Have You Seen This? Skydiver falls through rain cloud

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THE SKY OF LIES — Look, I am no scientist. I majored in communications, which, as the greatest college placekicker of all time Anton Lubchenko said, "is phony major."

But as a college-educated man, I still had some assumptions about some sciencey things. For example, for years, I believed clouds were fluffy and soft. It would catch me like a giant pillow if I fell into one. I may never make it down because the comfort would make me fall into the most pleasant and heavenly slumber I'd ever experienced.

I was confident in this belief, considering I took one meteorology class in college and worked in television news with multiple weathermen and weatherwomen for nearly a decade. I never asked any of them or my professor about it, but I figured we all knew what clouds were made of: cotton candy.

Well, I have some terrible news for everybody; they are not. Apparently, they're made of water vapor and not deliciously spun sugar. Thanks to this video, I also know that you can't gently land on one and have a snack and a nap. Turns out you just fall right through it.

The video shows a skydiver as he falls through a rain cloud and, not only does he not bounce, but he doesn't even slow down. He gets wet because the cloud holds water, and eventually, he just falls out the bottom and keeps hurdling toward the earth.

My fluffy, soft bed of a cloud belief is why I have never been afraid to fly, but that all changes now.

My meteorologist friends owe me some explanations, and my university may want to revoke some credits.

I'm off to find out what other lies I've been living with all these years, and you can enjoy the video.