics of a wrecking ball without sustaining significant injury, and other objects should be sought as an analogy.

Who’s going to tell Miley Cyrus about this? Stick around for the science below* (and then stick your tongue out if you feel like it). I Never Hit So Hard In Love (Pulling 350 G’s) In the business of taking things literally, third-year natural sciences student David McDonagh from The Centre for Interdisciplinary Science at University of Leicester decided to consider Miley Cyrus’s smash pop song “Wrecking Ball” as a description of a person using themselves as an actual wrecking ball. His results (obviously) show that it’s probably a bad idea to literally smash someone’s walls with your body. An ordinary wrecking ball is a massive, ...

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