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Pointless science about walking or running in the rain

Connor Livingston
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Running or Walking in the Rain
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Minute Physics

Mythbusters tackled the question of whether or not you stay most dry (or rather, least wet) by walking or running in the rain. The thought is that by walking, you are not crashing into as many drops of rain as you would be when running, but you'll be exposed to it for a longer period of time. In their test, they initially concluded that walking was better, but then corrected the experiment and came to the same conclusion that's detailed here:

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Connor Livingston
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Connor Livingston is a tech blogger who will be launching his own site soon, Lythyum. He lives in Oceanside, California, and has never surfed in his life.

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