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Runners looking for aerodynamic advantage typically wear sneakers because some fancy dress shoes can create wingtip vortices.
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Source: https://xkcd.com/3305/
this post was submitted on 01 Oct 2026
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Aeronautics isn't too far fetched for a comic series aimed at (astro-)physicists and computer scientists.