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Raindrops Keep Falling on My Head: A Mosquito’s Lament
This, in case you were wondering, is a mosquito. This is a raindrop. And here’s a puzzle. Raindrops aren’t mosquito friendly. If you’re a mosquito darting about on a rainy day, those drops zinging down at you can be, first of all, as big as you are, and, more dangerously, they’re denser. Water is heavy, so a single raindrop might have 50 times your mass, which means that if one hits you smack where it hurts (between your wings) …
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It's to bad the raindrops don't just squash them.
MY skin would appreciate it
Wouldn't hurt my feelings.