Blacks I Met While Swimming

[AiA in Atlanta]

It's true. Blacks are not good swimmers. And they can outrun whites. Here is why:

Scientists have found the reason why some athletes dominate on the running track and others in the swimming pool: It's in their belly buttons, a study published Monday shows

http://news.discovery.com/human/belly-b ... letes.html

[freediver]

"Locomotion is essentially a continual process of falling forward, and mass that falls from a higher altitude, falls faster," Bejan explained.

Err, not exactly, a shorter inverted pendulum falls faster than a long one.

[boxy]

Fucking hell. Belly buttons, my arse. Why didn't they just say it's their centre of gravity in the first place? Making me read all that bullshit about innies and outies!

Still, interesting result, and not all that shocking