HardNature

"I am lighter than a feather yet I carry millions of tonnes. I have no shape yet I take every shape. I float even though I am enormously heavy. What am I?"

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Take a moment to ponder before you face the answer...

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Answer: A Cloud. Individual water droplets in a cloud are incredibly light. Yet a typical cumulus cloud contains around 500 tonnes of water. Clouds float because their droplets fall so slowly they are kept aloft by rising air currents.

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