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Question
If there is a sudden shower, we take shelter under a roof at the roadside. Even though the rain does not fall on us directly, we get wet to some extent. Why ?
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Solution
The smaller particles of raindrops fall on our body and hence we get wet with these tinier particles of rainwater.
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