Want to impress your kids next time you go camping? Put to shame their lame attempts at skipping stones by skipping yours much farther. I’ll let you in on the secret…
Throw the stone at a 20 degree angle.
“If one changes slightly the initial conditions—different velocity, etc.—at this angle of 20 degrees, the stone still has more chances to rebounce than for any other angle,” said Lydéric Bocquet, a physics professor at the University of Lyon.
Just so you know the record is 38 skips.
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