[Curiosities] 10 LESS KNOWN THINGS ABOUT RAIN

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1. Raindrops fall, on average, at a speed of 8-10 km / h (depending on wind speed, they can even reach 35 km / h). For comparison: snowflakes fall at a speed between 3 and 7 km / h;

2. the diameter of a raindrop is, on average, between 0.5 - 8 millimeters;

3. the largest raindrops in the world were recorded in September 1995 in Brazil: the smallest drops had a diameter of 8.6 millimeters (about the largest, nothing is said);

4. The largest "hailstorms" in the world were recorded in the Gopalganj area of Bangladesh during the storm of April 14, 1986: the weight of each "grain" exceeded one kilogram, and 92 people died;

5. Every second, all over the globe, 16 million tons of water "fall from the sky" in the form of rain (do not be afraid: exactly the same amount of water evaporates every second from the Earth's surface);

6. Raindrops are not in the form of tears. Their shape is similar to a "hamburger half";

7. one in a hundred million people is allergic to rain (sometimes allergies can be so severe that they can cause death);

8. even in the desert it rains. The problem is that you can't know when this will happen, because the raindrops evaporate into the hot air;

9. the game of darts appeared due to the rain: it is said that the archers participating in a competition were caught in the rain, so they took refuge in a bar, where they caught shooting at arrows with arrows that they broke to be smaller;

10. The umbrella was invented to protect against the sun.