<p><img src="https://imgs.xkcd.com/comics/airfoil.png" alt="This is a fun explanation to prepare your kids for; it&#x27;s common and totally wrong. Good lines include &#x27;why does the air have to travel on both sides at the same time?&#x27; and &#x27;I saw the Wright brothers plane and those wings were curved the same on the top and bottom!&#x27;"></p>
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<p>"<a href="https://xkcd.com/803/">Airfoil</a>", by Randall Munroe, licensed under Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 2.5 License</p>
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<p>This is a fun explanation to prepare your kids for; it's common and totally wrong. Good lines include 'why does the air have to travel on both sides at the same time?' and 'I saw the Wright brothers plane and those wings were curved the same on the top and bottom!'</p>

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Airfoil


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