# Why do worms crawl on the sidewalk after it rains?

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**Category:** Cecil's Columns/Staff Reports\
**Created:** [September 16, 2010, 1:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-do-worms-crawl-on-the-sidewalk-after-it-rains/553922 "2010-09-16T01:43:35Z")\
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**Post date:** [September 16, 2010, 1:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-do-worms-crawl-on-the-sidewalk-after-it-rains/553922/1 "2010-09-16T01:43:35Z")

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[Courtesy link](http://www.straightdope.com/columns/read/372/why-do-worms-crawl-on-the-sidewalk-after-it-rains)

Did you do this on purpose, Ed? Or whoever decides on the order of columns? Because we just had a [thread](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=577968) about this subject in GQ.

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**Author:** ![TubaDiva](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tubadiva/32/507_2.png) [@TubaDiva](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TubaDiva)\
**Post date:** [September 17, 2010, 10:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-do-worms-crawl-on-the-sidewalk-after-it-rains/553922/2 "2010-09-17T10:50:45Z")

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It’s roughly in the order of publication in the books, so just pure chance.