Man of Kill: Why dying is safer than being saved by Superman — according to science

Even Sheldon Cooper explained this in The Big Bang Theory: “Lois Lane is falling, accelerating at an initial rate of 32 feet per second per second. Superman swoops down to save her by reaching out two arms of steel. Miss Lane, who is now travelling at approximately 120 miles per hour, hits them, and is immediately sliced into three equal pieces.”

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