Raindrops are not tear-shaped: the larger ones look like hamburger buns.
Why it is true
Small drops are almost perfect spheres. Larger ones are flattened underneath by air resistance as they fall. Once they exceed about 4 to 5 millimetres, they deform so much that they break into smaller drops.
Source: USGS Water Science School
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