World skiing’s governing body has moved swiftly to quash talk of ski jumpers injecting their penises with paraffin or hyaluronic acid to gain a competitive edge, but scientists and ski jumpers at the ​Winter Olympics say if true, it would make perfect sense.

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    11 hours ago

    “The more surface area they have — the more surface they expose while in the air — the ​farther they go,” Marco Belloli, director of the mechanics department at Milan’s Politecnico University, told Reuters.

    The jokes write themselves.

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    13 hours ago

    Then I won’t enjoy skiing anymore

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      12 hours ago

      Aerodynamics isn’t what you want for ski jumping though. You need a wide, meaty, hog to catch more air.