[nojs]

> over half of the eggs broke when dropped vertically from an 8-millimeter (31-inch) height

Something went wrong with the units I think

[tbrownaw]

8mm is a bit under a third of an inch (25.4mm), so someone dropped the decimal point.

[rawgabbit]

I think they meant 8 meters as they showed someone dropping eggs from a bucket truck.

[tbrownaw]

They mention the eggs cracking a middling fraction of the time.

Just now, dropping an egg about a finger-width onto whatever my kitchen counter is made of did indeed leave a small crack, so part is an inch is about right.

[haiku2077]

https://xkcd.com/3065