Two Spheres, One Hundred Balconies

A glassmaker testing a new formula has exactly two identical glass spheres and access to a tower with 100 100 numbered balconies. There is an unknown critical balcony N N : a sphere dropped from balcony N N or higher shatters, while a drop from any lower balcony leaves it unharmed and reusable. A shattered sphere is gone for good. What is the minimum number of drops that guarantees identifying N N exactly, whatever it turns out to be, and what is the strategy?

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