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42 minutes? Thank you everybody! Today me and a buddy were discussing this and while I could remember that the number of minutes was less than 100, my friend thought it would take much longer- citing something about terminal velocity and whatnot. Physics was never my thing, though, and any math beyo...

Ok- a while ago I saw a documentary that I wish I would have paid more attention to and now I can't remember the important part relating to this question. Here it is- If we were to drill a hole from one side of the earth to the other that ran through the center, and (ignoring the heat at the core) I...